Supporting the development of the world’s largest home improvement speciality retailer, director and associate general counsel Mónica Bichara joined The Home Depot in 2002, shortly after it entered the Mexican market. By 2005 she was promoted to director and associate general counsel, legal and corporate security and has been overseeing the regional legal matters of the company, comprising over 117 stores in 32 Mexican states, ever since.

Previously, Bichara held a number of legal managerial positions at companies such as GRUMA, Internacional de Inversiones Virginia Tech and Global Payments. Amounting to over 20 years’ experience in retail, industrial, financial and non-profit legal environments, Bichara has been able to successfully handle the company’s organic growth as well as many transactions which have contributed to this progress. Through non-profit organisation Abogados MX, Bichara contirubtes to the wider legal profession setting up a network for women to exchange invaluable knowledge and establish the presence of women in the legal arena. She has been a director at Abogados MX since 2014.