Biography of Mr Dionisio PEREZ-JÁCOME FRISCIONE

Dionisio Pérez Jácome Friscione
Secretary,
Secretary of Communications and Transportation,
Mexico

On January 7th 2011, Dionisio Pérez Jácome was appointed Secretary of Communications and Transportation. Previously he acted as Undersecretary for Budget and Public Expenditure at the Ministry of Finance. Before that, he was the Chief of Advisors at the Office of the Presidency.

Between 1997 and 2005 he actively participated within the energy sector as President of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), Executive Director of the National Executive Committee for the capitalization of petrochemical enterprises and head of the Investment Promotion Unit at the Ministry of Energy.

He also participated in the NAFTA negotiations and was Mexico´s Agricultural and Foresty counselor to Canada.

Mr. Pérez Jácome has also worked as consultant in prestigious management consulting firms.
He is an economist from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has a Masters degree on International Management from the same Institution. He holds a Master on Public Policy from the John. F Kennedy School at Harvard University, and has been professor at the ITAM.