Emilio Lozoya Austin
Emilio Lozoya Austin was the CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) from 2012 to 2016.[1]
Education
Lozoya Austin holds a B.A in Economics and one in Law from ITAM and UNAM, respectively. He also has a Masters in Public Administration and International Development by Harvard University.
He is author of several publications related to monetary policy; productivity and competitiveness; efficient public policies; as well as education and electoral systems.
Career
Between 2009 and 2012, he co-founded and was an Executive Board Member of several investment funds, specialized on international private capital investments, including restructuring and international transactions. From 2006 to 2009, he worked at the World Economic Forum as Senior Director for Latin America, where he was in charge of research and strategies related with the forum and was the liaison with leaders and stakeholders in the region.
From 2003 to 2006, He served as an investment officer for structure finance and distressed assets at the Inter-American Investment Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, where he interacted with different Latin American industries and countries. Between 1999 and 2001, he worked as an analyst at the Central Bank of Mexico, responsible for investing international reserves in securities.
He has been a Board Member of several corporations and enterprises related with infrastructure, finance sector, IT as well as of Qualitas Foundation.
Political Activity
From January to November 2012, he headed the International Affairs Office during the campaign, as well as at the Transition Team of the Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto.
Awards and recognition
In 2012, he was named a Global Young Leader by the WEF;[2] in 2011, he was one of the most influential Hispano younger than 40 at the list of Poder magazine; in 2010, he was awarded for his leadership with the title of Hemispheric Ambassador by the American Business Council Foundation and was included at Poder magazine list as one of the 100 most influential Mexicans. Also, in 2009, Expansion magazine recognized him as one of the top thirty Mexican leaders in his 30’s.[3]
Family
He is the son of Emilio Lozoya Thalmann, and the grandson of Jesús Lozoya Solís, a leading surgeon pediatrician, politician, General in the Mexican Army and an important businessman
