Fernando Cruz

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Fernado J. Cruz del Bosque
Mr. Cruz is an Economist graduated from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, with a Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the EGADE Business School. He has 12 years of professional expertise managing and operating several programs of international cooperation, as well as promoting trade and investment between Mexico, Europe and Latin America. At the Mexican Bank for Foreign Trade (BANCOMEXT), he held positions such as Projects Executive and Deputy Director of the Cooperation Office for Europe and Latin America, where he developed internationalization projects for Mexican companies in 19 countries.

In 2003 he collaborated with the design team of the European Commission’s AL-Invest III Program, created to foster trade and investment agreements between European and Latin American companies. In 2004 he was appointed as the representative of Mexico, Central America and Brazil to the Board of the AL-Invest III Consortium, based in Brussels, where he was responsible for coordinating and strengthening institutional relationships with public and private agencies located in the 27 Member-States of the European Union, as well as 19 countries in Latin America. He was also appointed Deputy Executive to the Mexican Presidency of the AL-Invest III Consortium during 2004-2008.

In 2009 he became National Director of the Mexico – European Union Business Center (CEMUE), where he was responsible for the operation of the PIAPYME, one of Mexico's iconic programs within the economic cooperation with European Union. From that position, he also collaborated with the Embassy of the European Union in Mexico, ProMéxico, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the design of the Mexico -European Union Competitiveness and Innovation Program (PROCEI).

Since 2009 he has participated as member of the Mexican delegation in the Mexico - European Union Joint Committee, an entity that defines and monitors the bilateral Agenda. Furthermore, he has been a guest speaker at various forums on multilateral cooperation and development, in countries like Mexico, France, Argentina, Brazil and Guatemala.

Currently, Mr. Cruz is Executive Director of International Cooperation Projects in ProMéxico, and National Director of the Mexico-European Union Competitiveness and Innovation Program (PROCEI).

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