Georgina Kessel

Mexican politician

Georgina Kessel Martínez is a Mexican economist for the Spanish energy firm Iberdrola, post she earned thanks to concessions she signed off on while secretary of energy. She is a former head of the Casa de Moneda de México (the Mexican mint) and the Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.[1]

She was head of the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (Banobras).

## Personal life and education[edit]

Kessel attended the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) from 1975 to 1979 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics. A few years later she received a doctorate in the same discipline from Columbia University in the United States. Kessel worked for over nine years as a full-time professor at the ITAM, where she headed the Department of Economics in 1994. Amongst her former students is Felipe Calderón, who earned a master's degree in economics under Kessel at ITAM. Calderón subsequently appointed her Minister of Energy after he was elected President of Mexico in 2006.

## Public and political career[edit]

In the public sector Kessel has worked at the Energy Regulatory Commission, the Mexican mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Pemex and the Secretariat of Finance.[2]

In 2005 she received the Premio al mérito profesional in the public sector, a recognition of the ITAM alumni.

She was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Iberdrola on 23 April 2013.[3]

## Published works[edit]

* El sur también existe (with Santiago Levy and Enrique Dávila)
* Los peligros del Plan Puebla-Panamá
* Lo negociado del Tratado de Libre Comercio (compiler)
* Eduardo Andere; Georgina Kessel (1992). México y el Tratado Trilateral de Libre Comercio: Impacto Sectorial. McGraw-Hill Interamericana de México. ISBN 978-970-10-0191-2.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dickerson, Marla (2006-11-22). "Free-market approach to prevail in Mexican Cabinet". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2006-11-22. df
2. ^ "¿Quién es Georgina Kessel?" (in Spanish). Diario de Yucatán. 2006-11-21. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
3. ^ "Georgina Kessel se incorpora al Consejo de Administración de Iberdrola". 23 April 2013.

Preceded by

Fernando Canales Clariond

|  Secretary of Energy
2006–2011  | Succeeded by

José Antonio Meade

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