Roberto Salinas León is President of the Mexico Business Forum, where he works on various projects of policy analysis, media, investment advisory and economic consultancy.
He is also currently the Director of the Center for Latin America of Atlas Network.
He holds a B.A. in Political Economy, History and Philosophy from Hillsdale College, Michigan; and an M.A. and Ph. D. in Philosophy, Purdue University, Indiana.
He has been an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Professor of Political Economy at the Escuela Libre de Derecho Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México in Mexico City (since 2004).
He is Senior Debate Fellow and Debate Lecturer, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, Vermont; and also an Adjunct Fellow of the Cato Institute.
He is President of Alamos Alliance, an economic and policy symposium held annually in the town of Álamos, Sonora. For thirty years, this gathering has hosted the most recognized names in economics and public policy in Latin America and throughout the world, as well as highly distinguished minds in economics and political economy.
He has published more than 2,000 editorials (English and Spanish) on public policy topics; occasional columnist in The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of Commerce, Investor’s Business Daily, Barrons, and many others.
He was a weekly economic analyst in the news show “Hechos”, TV Azteca, 1994-2004. He is now an occasional commentator for CNN, CNN Latinamerica, CNCB, Reuters, National Public Radio, BBC Radio, ADN40, and others.
He has delivered over 900 lectures in Mexico, the U.S., Canada, several countries in Central and South America, and throughout Europe and Asia.
He has testified before the U.S. Congress on NAFTA and free trade, structural reform in Mexico, and monetary and exchange rate policy.
He was named among Mexico’s group of 300 leaders by Líderes Mexicanos.
