Geronimo Gutiérrez Fernández has over 20 years of experience in senior government positions under five Mexican presidents in the areas of finance, trade, national security and diplomacy. Most recently, he served as Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States. In that position, he played a prominent role in the negotiation of the United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA).
He previously served as Managing Director of the North American Development Bank (NADB), and held senior positions in the Mexican government, including as Deputy Secretary for Governance and Homeland Security, member of the National Security Council’s Executive Committee and, in the Foreign Ministry, as Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean and Under Secretary for North America.
His professional work now focuses on providing strategic advice to global firms with operations throughout the Americas and infrastructure development and financing. He is partner of BEEL Infrastructure based in Mexico City and serves on the Board of Directors of New York Life Seguros Monterrey and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ – CWCO).
Gerónimo holds a B.A. in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) where he also studied Political Science and a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, for which he received a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship.
He teaches the course of Contemporary Issues of U.S. – Mexico Relations at George Washington University and frequently contributes with opinion articles for several Mexican and U.S. newspapers and magazines and participates regularly as speaker to conferences on Mexico’s political and economic landscape and U.S.-Mexico affairs.
Gerónimo lives in Washington D.C. and regularly spends time in Mexico City and Texas.