Advisory board
Benefit from opportunities & investments in the Mexican & LATAM water markets
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José Ramón Ardavín Ituarte
CESPEDES Executive Director
He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering by UNAM; he also has an M.A. in Energy Conservation and the Environment from the UK’s Cranfield University, as well as an Executive Diploma in High Level Management by the Pan-American Institute for High-Level Entrepreneurial Management (IPADE), in Mexico City. Professionally, he has held important positions in both the public and the private sectors: he was general deputy director for drinking water, drainage and water treatment at CONAGUA (National Water Commission) between the years 2006 and 2012; in 2005, he was appointed under-secretary for Promotion and Environmental Standards at SEMARNAT (Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources). In 2003, he held the industrial inspection deputy directorship at PROFEPA (Environmental Protection Agency). In the private sector, he worked for CEMEX-Mexico as technical advisor and public relations.
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Federico Grimaldi De León
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.
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Keith Hays
Research Consultant, Global Water Infrastructure & Services
Keith Hays, Vice President and Co-founder of Bluefield Research, is a seasoned market insight professional with over 20 years’ experience as a management consultant and industry analyst in the energy, water, and telecoms sectors. At Bluefield he leads the Global Municipal Insight Service and consulting practice that advises water sector strategies for infrastructure and services globally, with an emphasis on Public-Private Partnership models and Smart Water. Mr. Hays holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from IESE Business School. He is based in Barcelona, Spain.
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Víctor Lichtinger
President, Water Advisory Council
He holds a degree in Economics from the Autonomous Metropolitan University and a Master's degree in Applied Economics from Stanford University. As a public servant, he collaborated with the Government of Michoacán for the past three years. Lichtinger served as Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of the Federal Government from 2000 to 2003. Prior to that, he was appointed First Executive Director in charge of the Environmental Commission, created by the NAFTA Parallel Agreement, a position he held between 1994 and 1998. Regarding his experience in the private sector, Lichtinger has served as an environmental consultant, advising companies, governments and national and international NGOs. In addition, it has received several awards, such as the Polar Cross awarded by the Government of Sweden or the Green Globe Award, given by the international NGO Rainforest Alliance; and consultant to the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program. In 2010, he was a special ambassador representing Mexico City in the "Climate Summit of the Cities", held in Mexico City.
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Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez
Polytechnic Coordinator for Sustainability, National Polytechnic Institute
Executive Secretary of the Environmental Monitoring Committee for Mexico City’s New International Airport. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis. Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Americas. Medal of Merit “Regional technological Institutes”. “Francisco Villa” Award from the LIV Legislature of the State of Durango. “Lazaro Cardenas” Medal of Merit from the National Polytechnic Institute. “Guadalupe Victoria” Award from the LIX Legislature of Durango. “Valentín Gómez Farías” Award from the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics. Nature Conservation Recognition 2003, SEMARNAT-National Commission of Protected Natural Areas. Recognition from the Biosphere Reserve Foundation “Michilia” and “Mapimi”. SEMARNAT-DURANGO. Special Recognition for Ecological Merit 2013 SEMARNAT – Training Center for Sustainable Development.
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Eduardo Mestre
Senior Advisor, The International Water Foundation
Civil Engineer by the UNAM; Masters in the United States, postgraduate in the United Kingdom and doctoral studies in Spain. Expert in water resources planning; irrigation and drinking water and sanitation services; hydraulic infrastructure projects; information for water management and public water policies and their implementation. High level public positions in the governments of Mexico (he was part of the original team of CONAGUA) and Spain, in the field of water. Senior specialist consultant in more than 40 countries in four continents for the World Bank, IDB, CAF, AFD and KfW. He was president of the Mexican Hydraulic Association and vice-president of the Mexican Association of Civil Engineers. Member of the Global Water Partnership and member of the Mexican Water Advisory Council.
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Adrian Pedrozo Acuña
General Director, Mexican Institute of Water Technology
Civil engineer with a Master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, he is also a researcher at UNAM's Institute of Engineering. His scientific work contains more than 100 publications and 45 articles in international indexed journals, with more than 600 citations. From 2012 to January 2019, he worked as Hydraulics Coordinator at UNAM's Institute of Engineering. He is the creator of the Real-time Hydrological Observatory and of the Multivariate Drought Monitor of Mexico, Mexican new tools for monitoring the hydrological cycle. He is a CONACYT Level-2 National Researcher and consultant to the World Bank for water, climate-change, and risk-related issues. He is a member of several international associations, such as the Hydro-environmental Research and Engineering Association, the Hydrological Sciences Association, the American Geophysics Association, and the European Geosciences Association. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Technology and Water Sciences Journal of the Mexican Institute of Water Technology and is the only Mexican Scientific Editor of the Ibero-American Journal of Water, published by Elsevier.
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Diego J. Rodriguez
Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, World Bank, Mexico
He has a PhD in Water Resource Economics. In Mexico he is responsible for the coordination, strategic dialogue, formulation and supervision of credits, and the design and implementation of sectoral and policy analytical studies. He is the global thematic leader for the World Bank on circular economy and resilience in urban water. He has more than 25 years of experience working on water resources and water and sanitation issues.
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Hugo Roberto Rojas Silva
General Director, ANEAS
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the UAN, a Master's Degree in Business from UdeG, and a Diploma in Management of Operating Organizations from the UNAM. He has held several positions among them: Head of the Planning Department in Potable Water Systems and Sewerage of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (SEPAL Vallarta); Economic Analyst, Planning, Programming and Budget Committee, Chamber of Deputies; Director of Economic Promotion, H. City Hall of Puerto Vallarta, Jal .; Undergraduate and postgraduate university professor in subjects related to economic science. He won the National Prize for Innovation Processes in Drinking Water and Sanitation Services (PISAPyS) 2013.
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Carlos Sandoval Olvera
Civil Engineer and President of the Mexican National Council of Industrial Ecologists (Consejo Nacional de Industriales Ecologistas de México, A.C. CONIECO)
Based in Mexico City, this nongovernmental business organization of more than 100 small and medium-sized industrialists promotes the reduction of pollution in industrial process and the wastewater treatment. Also is currently a member of the following advisory boards: Mexico Climate Change Council; Mexico City National Chamber of commerce and tourism (CANACO); Private Sector studies center for sustainable development (CESPEDES); Nacional Finance Minister (Nacional Financiera); Water Advisory Council (Consejo Consultivo del Agua); Environment and Natural Resources and Government Secretariats Commission for Human Rights; TUBOS DYSA SA Waste Water treatment facilities. In collaboration with E.J. Krause of México for more of 24 years, every year present the CONIECO International Environmental Conference with the Global Resources Environmental and Energy Network, the Green Expo, And in this year 2017 for first time: AQUATECH MEXICO 2017.
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Juan Carlos Valencia
Consultant / Professor, 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.
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Alejandro Sosa Reyes
Executive Director, GEMI Initiative
Chemical Engineer from UAM (Metropolitan Autonomous University), with a special mention for academic excellence. During his career, he has had the privilege of occupying various honorary charges, both in the public and in the private sectors. For example, he is a member of the National Consulting Council for Sustainable Development, of the Climate Change Consulting Council, of CONIECO’s Consulting Council and of the Sustainability Council of Expansion magazine. He has also chaired COPARMEX’s National Ecology Commission, as well as the International Chamber of Commerce between the years 2003 and 2007; he has been a member of the Ecology Commissions of the most important entrepreneurial organizations of the country.