- Francisco Gil Díaz
Francisco Gil Díaz (b.
2 September 1943 inMexico City ) is aMexican economist who serves in the board of corporate directors ofHSBC Group inLondon as of early 2007. He served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of PresidentVicente Fox (1 December 2000 –30 November 2006 ).Gil Díaz is the son of Francisco Gil Arias, a fisherman, and Ana María Díaz Perches. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and a Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Chicago ,United States . He sits in the board of theIbero-American University , the Anderson School of Business atUCLA and the Mexican Center of theUniversity of Texas at Austin .In the public sector he has served as undersecretary of finance (1988 – 1994) and vice-governor of the Mexican central bank (1994 – 1997). In the private sector he worked as
CEO ofAvantel , a Mexican telephone and internet service provider (1997; November 2000).Gil Díaz is married to Margarita White de la Peña and has four children, including
Francisco Gil-White . He joined theInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1979 and taught economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where is also anemeritus professor.External links
*es icon [http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/gabinete/index.php?contenido=15023&gabinete=crecimiento Profile at the Presidency of Mexico]
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