AKZA - Key Persons


AMANDO AZCONA MARTINEZ

Job Titles:
  • PROJECT MANAGER, OIL & GAS
Currently he is the Oíl & Gas Director at Akza Advisors, with extensive experience in the Public Sector, he served as Commercial and Regulatory Executive Director, at Cenagas; Director of Planning and Engineering, at the Integral Port Administration of Ensenada; and as Structural Engineer at the Mexican Petroleum Institute, also in the Private Sector, such as Commercial Director at Grupo Altavista, Project Director at Abengoa engineering; Plant Director at Uristeel; and Structural Engineer at ICA Flúor; among others. He studied Civil Engineering at the FI of the UNAM, has a Master's Degree in Project Management and Planning at the Universitat of Valencia, Spain, and has 4 Diplomas from the IPADE Business School.

ARTURO CARRANZA GUERECA

Job Titles:
  • PROYECT MANAGER ENERGY
Project Manager in Energy at Akza Advisory. He served as a senior advisor for an independent Board Member of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). He was a consulting partner at Solana Consultores, where he provided support to the President and CEO regarding energy business strategies. He worked as head of the President's Office at the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP). He has a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the INAP. He is also active in the media, with articles, interviews and quotes on energy topics. He writes a column every 15 days in the Fortuna y Poder news portal and an article every two months in Mexico Business News.

DIANA VERONICA MURILLO MUÑOZ

Job Titles:
  • INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR
She has experience in civil litigation law; holding various positions within the Federal Government of Mexico, carrying out advisory functions to the General Director of the social security institution. She was preparing, coordinating and monitoring agreements and different projects. She worked in the Poder Judicial Federal in México, she studied and drafting judgments for the federal court. Currently, she is Project Coordinator of the Akza Infrastructure area. She studied law at Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, and she has two diplomas by the Supreme Court of Justice.

FERNANDO ROMAN RANGEL

Job Titles:
  • RESEARCH LEADER
He served in the attention of international law related affairs at Sedena in Mexico and performed as business liaising chief at National Chamber of Commerce Services and Tourism form Cuernavaca City. Currently he is research leader at Akza Advisors. Bachelor's degree in International Relations specialized in Geopolitics. He has several courses in international humanitarian law and human rights by OAS, UNAM, Sedena and CNDH.

FRIDA MASRI AMKIE - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
She worked in the International Republican Institute, as Director of the Political Process Strengthening, to promote better democracy practices. Having subsequently worked in the Mexican office of the Israel Ministry of Defense.

GENARO CAZARES ESCALANTE

Job Titles:
  • PROYECT MANAGER INFRASTRUCTURE
He has extensive experience in Federal and local Government at the Ministry of Economy, where he was in charge of the relation with the Private Initiative for advice on projects in conjunction with Regulations and Norms. In addition, he has a Diploma in International Commercial Negotiations by El Colegio de Mexico.

GUILLERMO CEJA GONZALES - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
He´s been Chief Legal Officer since 2013, when Akza was created.

ISAAC ASSA FARCA - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CHAIRMAN
Mexican entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropists with extensive experience in international trade.

JONATHAN BELTRAN ZAMORATEGUI

Job Titles:
  • COORDINATOR
He worked as Director of Business Development for the Commercial Office at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico, being responsible for generating business between both countries in sectors such as Cybersecurity and Fintech; in addition, he was a consultant on issues of the Mexico-Israel Free Trade Agreement. Graduated in Foreign Trade from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, he carried out an exchange stay at the Uniwersytet w Ekonomiczny in Krakow, Poland.

JONATHAN DE VICENTE ENCARNACION

Job Titles:
  • RESEARCH ASSISTANT
He has worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development and the National Electoral Institute, where he has followed up on projects in the areas of human rights, gender equality, democracy and sustainable urban development. He has a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from UNAM and a Master's degree in International Developement Cooperation forDevelopment from Instituto Mora. Currently, he studies a Master onHuman Rights at Universidad Iberoamericana.

JOSE ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ DUQUE

Job Titles:
  • LEGAL MANAGER
He has worked in the Central Administration of Foreign Trade and Customs Regulations, of the Tax Administration Service, and has extensive experience in Tax and Administrative Litigation, Contracts and Economic Competition.

REGINA HERNANDEZ ALVAREZ

Job Titles:
  • PROYECT MANAGER HEALTH
She has experience in the Federal Government, in public management and Legislative Power in the area of housing, real estate, environment, civil associations and health; in the private sphere in corporate law, and intelligence strategies for public and private large scale projects, in many sectors.