Ricardo Dueñas, Chief Financial Officer, Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Speaker Biograghy: Ricardo is currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico, which is the entity responsible for the development of the New Airport of Mexico City. Previously he worked as an advisor in infrastructure projects at the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT). He joined JP Morgan in 2007 in London, where he remained for four years working in the Emerging Markets Group. Previously he worked at a hedge fund in New York, responsible for investment opportunities in Latin America. He began his career at the Central Bank of Mexico performing economic research. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School. He graduated as an economist from Instituto Tecnologico Autonmomo de Mexico (ITAM), where he has also been a lecturer. He has been awarded with the IMEF National Prize of Economics and has worked at the Mexican Delegation to the OECD in Paris.


Day 2 - 15 March
Session:
Airport Design, Planning & Development


16:05 - 17:30 - Panel Discussion: NAICM mega-terminal: structuring sustainability and flexibility to yield opportunity
Synopsis: Mexico’s aviation sector growth has increased dramatically, on the shoulders of Latin America’s most healthy economy. NAICM Phase 1, a single-build programme featuring a four-concourse mega-terminal, is structured to support dynamic growth across diverse sectors. The programme calls for simplicity, sustainability, profitability and great flexibility. Innovative architectural, structural, life-safety and construction strategies have been developed to meet the challenges of fast-track imperatives and support the project’s long-term vision.

Audience will learn: