Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández is Managing Partner of BEEL Infrastructure, a specialized advisory & asset management firm focused on the infrastructure sector in Latin America. He has a diverse professional career, with over 20 years of experience at senior government positions under five presidents in the areas of finance, trade, national security and
diplomacy.

Recently, he served as Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States (2017-2018), during a time in which the bilateral relation experienced significant changes and challenges under a new U.S. Administration; and he played a prominent role in the negotiation of the United States of America, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA).

From 2010 to 2016, he served as Managing Director of the North American Development Bank (NADB) headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Under his leadership, the loan portfolio grew on average 32% per year and the bank conducted several successful bond issues in the U.S. and European Markets, while maintaining strong financial position and AA global credit ratings.

Between 2009 and 2010, he served as Deputy Secretary for Governance and Homeland Security, with the main responsibility of identifying threats to the country’s democratic governance and national security, and coordinating the Government’s prevention and response measures. During this time, he was also a member of the National Security Council’s Executive Committee.

From 2006 to 2009, he served as Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Foreign Ministry.
In that capacity, Gutiérrez was responsible for normalizing the Mexico-Cuba relationship after a strained period, including the signing of agreements on migration and economic cooperation; as well as the re-establishment of ambassadors with Venezuela. He led Mexico’s negotiations with Mesoamerican countries (Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Dominican Republic) for the creation of Proyecto Mesoamerica, a multilateral cooperation mechanism for social development and regional infrastructure. Also, he actively worked, along with other government agencies, on strengthening security and anti-narcotics cooperation with several Latin American and Caribbean countries.

As Under Secretary for North America, from 2003 to 2006, he coordinated day-to-day trilateral and bilateral affairs with Mexico’s North American partners (United States and Canada) and supervised the operations of over 50 Mexican Consular representations in the region. He led negotiations for the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America (SPP) –prelude to the present day North American Leaders Summit– and also worked closely with other agencies in border and regional security cooperation with U.S. and Canadian authorities.

Gutiérrez has also held other federal government positions in the Ministries of Economy and Treasury Department, the Office of the President and Banobras (Mexico’s national public works bank).

On the political front, he worked as part of President-Elect Vicente Fox’s transition team, as Director of Miguel Estrada Iturbide Foundation, the Partido Acción Nacional’s (Mexico center-right party) think-tank and as Chief of Staff of its Parliamentary Group.

Gutiérrez holds a B.A. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) where he also finished his B.A. in Political Science and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, for which he received a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship.

He has contributed with opinion articles for several Mexican and U.S. newspapers and magazines, participates regularly as speaker to conferences on U.S. - Mexico relations, border affairs and international business. Gerónimo lives in Washington D.C. and regularly spends time in Mexico and Texas.