The MEXPAT relies on the counsel of a distinguished group of members of the foreign and local communities of Mexico. The committee's charge is to advise the organizers of MEXPAT events in four different cities, foster communication and leadership.

MEXPAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

MEXICO CITY

KIM HANSEN
A senior executive, with more than 20 years of successful management experience in the chemical, pharmaceutical
and environmental industries, Kim Hansen is the embodiment of international mobility. Born in Colombia to Danish parents, Kim has lived and worked in more than ten countries. He completed his studies at Babson, where he played varsity hockey and reveled in Boston winters. Kim is the current President of The American Society of Mexico.

ALVARO SALAMANCA
Alvaro Salamanca is from Bogota¡, Colombia, where he studied and lived for most of his life. With a degree in Mechanical Engineering, he worked 15 years in Colombia's insurance industry, before being transferred to Mexico in 1999 by an American insurance company as an expatriate and country head. In 2005 Alvaro started his own consulting firm to help insurance companies with their business strategy and investment banking. Over the course of his career, he has trained in all fields of the insurance business, leadership, negotiation and finance in Colombia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States. Besides his involvement as a director of insurers associations, chambers of commerce, the American Society of Mexico, local and multinational insurance companies, his duties as the Chairman of the Colombian Association keep him in constant involvement with the growing Colombian expat community in Mexico.