Ebrard appoints undersecretaries of Foreign Trade and Industry and Commerce

Mexico City. Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE), appointed Luis Gutiérrez as undersecretary of Foreign Trade and Vidal Llerenas as undersecretary of Industry and Commerce, the federal agency reported.

In a statement, the SE indicated that the official announced the 12 officials who will serve in the 2024-2030 administration.

Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez Romano, who has a degree in Economics and a degree in Political Science from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), will be Undersecretary of Foreign Trade.

Gutiérrez Romano has a master’s degree in Economic Development from the London School of Economics (LSE), a master’s degree and a doctorate in Government from the University of Essex, in the United Kingdom. He has worked as a public official in various federal government institutions such as the Ministry of Commerce and Industrial Development, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) and the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). At the local level, he served as Treasurer and Undersecretary of Planning in the Government of Mexico City.

The Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce will be occupied by Vidal Llerenas Morales, who has a degree in Economics from ITAM, a master’s degree in Government from the University of Essex and a doctorate in Politics from the University of York, both in the United Kingdom.

He has been a local deputy and a federal deputy on three occasions. He served as Undersecretary of Expenditures of the government of Mexico City. He was mayor of Azcapotzalco, between 2018 and 2021.

Soledad Guadalupe López Acosta, was appointed as head of the Administration and Finance Unit; César García Mondragón will be head of the Legal Affairs Unit; Ximena Escobedo Juárez, head of the Institutional Strategy and Organization Unit; Fernando José Aboitiz Saro, head of the Extractive Activities Coordination Unit; and Andrea Genoveva Solano Rendón, head of the Regulations, Competitiveness and Competition Unit.

In addition, María Araceli de Haas Matamoros was appointed as general director of International Relations; Daniel Millán Valencia, as general director of Communication and Narrative; Laura González Stanford, as general director of Programming, Budget and Accounting; while Astrid Natividad González Degollado will be in charge of the general management of Human Resources.