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Conference: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Club de Industriales
Andrés Bello No. 29
Mexico City
Mexico
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2014 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City

Join AS/COA and ProMéxico for a conference that will address Mexico’s current juncture of domestic and international opportunities.

Registration: 8:00 a.m to 9:00 a.m.

Conference: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
...

Club de Industriales
Andrés Bello No. 29
Mexico City
Mexico
Live Broadcast

Live broadcast

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Overview

REFORMS AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Last year was a transformative year for Mexico. Long-awaited energy, education, telecommunications, banking, and fiscal reforms were passed, aiming to boost the country’s growth. Complementing these reforms are agreements such as the Pacific Alliance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Plus, this year marks the twentieth anniversary of NAFTA, an epochal accord for the North American region.

In response to the reform legislation, Standard & Poor’s lifted Mexico’s credit rating to a level higher than that of Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey. However, Mexico grew only 1.3 percent in 2013. This year, factors like a construction sector in recovery, increased demand from the United States, and a government deficit target of 1.4 percent of GDP have led to growth estimates of up to 4 percent.

Join AS/COA and ProMéxico for a conference that will address Mexico’s current juncture of domestic and international opportunities.

Speakers:

  • Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary of Economy
  • Fernando Aportela, Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Secretariat of Finance (Download his presentation)
  • Miguel Calderón, Vice President, Regulation, Telefónica Mexico
  • Enrique De La Madrid, General Director, Bancomext
  • Francisco González, CEO, ProMéxico
  • Chantal E. Kordula, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  • Adriana Labardini, Commisioner, Ifetel
  • Irene Levy, President, Observatel
  • Emilio Lozoya, CEO, Pemex
  • Lourdes Melgar, Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Secretariat of Energy (Download her presentation)
  • Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Vice President and Secretary, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Ali Moshiri, President, Africa and Latin America Exploration & Production Company, Chevron
  • Carlos Mota, Journalist, El Financiero
  • Guillermo Ortiz, Chairman, Grupo Financiero Banorte
  • José Ignacio Peralta, Undersecretary of Communications, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
  • Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, Chairman & CEO, IEnova
  • Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
  • William Wheeler, President, Americas, MetLife

Event Information: Andres Sada | asada@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8369
Sponsorship Opportunities: María Otero | mgarciaotero@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8373
COA Corporate Membership Information: Monica Vieira | mvieira@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8344
Press Inquiries: Adriana La Rotta | alarotta@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8384

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Agenda

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8:00 – 8:45 a.m.     Registration

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.     Opening Remarks

  • Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA
  • Francisco González, CEO, ProMéxico 

9:15 – 9:50 a.m.     Discussion with Ildefonso Guajardo & Luis de la Calle

  • Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary of Economy
  • Luis de Calle, Partner, De la Calle, Madrazo, & Mancera

9:50 – 10:45 a.m.   Panel: The Energy Reform

  • Moderator: Chantal Kordula, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  • Emilio Lozoya, CEO, Pemex
  • Ali Moshiri, President, Africa & Latin America Exploration & Production Company, Chevron
  • Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, Chairman & CEO, IEnova

Questions for discussion: How will foreign and domestic investment turn out in the oil and electricity sector? How will the reform be implemented? What implications does the reform have for the energy scenario in North America? Will we see more integration? What lessons can be learned from other countries that deal with the topic?

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Keynote Remarks: Lourdes Melgar, Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Secretariat of Energy (confirmed) (Download her presentation)

11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Panel: Media, Telecommunications, and the Telecom Infrastructure

  • Moderator: Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Vice President and Secretary, Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • Miguel Calderón Lelo de Larrea, Vice President, Regulation, Telefónica Mexico
  • Adriana Labardini Inzunza, Commissioner, Ifetel
  • Irene Levy, President, Observatel

Questions for discussion: What impact will the reform have for FDI? Why? What will be the long-term results of the reform? What will be the implications of the reform for the infrastructure and development of Mexico?

12:15 – 12:30 p.m. Keynote Remarks: José Ignacio Peralta, Undersecretary of Communications, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.   Panel: Reforms in Financial Services

  • Moderator: Carlos Mota, Journalist, El Financiero
  • Enrique De La Madrid Cordero, General Director, Bancomext
  • William Wheeler, President, Americas, MetLife
  • Guillermo Ortiz, Chairman, Grupo Financiero Banorte

Questions for discussion: What will change in the entrepreneurial climate with more access to credit? What does this imply for the largest Mexican companies? For the Mexican economy? How will these reforms make it easier for Mexican companies that want to transform to a global scale? How will this affect productivity?

