COFECE notifies its Statement of Probable Responsibility for possible relative monopolistic practices in the markets for nitrogen and argon gases

Publication date:03/28/2017            Number:COFECE-017-2017

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Jesús Ignacio
Navarro Zermeño

Commissioner

2013-2020
inavarro@cofece.mx

• Under-Secretary for Industry and Trade at the Mexican Ministry of Economy (2012-2013).
• Administrative and Finance Director at Afore XXI-Banorte (2010-2012).
• General Director for Privatization and Bidding Processes at the Federal Competition Commission (2007-2010).
• Director of Economic and Social Benefits at the Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) (2005-2007).
• Treasury Coordinator at IMSS (2005).
• Consultant partner at Solución en Regulaciones y Mercados, S.C., (2001-2005).
• General Coordinator for Mining at the Ministry of Economy (1999-2000).
• Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Economy (1998-1999).
• General Director for Industrial Promotion at the Ministry of Economy (1995-1997).
• Faculty at ITESM (1982).

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in Economics, Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.
• PhD in Economics, the University of Chicago, United States.

Eduardo Martínez Chombo

Commissioner

2013-2021
emartinez@cofece.mx

• General Director for Proposed Resolutions at the extinct Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL) (2009-2013).
• Visiting lecturer at Escuela Superior de Economía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) (2012-2013).
• Specialist economic researcher for the Mexican Central Bank (2008-2009).
• Lecturer at COLMEX (2003-2009).
• Economist at the Mexican Central Bank (1991-2008).

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in Economics, Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in Economics, Rice University, Texas, USA.
• PhD in Economics, Rice University, Texas, USA.

José Eduardo Mendoza Contreras

Commissioner

2018-2027
jmendoza@cofece.mx

• Head of the Competition and Public Policy Unit for Market Efficiency (Ministry of Economy) (2015 – 2018).
• General Director for Market Investigations (COFECE) (2013 – 2014).
• Advisor to Commissioners: Adalberto García Rocha, Luis Alberto Ibarra Pardo and Alejandro Castañeda (CFC-COFECE) (2007-2013).

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in Economics, Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in Economics, Boston University (United States).
• PhD in Economics, University of Surrey (United Kingdom).

Brenda Gisela
Hernández Ramírez

Commissioner

2016-2025
bhernandez@cofece.mx

• Department Head, Deputy Director, Area Director and Deputy General Director at the Federal Economic Competition Commission’s (CFC) General Department of Legal Affairs (2000 – 2008).
• Advisor to CFC Commissioner Rodrigo Morales Elcoro (2008 – 2013).
• Advisor to COFECE Commissioner Francisco Javier Núñez Melgoza (2013).
• Assistant General Director of the Economic Competition Unit at the Federal Telecommunications Institute (2014).
• General Director at the Investigative Authorities’ Office for Coordination, COFECE (2014-2016).

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico.
• Master’s degree in International Law, Università di Bologna, Italy.

Alejandro Faya Rodríguez

Commissioner

2017-2026
afaya@cofece.mx

• Deputy General Director for International Affairs, Senior Legal Adviser, General Director for Foreign Investment and Head of Unit for Design and Implementation of Public Policies for Productivity, at the Ministry of Economy (2004-2009) (2011-2014).
• Consultant for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (2009-2011).
• Head of COFECE’s Planning, Institutional Relations and International Affairs Unit (2014-2017).
• Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico.
• Columnist for the Business Section of the Mexican newspaper, Reforma.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
• Magister Juris, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
• Certification in Commercial Contracts and Businesses, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
• Certification in International Public and Private Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands.

Martín Moguel Gloria

Commissioner

2013-2019
mmoguel@cofece.mx

• Partner at De la Torre, Rodríguez, Leroux y Moguel (2012-2013).
• Partner at LTFT (2008-2012).
• General Director of Legal Affairs at the Federal Competition Commission (2001-2008).
• Deputy Director General of Legal Affairs at the Federal Competition Commission (2000-2001).
• Director of Legal Affairs at the Federal Competition Commission (1996-2000).
• Lecturer at Universidad La Salle, Universidad Panamericana and Universidad Anahuac.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.
• Master’s degree in International Economic Law from Warwick University, United Kingdom.

Benjamín Contreras Astiazarán

Comisionado

2013-2018
bcontreras@cofece.mx

• Director General de Estudios Económicos de la Comisión Federal de Competencia (CFC) (2011-2013).
• Subsecretario de Electricidad en la Secretaría de Energía (SENER) (2007-2011).
• Asesor del Secretario en la SENER (2006-2007).
• Coordinador General de Mejora Regulatoria Sectorial en la Comisión Federal de Mejora Regulatoria (COFEMER) (2000-2006).
• Director General de Estudios Económicos en la Unidad de Desregulación Económica (SECOFI) (1995-2000).
• Director General de Análisis Económico y Financiero de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) (1994-1995).
• Profesor en el ITAM y en la Universidad Iberoamericana, impartió las asignaturas Economía, Política Económica y Regulación.

• Licenciado en Economía por el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
• Maestro en Economía por la Universidad de Texas A&M.
• Doctor en Economía por la Universidad de Texas A&M.