Degree in Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico; MPA, Harvard University. 2000-03, Federal Deputy in the LVIII Legislature. Former Chief Executive Officer, Technical Coordinator of the Presidency, National Banking and Securities Commission (NBSC) and Chief Executive Officer, Financiera Rural. 2012-15, Chief Executive Officer, Mexico’s National Bank for Foreign Trade (Bancomext). August 2015, appointed Minister of Tourism. Former: Executive Chairman, Mexican Council, Consumer Products Industry (ConMéxico); Director, Institutional Relations and Corporate Communications, HSBC Mexico and Latin America. Former Columnist: Reforma; Milenio; various newspapers of the Mexican Editorial Organization. Columnist, El Universal; Radio Presenter, Primera Emisión de Enfoque; TV Presenter, Proyecto 40. Author of México en la Generación del Desarrollo (Mexico in the Generation of Development) (2015), which analyses the achievements and comparative advantages of Mexico and affirms the country can achieve development in this generation.