Corporate Governance

Leopoldo has more than 27 years of experience in investment banking, structured financing, corporate banking, financial restructuring and public and private debt and equity placements. He has advised multiple companies, both local and international, among others, including Pinebridge Investments, Grupo Pegaso, SURA, Neology, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Media Products, CI Banco, Arcelor Mittal, Afore XXI, Prudential Financial, Alta Growth Capital , Henkel KGaA, Nacional Financiera, Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, SNC (BANOBRAS), Lockheed Martin, General Electric, General Motors Electro-Motive Division, Grupo ICA, Mexichem and Corporación Scribe.
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Currently, he is managing partner of Fimecap SA de CV and previously held the position of Managing Director, Head of Corporate Finance/M&A; for The Royal Bank of Scotland in Mexico. He was Head of Client Coverage for ABN AMRO México and Managing Partner at Serficor SA de CV. Additionally, he has participated in the boards of the following companies: Afore XXI, Car Mart (subsidiary of Lo-Jack Corporation), Alta Growth Capital, International Network of M&A Partners, Association of International Corporate Advisors and Club de Golf Chapultepec.

Economist from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (1976) and from the University of Chicago where he obtained a Master's degree (1978) and candidacy for a doctorate in economics (1979).

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During his professional career he has combined private practice with public service. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as Deputy Director of Technical Assistance and Training at the North American Development Bank.

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Between 1990 and 2003 he collaborated as Project Managing Partner and later Director of GEA Grupo de Economistas y Asociados, a consulting and economic and political analysis company in Mexico.

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During 1989-1990 he was Finance Coordinator of Banco Mexicano Somex, as well as Director of Cambiomex Casa de Cambio and member of the investment committee of various investment companies of Banco Mexicano Somex.

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From 1983 to 1988 he was Director of Economic Research, Director of Economic Policy and Director of Financial Policy of the General Directorate of Fiscal Planning of the SHCP.

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In 1979-1983 he served as an economist in the Department of Economic Studies of Banamex and a member of the Technical Advisory Council of CEESP.

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He has been coordinator of the finance area of the Department of Administration of ITAM (1979-1980) and professor of various subjects at that institution. Additionally, he has taught various courses at CEMLA, INAP, UIA and UMI.

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Director of Grupo Corvi, Valores Finamex, Seguros Tepeyac, IXE Investment Committee, Nafin Advisory Council for the DF and Grupo Medicus. Former director of Banca Promex, Afore Santander and Bancomext Risk Committee. He is an editorial writer for the Business Section of the newspaper Reforma and a contributor to Dinero y Poder on Channel 11 and Foro TV.

He studied Mechanical Electrical Engineering with a specialty in Electronics from the Autonomous University of Baja California. He has a Master's degree in Business Management from Anáhuac University and a Diploma in Telecommunications from the Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey.
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He has collaborated with the CFE for 32 years in different positions within the transmission sector, he was Manager of Optical Fiber Capacity Services, Manager of Expansion and Modernization, as well as Regional Manager of Transmission for Valley of Mexico and Central Region.
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He is a specialist in the creation and supervision of PS projects at different stages, as well as in the creation of operating procedures, analysis of technical problems and project evaluation.
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He is currently General Director of CFE Transmission where he is responsible for the planning and coordination of the maintenance and operation of the high and medium power electrical network in the National Transmission Network, as well as the planning of both human and budgetary resources to be in a position to meet the objectives of the CFE Transmission Subsidiary Productive Company.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance and Master's degree in Public Policy from Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla where he obtained the Eusebio Francisco Kino Medal for academic merit.

He has participated as an advisor to the parliamentary group of the Labor Party in the Senate of the Republic on energy and public finance issues.

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He was part of the CFEnergía affiliate company holding the position of Director of Energy Intelligence and since 2019 he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Productive Subsidiary Distribution Company, as well as a member of the Issuing Technical Committee of the CFECapital affiliate company.

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In the academic field, he was coordinator and teacher of the Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance at the Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla and researcher at the Salary Observatory of the Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla and Mexico City. In addition, he has various academic and scientific articles published in academic refereed journals by CONACYT.

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He has participated as a speaker in several conferences and seminars where he has addressed issues of exclusion, social mobility, bank nationalization and reprivatization, poverty, salaries, public policies, etc.

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Currently, he works as Deputy Director of Contracting and Services of the Federal Electricity Commission, developing and conducting market intelligence processes and contracting of Goods, Works and Related Services.