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Dr. Jose Alberro is a director with LECG. He specializes in merger and antitrust matters before the Mexican Federal Competition Commission, as well as strategy, regulatory, and performance improvements in the energy sector (electricity and hydrocarbons), and manufacturing. Prior to joining LECG, Dr. Alberro was vice president at Charles River Associates and head of its Mexico City office. Dr. Alberro has also had a distinguished career as a public official in the Mexican government. He was chief of staff to the Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Policy in 1995; director general of PEMEX Gas and Petrochemicals (PGPB), one of the 10 largest companies in Mexico, between 1992 and 1994; and PEMEX's chief representative in the NAFTA negotiations between 1990 and 1992. While he held these positions, Dr. Alberro participated in drafting legal and regulatory frameworks for the Mexican natural gas, LPG, and electricity industries. During his tenure at PGPB, operating profits increased threefold through aggressive corporate restructuring and strategic refocusing. Dr. Alberro is a former consultant to the United Nations, has been an arbitrator at the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, and has taught economics at universities in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Mexican Academy for Scientific Research. Dr. Alberro holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a French and Spanish native speaker, and is fluent in English. | 