Francisco Gil Díaz

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Francisco Gil Díaz (born 2 September 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America.[1]

Early life

Gil Díaz is the son of Francisco Gil Arias, a fisherman, and Ana María Díaz Perches. He is married to Margarita White and has four children: two males and two females.

Education

He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, in the United States.[2] He sits on the board of the Ibero-American University and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.[3]

Career

In the public sector Gil Díaz has served as Undersecretary of Finance (1988–1994) and Vice-Governor of the Mexican central bank (1994–1997). In the private sector he worked as CEO of Avantel, a Mexican telephone and internet service provider (1997 - November 2000).[4]

Gil Díaz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1979 and taught economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he is also an emeritus professor[3] and where he also received an honorary degree in May 2009.[5]

Other activities

Personal life

Gil Díaz is married to Margarita White de la Peña[2] and has four children, including Francisco and Cristina Gil-White.

References

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