Emilio Lozoya Austin

He holds a degree in Economics from the ITAM and one in Law from UNAM.[2] He also has a Masters in Public Administration and International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University.

He is the author of different publications on monetary policy, productivity and competition, efficiency in public policies, as well as education and electoral systems.

Between 1999 and 2001, Emilio Lozoya worked as an analyst at the Central Bank of Mexico, being responsible for investing international reserves. Lozoya was also a Board Member of several corporations and enterprises related with infrastructure, finance, and IT sectors.

Starting in 2003 until 2006, he served as an Investment Officer for Structure Finance and Distressed Assets at the Inter-American Investment Corporation within the Inter-American Development Bank, where he interacted with different Latin American industries and countries.

Also, from 2006 up to 2009, he worked at the World Economic Forum as Senior Director for Latin America, where he was in charge of research and strategies related to the forum and was the liaison between leaders and stakeholders in the region.

Between 2009 and 2012, Lozoya co-founded and was an Executive Board Member of different investment funds, specialized on international private capital investments, including restructuring and international transactions.

From January to November 2012, he headed the International Affairs Office during the campaign, as well as at the Transition Team of now President Enrique Peña Nieto.

From December 2012 to February 2016, he was appointed CEO of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos by President Enrique Peña Nieto.

In 2014, he was recognized by Energy Intelligence as “Petroleum Executive of the Year”. In 2012, he was named a Global Young Leader by the WEF; in 2011, he was one of the most influential Hispano younger than 40 at the list of Poder magazine; in 2010, he was awarded for his leadership with the title of Hemispheric Ambassador by the American Business Council Foundation and was included at Poder magazine list as one of the 100 most influential Mexicans.

In 2017, he was immersed in the Odebrecht bribery scandal[3] that hit several politicians and ministers across Latin America. In particular a direct accusation of alleged bribery payments of more than 10 million dollars between 2010 and 2014 was made against Emilio Lozoya by Luis Alberto de Meneses Weyll, director of Odebrecht in México at the time of the alleged bribes. He categorically refutes all claims.

In July 2019, Lozoya was accused of taking $10m (£8m) in bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht who claim to have paid off politicians in Latin America. Mr. Lozoya's wife, sister, and mother are implicated in the same corruption case.[4] For the second time, in July 2019, a judge ordered the detention of Lozoya Austin, in relation to the Odebrecht scandal.[5] Lozoya's was detained by Spanish police in Malaga, Spain in February 2020 and is in the process of being extradited to Mexico.[6]