Mr. BRUNO FERRARI

SECRETARY OF THE ECONOMY OF MEXICO 

Bruno Ferrari was born in 1961, in Mexico City. He holds a Law Degree with Honours from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He has attended to several courses in Management, Finance, Humana Resources, Competitiveness, and Marketing at Harvard University, Standford University, University of Michegan, Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton School of Management, and INSEAD in France.

His entrepreneur career started in 1990. For the past 15 years, Mr. Ferrari has had a successful career in a variety of industries focused on  Agribusiness in different parts of the world, transforming underperforming companies into thriving enterprises by focusing on the development of R&D teams, and human capital training.

Mr Ferrari was President and CEO of Seminis, Inc., where he led a team of experts towards establishing operations in 155 countries, and research centers in 73 of them. Previously, he also held a variety of corporate positions at Grupo Pulsar, which was one of the largest corporations in Mexico.

From January 2007 to July 2007, he served as Head of the Unit for Economic Relations and International Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From July 2007 to July 2010, he served as CEO of ProMexico, the Mexican Government institution in charge of strengthening Mexico’s participation in the international economy. During his time in ProMexico, he supported the export activity of companies established in Mexico and coordinated actions to attract foreign direct investment.

In July 15th of 2010, President Felipe Calderón appointed him Secretary of Economy of Mexico.