Adalberto Palma Gómez
Senior Partner, Aperture SC; Senior Fellow, Mexico, Milken Institute
Currently, Adalberto is focused as independent consultant in strategy, corporate governance, sustainability behavioral economics and public policy. He is related to iDirectores, BEWorks Mexico and Futerra Mexico, amongst other relevant world players in his topics of interest. He was a senior advisor to the Chief of Staff of Mexico´s current President (2020-2021) and before that he was Chairman of Mexico´s Banking and Securities Commission (2019-2020). He was Aspen Institute Mexico´s CEO (2015-2019) and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Unión de Instituciones Financieras Mexicanas, A.C. (2018-2019). In 2004 he founded Apertiure S.C. and in 2006 Proxy, Gobernanza Corporativa, S.C. He has advised entities of different nature (corporates, financial, non profits and family run) in Corporate Governance in Mexico, Venezuela, Perú, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panamá and Ecuador. Until December 2003 he participated as Independent Board member at IPAB, Mexico´s deposit insurance organization. To serve on the Board Mr. Palma Gomez was nominated by Mexico´s President and approved by the Senate in 1999. In this capacity he also served as Chairman of the Board of Banca Serfin (at the time the fourth largest financial institution in the country) during it receivership. He was President and CEO of Bankers Trust in Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia from 1994 - 1998He was Managing Director of Citibank Mexico (1984-1994)He has been married for 43 years and has two sons and two grandchildren.
