Productive Transformation in LATAM & Strategic Participation in Global Value Chains: An OECD view

CID Student Ambassador Mayra Salazar-Rivera interviews Roberto Martinez Yllescas, Head of OECD Mexico Centre. Roberto discusses Latin America's participation in global value chains and his views on how change in the NAFTA agreement could impact Mexico and the U.S. Recorded on December 2nd, 2016. About the Roberto Martinez: As head of the OECD Mexico Centre, Roberto Martínez Yllescas (MPP '95) works to increase the OECD's relevance and impact in Mexico and Latin America. Roberto was previously Chief of Staff to Commissioner Labardini as one of the founders of Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute. Previously, he was a Senior Advisor in the Secretariat of Communications and Transport in Mexico. He has over fifteen years of experience working in governmental, multilateral organizations and private sector companies as Government Affairs manager in Mexico at Intel Corp, as well as Central-Southern Regional Chief for the National Telecommunications, Electronics and IT Industry Association of Mexico. He has also been a senior consultant to the United Nations Development Programme, USAID and Mexico's Centre for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness. Mr. Martínez Yllescas, a Mexican national, holds a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México, a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government