Mr. Zabludovsky was born on March 29, 1956. He is a founding partner of Soluciones Estrat�gicas, 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. |