Head of the North America Unit: Roberto Velasco Álvarez

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Join us for an in-person and interactive conversation with the Head of the North America Unit of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations Roberto Velasco Álvarez to discuss bilateral trade and investment under the USMCA. Roberto Velasco Álvarez holds a Master´s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where he was also the Chicago Policy Review´s editor in chief; and a Bachelor of Law from the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. He has over a decade of experience in the Mexican federal, state and local public sector. He served as a Strategy and Policy Coordinator to Pro Mexico’s NAFTA Regional Direction in Washington, D.C. After the presidential elections in July 2018, he was invited by the designate-Secretary of Foreign Relations, Mr. Marcelo Ebrard, to support the transition process. At the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, he has served as Director General for Public Affairs and Director General for North America. Since March 2021, Mr. Velasco is Head of the Unit for North America.