Carlos Ramírez is a political risk expert with 25 years of experience combining private and public practice. A former member of Mexico´s Financial Stability Board (2013- 2018), he joined Integralia, a public affairs and political risk consultancy firm, in 2018. For the period 2013-2018 he was the chairman of the National Commission of Retirement Savings System (CONSAR), the regulator of Mexico ́s pension system.

Before becoming President of CONSAR, he was responsible for assessing Mexico’s political risk for the global leading political risk consultancy firm, The Eurasia Group, where he advised companies from the financial, energy, retail, mining, manufacturing, and telecom industries (2010-2012). He was previously chief communication officer at Pemex (2006-2009) and the communication officer of the Ministry of Finance. He was also chief economist of a local brokerage firm (Banorte).

Ramirez studied economics at Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and political science at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the London School of Economics and in economic policy from Columbia University in New York. He is also a regular speaker of Mexico´s political and economic affairs, and he is also a regular guest on El Financiero TV program, ´Al Cierre´.

Ramírez was an event speaker at the Dialogue.