Diego Salazar, editor in Chief of Forbes Mexico, said that the CFOS of Mexican companies have to navigate in a complex and challenging time for the tariff war of Donald Trump and the changes in judicial reform in Mexico.
“It is you the CFOS of the main companies of Mexico, who have to face a context marked by a series of unique challenges,” said the best CFOs of Mexico 2025, a list made by Forbes Mexico.
He added that there is an internal and foreign political uncertainty due to the change of legal framework for the judicial reform carried out by the Government of Claudia Sheinbaum, as well as the comings and laps of the US tariff threats, the main trade partner of Mexico.
There is a particular time challenging for the Mexican economy and companies, so “the CFOS have to through constant innovation and leadership built with their teams to provide companies and resilience to navigate complex times.”
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The journalist said that several years ago conversing with a good friend, who was one of Google’s 7 global cfos, he asked if his work was actually monotonous as the title of Chief Financial Officer.
The manager of the technology company laughed and replied: “That the idea of a life reviewing numbers could obviously give that impression, although he found a challenge in each challenge in each results sheet and find solutions to improve the allocation of resources. Nor could he deny that CFO was not precisely a title or work position with which he had dreamed of a child.”
People do not think or imagine the work of a CFO or a CFO: “Through the numbers and budgets I have incomparable access to all areas of the company. I know that before anyone else what the company is doing and what priority it has.”
The CFO directly influences the strategy and decision making to define and achieve the objectives at a global level, said the editor of Forbes Mexico.
Among the award -winning CFOs are Ruffo Pérez Del Castillo, Director of Administration and Finance of the Airport Group of the North Center (OMA),
Paulo Jorge Da Encarnação García, Director of Administration and Finance of Walmart of Mexico; Rogelio Garza Garza, Director of Administration and Finance of Eating, and Gonzalo Gallegos Martinez, Liverpool Finance Director.
They complete the list of winners Luis Antonio Zetter Zermeño, CFO of Megacable; Fernando Zamarripa Escamillaz Fiber Storage CFO;
Arturo Spínola García, director of Finance and Administration of Grupo Carso, and Gerardo Canavati, Director of Administration and Finance of Grupo Herdez.
Forbes Mexico throughout the year makes different listings to recognize the leaders of the Mexican economy businesses.
In 2022, Forbes Mexico first launched the list of the best CFOs, an editorial exercise that transcended and exposed to the leaders of the financial areas, which often remain in shadows to give light to others. Without them, the development of organizations would not be possible.
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