Roberto Velasco
Head of the Unit for North America, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Velasco has over a decade of experience in the Mexican federal, state, and local public sector. He served as a strategy and policy coordinator to Pro Mexico’s NAFTA Regional Direction in Washington, D.C. After the presidential elections in July 2018, he was invited by the designate-secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, to support the transition process. At the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, he has served as director general for Public Affairs and director general for North America. Since March 2021, Mr. Velasco is head of the Unit for North America.
