GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest audio interview, “T-MEC (USMCA): The Regional Integration Empowering the Auto Industry,” features Dr. Jose Zozaya before. dr Zozaya is Executive President of AMIA – the Asosiación Mexiacana de la Industria Automotriz (Mexico Association of the Automotive Industry), a position he has held since August 2020. He was also the President, General Manager and Executive Representative of Kansas City Southern de México, a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern. He has over 40 years of experience in government relations, legal affairs and international affairs, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the KCSM management team, he was director of legal and government relations at ExxonMobil México, a position he held for nine years.
In the 7-minute audio interview, Dr. Zozaya these questions:
- What role does the automotive industry play in the Mexican economy?
- What is the impact of the T-MEC on all members of the automotive industry in the region?
- What expectations does the Mexican Automobile Industry Association have of the T-MEC’s energy consultations?
Click here to listen to the audio interview.
About Jose Guillermo Zozaya Delano
Executive President of AMIA – Asociación Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz AC
dr Zozaya has been Executive President of Asosiación Mexiacana de la Industria Automotriz (AMIA) since August 2020.
Served as President, General Manager and Executive Representative of Kansas City Southern de México, SA de CV (KCSM), a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) from April 2006 to July 2020.
He has over 40 years of experience in government relations, legal affairs and international affairs, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the KCSM management team, he was director of legal and government relations at ExxonMobil México, a position he held for nine years.
He holds an honoris causa degree from the Mexican Academy of International Law and a law degree from the Iberoamerican University. He completed advanced studies in corporate law and business competition at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), attended the Executive Program of International Management at Thunderbird University in Arizona, the Management Program for Lawyers at Yale University and the Executive Course for Board Members of Administration at the Harvard Business School.
In addition to his responsibilities at KCSM, he is President of the Mexican Railway Union for the period 2020-2021; Vice President of Concamin since 2018, board member of Afore Siglo XXI, the company Ferrovalle and the Business Summit. Effective May 24, 2016, he was appointed President of the Binational Board of Directors of the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.
He was President of the Mexican Transportation Council (2014 – 2016); Vice President of the Executive Council of Global Companies (2010 – 2013); National President of the American Chamber for two terms (2010-2012); is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico and a member of the Board of Educational Promotion AC
