Career Biography

Guillermo García San Pedro is Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Citi Mexico. With more than two decades of distinguished leadership experience across the international and Mexican financial sectors, Guillermo oversees all legal, regulatory and corporate governance matters across Citi’s legal vehicles and operating entities in Mexico.

Recognised as a strategic partner to executive leadership, boards of directors and institutional clients, Guillermo’s counsel extends beyond traditional legal oversight. He provides holistic, multi-dimensional advice that integrates corporate governance, regulatory strategy, risk stewardship and commercial enablement to advance Citi’s institutional franchise and protect shareholder value.

Guillermo was a key leader in the comprehensive legal, regulatory and governance execution of the separation of Citi Mexico from Banamex. He led cross-functional teams through one of the most complex corporate reorganisations and carve-outs in modern Latin American banking history, navigating multifaceted regulatory approvals, asset divisions, entity restructuring and cross-border regulatory compliance.

In direct connection with the separation, Guillermo directed the legal structuring, licensing and operational establishment of Citi’s standalone institutional bank in Mexico. Under his legal stewardship, the institution achieved official designation as a domestic systemically important bank, established itself as the seventh-largest bank in Mexico and delivered record-breaking financial revenues in its first full year of operation following the separation.

As Corporate Secretary, Guillermo maintains high-standard corporate governance frameworks across all Mexican legal entities, manages key relationships with domestic regulators (including CNBV, Banco de México and SHCP) and aligns local operations with global risk and regulatory standards.

Professional Trajectory & Leadership Background

Throughout his career of more than 20 years, Guillermo has accumulated extensive transactional, regulatory and operational experience spanning global investment banking, markets, private practice and corporate executive leadership:

Citi Mexico & Citibanamex: Prior to his appointment as General Counsel for Citi Mexico, Guillermo served as General Counsel for the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) at Citibanamex, overseeing structured finance, capital markets, treasury and trade solutions, and corporate banking transactions across Mexico and Latin America. He also previously served as General Counsel for Mexico’s largest non-bank financial company and worked at a recognised New York firm, where he advised multinational financial institutions, private equity sponsors and corporate issuers on cross-border capital markets transactions, syndicated credit facilities and cross-border M&A across Latin America.

Education & Bar Admissions

Master of Laws (LL.M.): Georgetown University Law Center

Juris Doctor (Licenciatura en Derecho): Universidad Anáhuac Norte

Bar Admission: Licensed to practise law in Mexico.