
Juan Cortina Gallardo
Juan Cortina is a Mexican citizen born in August 1968. He is fluent in Spanish and English and he holds a B.S. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) 87-91 and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School 96-98.
Mr. Juan Cortina is Chairman of the Board and Executive President of Grupo Siembra, an agro industry plataform that participates in the production sugar and other ag products together with logistics and energy production.
In the Mexican private sector, He was President of the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (2021 – 2025) and currently is VicePresident of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial and heads the mexican private sector in trade negotiations. Mr. Cortina participates in the boards of Organizacion Cultiba (1999 to date), Grupo Financiero Santander México (2024 to date), Fly Across) (2018 to date) and Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento del Maiz y Trigo CIMMYT (2024 to date). He is also part of international advisory council of Rabobank.
Mr. Cortina has been a board member for the past 15 years of the Fideicomiso Pro Bosque de Chapultepec, a private public partnership that has the objective of maintaining and preserving the Bosque the Chapultepec in Mexico City. He is also member of the Patronato of the Museo Rufino Tamayo and he serves as Vice President of the Patronato del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso.
Sessions
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29-Oct-2025Auditorium
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29-Oct-2025Auditorium