Rodrigo Espinosa de la Peña

Mexican-Spanish Economist with a postgraduate degree in Public Management and broad experience in strategic management, evaluation and monitoring of projects, programs and policies with a social focus. My areas of interest are related to innovation and improvement of business processes towards efficiency. I have lived in three different countries and traveled extensively across Europe, Asia and America.

P/C SOLUTIONS LATAM

Pharma coordinator, Jun. 2022 – present day

• Prepare engagement plans; build and sustain relationships with key stakeholders at the federal and local levels; design positioning strategies; write technical notes on regulatory changes; monitor of public authorities; analyze political and economic context.

PAR INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY, REGULATION AND SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Research Associate, Apr. 2020 – Dec. 2021

• Course design and lecturing in the areas of public management, public policy, policy and program evaluation, strategy and digital transformation.

STATE GOVERNMENT OF CAMPECHE

Advisor to the Education Minister, Sept. 2016 – Aug. 2018

• Designed and implemented the school transport program Aprender en Grande, which benefits almost 3,000 students along 45 routes in rural areas in the State of Campeche.
• Development of budget scenarios and funding alternatives for education programs and policies.
• Operator and negotiator with public and private entities on behalf of the minister.

HEALTH MINISTRY OF MEXICO

Health Systems' Performance Evaluation Director, Jun. 2014 – Jan. 2016

• Responsible for setting the area’s goals, objectives, projects and work programs, as well as the management of resources for their achievement.
• Study and proposal of conceptual frameworks as well as tools, policies and technical guidelines for health systems' evaluation.
• Advising on strategy for the deputy minister and the states’ health ministers to improve the performance of health systems, based on the definition, construction, measuring and monitoring and evaluation of key indicators.

AGON. ECONOMÍA Y DERECHO S.C.

Senior Analyst, Oct. 2013 – Mar. 2014

• Assistance in the development of a program of competition regulations compliance for actual and potential customers, aimed at helping businesses to prevent anti-competitive practices.
• Research regarding the legal competition framework in Costa Rica in the context of a project funded by the OECD and IDB.

SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE OF MEXICO (IMSS)

Head of the Pensions Division, Jan. 2010 – Mar. 2011

• Responsible for setting goals, work plans, strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines to be observed by 133 offices nationwide, for the processing of pensions’ applications and payment.

MSc. Management (public sector)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

London, United Kingdom, 2002

BSc. Economics

Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM)

Monterrey, Mexico, 1998