Mr. Gonzalez joined Batuta Advisors in 2016 as a Managing Director. Mr. Gonzalez has over two decades of experience and a successful track record having served as Chairman, Board Member, CEO, CFO and Consultant of multi-national, multi-billion dollar publicly listed corporations, as well as multimillion dollar private startup ventures throughout a range of industries including: Biotech, renewable Energy, Agribusiness, Mining, and others. From 2011 to early 2016 he was Chairman and Board Member of Algenol LLC. and from 2007-2015 he held several senior positions at BioFields S.A.P.I. de C.V., a company focused on large-scale environmentally sustainable enterprises in Mexico, most recently as its CEO and Director. Prior to BioFields, Mr. Gonzalez served as a Director and VP, Finance, and CFO of Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE: SCCO). He was the President and CFO of Grupo Mexico’s Mining Division (Americas Mining Corporation) from 2004 to 2005 and its CFO from 1999 to March 2003.
Mr. Gonzalez holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago, was an Associate Graduate Student in Political Philosophy at Oxford University and earned dual MA’s in Economics and Political Science from the University of Arizona.