Advisory Panel

Irma Adriana Gómez Cavazos

• PhD in Applied Economics and Master's Degree in Economics, Texas A&M University
• Former Chief of Staff of the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• Former Member of the Board at PEMEX, Bancomext, and Conacyt
• Former Undersecretary of Economic Relations and International Cooperation, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Former Director of Analysis, International Information Development Vice-presidency at CEMEX
• Former Director of Corporate Affairs for CEMEX in the Americas
• Former Dean of EGADE Business School in Mexico City where she created the Centre for Sustainability and Business
• Former Undersecretary for Management, Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
• Former Undersecretary for Management, Mexican Ministry of Public Education

Ms. Gómez Cavazos is an expert in environmental economics with broad experience in Foreign Affairs. She has authored numerous articles for periodicals, including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Empirical Economics, and Natural Resource Modeling.

Margareth G. Flórez

• Architect and Urbanist, Federal University, Brazil
• Specialist and Master in Planning and Development, Universidad de los Andes - CIDER, Colombia
• Adviser in the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, in the National Rehabilitation Plan - PNR
• Adviser in the Presidency of the Republic in the Presidential Counseling for Medellin and its Metropolitan Area.
• Head of the Local and Community Management Area and Deputy Director of Programs of the Corona Foundation.
• Director of the Transparency for Colombia, National Chapter of Transparency International.
• Executive Director of RedEAmérica (present)

Mrs. Flórez has over 30 years of experience in promoting programs and public policies linked to the sustainable development of communities and the strengthening of public institutions. Her work has involved to public, private and civil sector organizations. She has participated in various boards of non-profit civil institutions at national and international level.

Ramón Pérez Gil Salcido

• Wildlife Biologist and Zoologist, Mexico’s National University; MA in Natural Resources, University of Michigan, USA ; Jersey Preservation Trust, Isle of Jersey UK
• LEAD Fellow, LEAD-COLMEX (Leadership on Environment and Development)
• Founding director of CESPEDES , Mexico’s Private Sector’s (Research) Centre for Sustainable Development from the Business Coordinating Council (CCE)
• Founding director of the Water Programme of the Gonzalo Rio Arronte Foundation
• Former head of Mexico’s Wildlife Service (“Flora and Fauna” Directorate) at a National level under the Ministry of Urban Development and Ecology.
• Former Global Counselor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Member of the board of several non-governmental organizations and technical commissions
• Currently the President of a 43 years old non-governmental organization called FAUNAM devoted to a vast array of topics regarding the study and conservation of wildlife particularly in Mexico

Mr. Pérez Gil is a biologist with more than 40 years of experience on the fields of Mammalogy, Use and Conservation of Wildlife, Economic Importance of Wildlife, Protected Areas (design, establishment, operation, performance, financing, monitoring, and evaluation), Sustainable use of natural resources (wildlife and water in particular), Watershed management and conservation and sustainability monitoring and sustainable development at large.

Felipe Pich-Aguilera

• PhD Architect, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
• Founding Director of Picharchitects
• President of GBCe, Spanish Chapter of the World Green Building Council
• Founding Member of the Superior School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia ESARQ/UIC and “AuS” (Architecture and Sustainability) group at the Catalonia Association of Architects
• Professor of Architecture and Sustainability and Director of Environmental and Industrialization Investigation at Superior School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia ESARQ/UIC

Mr. Pich-Aguilera has been instrumental in promoting social and environmental responsibility in the architecture sector in Spain and abroad.

Martin Hollands

• Senior Advisor on Business and Biodiversity with BirdLife International.
• Although originally trained as an ecologist Martin has worked for the last 40 years in conservation
• Initially working on traditional conservation approaches Martin has championed bringing together businesses and conservation organizations to work on the shared area of “sustainability”
• Martin has continued to work on the interface between business and nature with NGOs, businesses, governments and international agencies in the areas of extractives, energy, agriculture and tropical commodities
• A member of the Advisory Committee of the Concrete Sustainability Council
• Director of Environment and Sustainability with Bloomsbury Minerals Economics
• Co-Chair of the Strategy and Objectives Working Group of the Global Platform on Sustainable Natural Rubber
• A member of the Extended Network to the Informal Advisory Group on Mainstreaming for the Convention on Biological Diversity