Career Biography

I have spent my career as an in-house lawyer for multinational companies, first in the automotive industry, then in transportation, and now in aerospace. The industries changed, but the core of the job stayed the same: understanding the business well enough to give advice people can actually use. Along the way, I have also had the chance to build compliance programmes, put them into practice and keep them running.

Much of my work has involved negotiating contracts and advising on day-to-day corporate and regulatory questions. I have also been on both sides of the audit table, sometimes as the one being audited and sometimes as the auditor. Having sat in both chairs, I know how much easier everything goes when controls are simple, clear and part of how people already work.

Today I am Senior Legal Counsel for Mexico and Site Compliance Leader at GE Aerospace. My days are varied. I advise on different areas of law, look at the risks the business is facing and help decide how to manage them, and work with leadership on our legal and compliance strategy. A big part of my role is promoting the compliance programme on site, which for me means talking with people, answering their questions and making compliance feel like part of the job rather than an extra layer on top of it.

The project I am proudest of was building a legal and compliance department for an automotive company with operations in Mexico and abroad. We started almost from scratch. I led the work to write our legal and compliance policies, standard work and procedures, and we put together a risk management matrix so we knew where to focus first. We also set up a whistleblowing programme so employees had a safe way to speak up. Over time, I trained people across the company and helped develop the legal and compliance team, which was probably the most rewarding part.

I feel very lucky to have worked with great professionals in leading industries and in different countries. I have learned a lot from them, and working together has helped me grow, both personally and professionally. Many of the lessons that have stayed with me came from colleagues, not from textbooks.

I think lawyers today have two jobs. The first is to keep learning. The law keeps changing, and so do the tools we use. AI and other technologies can save us time and help us offer more value, and I believe we should use them. The second job matters just as much: holding on to our ethics and values. Clients and companies count on us to do the right thing, and the way we practise also has an effect on the society we live in.

In the end, I see this profession as a matter of trust. If people trust our advice, we can help them, and hopefully leave things a little better than we found them.