Luis González de Salceda, PhD, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México City Campus

Education

Ph. D. Agricultural Economics and Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana, 1996
M.S.    Economics, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico, 1990
B.A.     Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico, 1987

Bio

Luis González de Salceda is since 2000 Professor in the Department of Finance, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México City Campus. In 2001 leaded a technical team to create what is believed to be the first weather derivative contract in a developing country (http://www.environmental-finance.com/2001/0112dec/news.htm#dn1). In 2004 he was invited by professor Jerry Skees to be part of Global Agricultural Risk team of international consultants (http://www.globalagrisk.com/who%20we%20are.html). He was instrumental in designing an index insurance product for Perú (http://www.globalagrisk.com/where%20we%20work.html#Peru) delivered in 2006. He holds a PhD from the Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Economics Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.