Advisory board of Aquatech Mexico

Technical Manager, CANAJAD
Industrial Chemical Engineer. He has over twenty years’ worth of experience in standardization processes. He has managed chemical plants, including process and detailed engineering projects, as well as the building of same. He has worked in risk evaluation, safety programs and environmental audits. Also in production control and coordination of traffic functions for the handling of large volumes of raw materials and products.

General Director, ANEAS
She holds a master's degree in Governance and Globalization from the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP).  She has served as Legislative Director of the Water, Infrastructure and Hydraulic Resources Commission in the Guerrero State Congress, Deputy Director of Management in the Guerrero Potable Water, Sewerage and Sanitation Commission; Deputy Director of ANEAS and since October 2022 she is the General Director of ANEAS.

Senior Consultant in water education, communication, transparency and ICTs
She is a communicologist from the UNAM, and holds a Master in Public Policy from the UP. Some of the organizations with which she has collaborated are the Chamber of Deputies, CONAGUA, the Federal Institute of Telecommunications, Rio Bravo Basin Council, Water Operating Organizations and the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Program in Latin America. In these, she has advised, designed, coordinated or contributed to programs and projects such as the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television, the creation of the Federal Law on Transparency and Access to Information, the IV World Water Forum and the 2030 Water Agenda. She is a member of the Mexican Network of Hydrographic Basins, the Community of Women in Water, the Water Advisory Council, among other organizations.

Water Security and Resilience Program Coordinator, World Bank, Mexico
She holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City and a Master's Degree in International Law and International Relations from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. With more than 15 years of experience in water issues, Verónica served as Technical Secretary of the Special Commission for Integral Water Management in the IV Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, period in which she also served as General Coordinator of the Mexican Alliance for a New Water Culture. From February 2008 to March 2014, she held the position of Project Coordinator of the Water Advisory Council, an organization dedicated to promoting the sustainable use of water in Mexico. She later served as Executive Director of this same organization.

Assistant manager of management and evaluation of projects with external loans, CONAGUA
B.A. in International Relations with a specialization in official development assistance and a Master's degree in public policy and gender from FLACSO. Her professional activity has focused on international financing issues, mainly from international financial organizations in Nacional Financiera, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the Tax Administration Service and the National Water Commission.

President, Water Advisory Council
He has extensive experience in the public and private sectors, where he has served as Secretary of Finance and Planning of the State of Zacatecas, and is currently its representative in Mexico City. In the private sector, he has works as Managing Partner of GCI; as Treasurer of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Sector of CANACINTRA, as National Advisor of the Association in Favor of the Best and as a contributor to Bloomberg Financial. He has also served as Director of Corporate Relations of Grupo Modelo; President and Chief Executive Officer of construction group GARUMI SA, and Advisor to the Director; and former President of Procab.

Columnist, La Jornada
He holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit; a master’s degree in economics from CIDE; a master’s degree in business administration from the Universidad de Guadalajara and a PhD in Economics from UNAM. He is currently a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Mexican Hydraulics Association (AMH). He is an external advisor to the Commission of Hydraulic Resources, Drinking Water and Sanitation of the Federal Chamber of Deputies. Furthermore, he is an Economist with experience in Water and Natural Resources Management, Public Finance, Economic Development and Economic Teaching.

Hydraulics Specialist, UNAM
He is currently a Consultant, Professor of the Master in Hydraulics at UNAM and President of the Advisory Board of the Mexican Hydraulic Association in the Morelos Regional Section. He graduated with honors as a Master in Engineering from UNAM and previously as an Industrial Engineer from the Autonomous University of Morelos. He has more than 27 years of experience in the water sector. Among his positions are: General Director of ANEAS; Executive Secretary of the State Water Commission, in the Government of the state of Morelos; In CONAGUA he served as: General Director of Balsas Basin Organizations; National Manager of Hydraulic Planning and Regional Manager of Programming.

Executive Director, Agua Capital
Law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana; Diploma in Public Management from CIDE and the University of Colorado, as well as a Master's degree in Political Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated from the International Sustainability Program of El Colegio de México and LEAD International (Cohort XIII), and from the International Program for Sustainability Diplomacy of the Sustainability Challenge Foundation, IPMS (Cohort 19a). He has worked in the water sector for 15 years and has extensive experience in the public, social and private sectors, with emphasis on Public Affairs and Institutional Relations. He was Executive Director of the Water Advisory Council. Currently, he is Executive Director of Agua Capital, whose mission is to promote water security in the Valley of Mexico.