The NZIIA Wellington Branch in partnership with the Embassy of Mexico to New Zealand invites members to attend the second roundtable event in our NZIIA Latin America 2025/26 series on “Mexico: Where Opportunity Meets Prosperity” with HE Alfredo Pérez Bravo, Ambassador of Mexico and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.

Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world, one of the 10 most populous countries and one of the 10 leading food producers. It also leads the way in high-end industrial sectors. While Mexico belongs to North America, it is also a Latin American nation and shares coastlines with the Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean oceans.

Over the last few three decades, Mexico has transformed the profile of its productive plant, becoming an industrial powerhouse and the ninth largest economy in terms of foreign trade, largely due to its free trade agreements with more than 50 countries. The new configuration of international trade rules poses challenges, but Mexico is prepared with its strategic guide,‘Plan Mexico’.

Biography - Ambassador Alfredo Pérez Bravo

• Career Ambassador with 49 years of service in the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
• For the past 35 years he has served as Ambassador of Mexico, accredited to 52 countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
• Served as Director General of International Technical and Scientific Cooperation (1995-1999), both bilateral and multilateral, in which capacity he chaired more than 60 international Joint Commissions.
• Served as Chief of State Protocol for Presidents Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2014), coordinated 37 presidential tours abroad and 21 state/official visits to Mexico; and coordinated the agenda and attended to the presidents and prime ministers, leaders of the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico (2012).
• Served as Ambassador-at-Large to Africa, accredited to 39 countries (1990-1994), Ambassador to Algeria (1991-1994), Ambassador to Panama concurrent to Guyana and Suriname (1999-2001); and Representative of Mexico to the English-speaking Caribbean. He also served as Ambassador of Mexico to Malaysia (2001-2007), Ambassador of Mexico to the Russian Federation, and concurrent to the Republics of Armenia and Belarus (2007-2012) as well as Ambassador of Mexico to the Portuguese Republic (2015-2019).
• Since November 2019, he is serving as Ambassador of Mexico to New Zealand with concurrent accreditation to the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu.
• As of 1 December 2023, he is serving as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to New Zealand.

Terms and conditions

-Expressions of interest should include a brief note why you are interested in attending this roundtable.  Please click on the link above OR email Nziia.wgtn.membership@gmail.com with "EOI for Mexico Roundtable" in the subject header together with your name, phone number and reason why you would like to attend this roundtable.

-Places are limited due to capacity.  This event is for NZIIA Wellington Branch members or Wellington student members only.

-Please note, successful applicants will receive a confirmation email by 17 September 2025.

-Embassy security protocols will apply with further information sent to confirmed registrants.

-NZIIA Code of Conduct applies and the Institute expects a high standard of behaviour from members. This event will be run under Chatham House rules. https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule.