Gerardo Gutierrez-Olvera joined Grupo Financiero BANORTE 10 years ago as Executive Director, responsible for Trade Finance and International Business. BANORTE is the second largest bank in Mexico, and the only one among the 6 largest banks in the country that is managed by a Mexican management team.

Gerardo joined BANORTE after more than 20 years of comprehensive and substantial experience in the local and international banking arena with Banco Santander and Bank of America, working for those institutions both, at a local and regional level, in Mexico City, Monterrey, New York City, Madrid and the Asia-Pacific region based in Hong Kong. His main focus has been on the development, management, operations and sales of product areas and business lines related to trade & supply chain finance, global payments, corporate banking, financial institutions, correspondent banking and treasury services.

Under Gerardo’s leadership Banorte was named Best Service Trade Finance (Mexico) in Euromoney’s Trade Finance Survey 2024, and Best Trade Finance Provider in Mexico by Global Finance in 2019

He studied Public Accountant at ITAM (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de México) and holds postgraduates’ studies in Management and Business Administration by IPADE (Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa) in Mexico City, as well as a program in Innovation in Finance (Fintech & Blockchain) by ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

Prior to becoming involved in banking, Gerardo worked at PwC (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) Audit and International Trade & Taxes Practice in Mexico City, as well as in Grupo CARSO (industrial and commercial conglomerate controlled by the Slim Familly).

Gerardo is a Member of the Board and the current Chairman of the Banking Commission at the INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICC) Chapter in Mexico.