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Emilio lozoya austin director general de pemex en tabasco 18 de marzo de 2015
Emilio Ricardo Lozoya Austin (Chihuahua, Chihuahua, December 9, 1974) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) from 2012 to 2016.
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- Emilio lozoya austin director general de pemex en tabasco 18 de marzo de 2015
- Conoce a emilio lozoya austin
- Education
- Early career
- Pemex
- Awards and recognition
- Family
- References
Conoce a emilio lozoya austin
Education
He holds a degree in Economics from the ITAM and one in Law from UNAM. He also has a Masters in Public Administration and International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University.
He is the author of different publications on monetary policy, productivity and competition, efficiency in public policies, as well as education and electoral systems.
Early career
Emilio Lozoya holds a B.A in Economics and one in Law by ITAM and UNAM, respectively. He also has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and International Development by Harvard University.
Between 1999 and 2001, Emilio Lozoya worked as an analyst at the Central Bank of Mexico, being responsible for investing international reserves. Lozoya was also a Board Member of several corporations and enterprises related with infrastructure, finance, and IT sectors.
Starting in 2003 until 2006, he served as an Investment Officer for Structure Finance and Distressed Assets at the Inter-American Investment Corporation within the Inter-American Development Bank, where he interacted with different Latin American industries and countries.
Also, from 2006 up to 2009, he worked at the World Economic Forum as Senior Director for Latin America, where he was in charge of research and strategies related to the forum and was the liaison between leaders and stakeholders in the region.
Between 2009 and 2012, Lozoya co-founded and was an Executive Board Member of different investment funds, specialized on international private capital investments, including restructuring and international transactions.
From January to November 2012, he headed the International Affairs Office during the campaign, as well as at the Transition Team of now President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Pemex
From December 2012 to February 2016, he was appointed CEO of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
In 2014, he was recognized by Energy Intelligence as “Petroleum Executive of the Year”. In 2012, he was named a Global Young Leader by the WEF; in 2011, he was one of the most influential Hispano younger than 40 at the list of Poder magazine; in 2010, he was awarded for his leadership with the title of Hemispheric Ambassador by the American Business Council Foundation and was included at Poder magazine list as one of the 100 most influential Mexicans.
On August 13, 2017, O Globo newspaper reported that Odebrecht paid US$10mn in bribes to Lozoya during his time at Pemex, in exchange for an award of a US$115mn contract for Pemex's Tula refinery. . This was subsequently denied by Lozoya.
Awards and recognition
Family
He is the son of Emilio Lozoya Thalmann, who headed the ISSSTE and was appointed Secretary of Energy during President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's administration. His grandfather was Jesús Lozoya Solís, a leading pediatrics surgeon, politician, General in the Mexican Army and an important businessman. Emilio is married and has three children.