Mr. Zabludovsky was born on March 29, 1956. He is a founding partner of Soluciones Estratégicas, S.C. a consulting company for international trade. In 1994 he became Deputy Secretary for International Trade Negotiations; under such capacity he developed Mexico’s trade negotiating strategy and overviewed the implementation and administration of NAFTA as well as the Mexican FTA’s with Chile, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela. From 1998 to 2001, as Mexican Ambassador to the EU and Chief negotiator for the Mexico-EU FTA, he headed the Mexican team in the negotiations of the first transatlantic free trade agreement. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. |