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.     Closing Remarks: Fernando Aportela, Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. (Download his presentation)

*To be confirmed

Speakers

Miguel Calderón
Vice President, Regulation, Telefónica Mexico

Miguel Calderón is vice president of Regulation at Telefónica Mexico. Previously, he was director of strategic planning, synergies, and alliances at Telefónica, a position he held at the beginning of 2007. He has directed: strategic planning, regulation, quality, processes, and...

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Enrique De la Madrid
General Director, Bancomext

Enrique De la Madrid is the general director of Bancomext. Before joining Bancomext in December 2012, he was the executive director of Institutional Relations and Corporate Communication for Mexico and Latin America for HSBC. De la Madrid previously held the position of general...

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Francisco González
CEO, ProMéxico

Francisco González is the CEO of ProMéxico. Previously, he served as ambassador of Mexico in Germany. González was also regional director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa of ProMéxico and commercial counselor for Germany, Central, and Eastern Europe of the National Bank of...

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Ildefonso Guajardo
Secretary of Economy, Mexico

Ildefonso Guajardo has been Mexico’s Secretary of Economy since 2012. He has previously held the posts of chief of the Executive Office of the Governorship of Nuevo León; technical secretary of Planning, Communication, and liaison with the Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial...

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Chantal E. Kordula
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Chantal E. Kordula is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP based in the New York office. Kordula’s practice focuses primarily on transactions in Latin America, particularly project and acquisition finance, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. She is...

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Adriana Labardini
Commisioner, Ifetel

Adriana Labardini is a commissioner for the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Ifetel). She was director and founder of Alconsumidor, a civil society organization which pioneered the defense of the rights of the telecommunications user and consumer. Labardini has been advising...

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Irene Levy
President, Observatel

Irene Levy is president of Observatel, an NGO dedicated to observing and analyzing the status and evolution of telecommunications. She was advisor to the undersecretary of communications, director of international affairs in the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation...

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Emilio Lozoya is the CEO of PEMEX. He headed the International Affairs Office for the presidential campaign of Enrique Peña Nieto from January to November 2012 and was a member of his transition team. He co-founded and was an executive board member of several investment funds...

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Patricia Menéndez-Cambó
Director, PMC Capital Partners

Patricia Menéndez-Cambó is formerly the managing partner and deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group International and Board Member and General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and SB Opportunity Fund. Patricia was also a member of the Board of Directors and the...

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Ali Moshiri
President of Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, Chevron

Ali Moshiri has been president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, based in Houston, Texas, since 2008. Prior to this position, Moshiri was appointed managing director of Chevron Latin America Exploration and Production Company in 2001, where...

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Carlos Mota
Journalist, El Financiero

Carlos Mota is a Mexican journalist specializing in business, economics, and finance. He heads the program El Financiero on El Financiero | Bloomberg and writes the column Escritorio de Negocios in El Financiero. Mota is a columnist for GQ and Forbes Mexico. In 2011, he was named...

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Guillermo Ortiz
Chairman, Grupo Financiero Banorte

Guillermo Ortiz is chairman of the board of Grupo Financiero Banorte-Ixe. He serves as chairman of the Per Jacobsson Foundation and is a member of the Quality of Life Advisory Board of the Government of Mexico City. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Ortiz chaired the External Panel for the...

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Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
Chairman & CEO, IEnova

Carlos Ruiz Sacristán is the chairman and CEO of IEnova, a Sempra company. Before assuming his current responsibilities as CEO, Mr. Ruiz Sacristán was a member of Sempra Energy’s board of directors from 2007 to July 2012. During the administration of President Zedillo, he served...

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Susan Segal
President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Susan Segal was elected president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in August 2003 after working in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. A passionate supporter of Latin America, she joined the organizations...

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William Wheeler
President, Americas, MetLife

William Wheeler is president of the Americas region of MetLife, Inc. where he oversees MetLife’s insurance and retirement businesses in the United States and Latin America. Prior to assuming his current role in November 2011, Wheeler was executive vice president and chief...

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