Vanessa Gonzalez

Biography

nessa has a bachelor’s degree in law by UNAM and in Political Science by ITAM. In 2012 she was certified in Corporate Law by UNAM; and in 2013 she attended an executive course on Corporate Social Responsibility at Harvard Business School.

Vanessa has been with Citibanamex since 2009 where she started working at the Corporate Social Responsibility office. In 2013 she led the development of a new social responsibility strategy and was responsible for the sustainability reports from 2011 to 2013.

On December 2013 she was appointed as Director for the Social and Environmental Foundations, where she works supporting productive projects and social entrepreneurship to help vulnerable communities increase their income. The foundations also support natural disaster relief, housing, water and conservation projects.

Previously she worked at the National Elections Institute in Mexico from 1999 to 2008 as Advisor for the General Council. This same General Council appointed her for an honorary role at the State of Mexico´s local election from 2011 to 2017.

She is part of the Women´s Council at Citibanamex since 2017 and has participated in different panels on productivity, social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility; has also been speaker at different conferences and events and is part of ANDE Central America and Mexico Advisory Board.