Honorary Consul For Mexico | Cónsul Honorario de México.

With the First Minister of Wales, briefing him on sets of ideas for the ways in which we can encourage more links between Wales and Mexico.

Always a pleasure to do my regular appearance on the BBC's current affairs show for Wales, giving my perspective on the topics that matter most in Wales. This week, covering off initiatives around sustainability, recycling and global best practices in environmental projects. Views are always my own and never reflective of anyone else I may be associated with.

We had a great discussion afterwards including preparing different materials to better equip Mexico's diplomats around the world in how we can all try to communicate Mexico in the best way possible.

I was invited to meet the new team in Wales for the UK Government's Department of Trade in Wales. It was great to understand the priorities and objectives for the new team as they start to grow their presence to support more Welsh businesses to expand. I was able to offer my own perspective as an SME owner and exporter, of the ways in which we can better assist and equip businesses in Wales to consider new markets overseas, in particular Latin America and how we may create the best possible environment for collaboration.

Getting the perspectives of people like Mario is integral to understanding the issues from around Mexico that matter most to Mexicans and thereby in turn how we can better support Mexicans wherever they may be.

¡Viva México! 🇲🇽

Discussing Mexico with Bloomberg’s European editor, Alberto, and recounting learnings from our trip to Mexico, where I was pleased to take Albterto to Mexico and introduce him to the states of Morelos, Jalisco, Estado de México, Guanajuato and of course to the capital, CDMX. Investing my time in making introductions like these has been one of the most productive ways in helping to positively impact perceptions of Mexico around the world.

I shared my experiences in launching education and skills programmes and we resolved to work together to identify new ways in which we could encourage larger organisations to support this work.

It is always a thrill to be able to support introducing more British and Welsh talent to creating projects with Mexico and to work with Government officials to do that also. Here with multiple businesses from across creative industries, education and hospitality, bridging gaps between Mexico and UK relations.

A great meeting with the British Ambassador in Mexico, discussing upcoming projects, areas of collaboration and shared learnings.

Doing unpaid talks in educational institutions in Mexico is one of the great pleasures I get to do in my spare time. In this one, I am speaking to students at Anahuac, giving them advice on how to grow their ideas and turn them into a reality. We had a presentation, followed by workshops for the students and a question and answer session. I do around 10 talks in institutions like this each year and they range from how to launch a business, through to advice for working in the creative industries or how to get your voice heard.

Participating in the Design Week Mexico. I was curating a group from the UK to know Mexico and likewise select Mexican designers to work with them as clients in the UK. It was fantastic to see so many design friends of mine from across Mexico now working here and collaborating with larger brands.