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Mr. Carlos Camacho and Mark Robertson have worked closely on a
number of complex transactional and multilateral trade issues almost
continuously since 1993.
Carlos has had a long and distinguished career in both the
public and private sectors in Mexico.Prior to establishing Pretium, S.C. in 2001, he served as
Mexico’s Under Secretary of Fisheries for nearly ten years.
In that capacity he was responsible for regulating Mexico’s
globally significant fisheries industries, representing Mexico
before such international forums as the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization; the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission; and
OLDEPESCA, the organization of Latin American Fisheries
Organizations.
Mr. Camacho played a leadership role in the negotiation and
implementation of such landmark international fisheries agreements
as the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries as well as the
Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program. He also actively participated in the negotiation of the North
American Free Trade Agreement and the Mexico-E.U. Free Trade
Agreement.
Carlos also served as Mexico’s Undersecretary of Tourism on two
occasions, during which time he was chosen as vice president of the
World Tourism Organization in Madrid; Director General of Foreign
Investment, leading the biggest change in policy in the initial
opening of the Mexican Economy; and as Director General of
Statistics, where he was in charge of conducting and finishing the
Population Census of 1980.
Since
establishing the Pretium consulting firm in 2001, Carlos Camacho and
his associates have represented governmental institutions and many
well known national and multinational clients from the
telecommunication, retail, mining, energy, tourism, transportation,
agricultural and biotechnology industries. Their services to these clients include economics,
environmental assessment, antitrust law, financial and commercial
analysis, tourism and fisheries, and direct foreign investment.
In the academic arena, Carlos has taught several economics topics at
various prestigious Universities in Mexico and abroad, including
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México(ITAM), Colegio de México,
Universidad Iberoamericana, University of Texas at Austin, and
Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, where he was recently appointed
Dean of the School of Foreign Relations.In the
course of his government service, he received the “Francisco de
Miranda” award from the Governments of Venezuela and was bestowed
with the “Merit Order” by France.
Carlos Camacho
received his undergraduate degree in economics from the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico City) and earned his Master’s
Degree in Economics from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He
has received the Honorius Cause Doctorate from Newport University
(California. U.S.A.)
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