President

6/2004 – Present  Vidali & Associates, LLC, San Diego, CA

Vidali & Associates is an international business development consulting company focused on finding creative and productive solutions to difficult problems.

CEO

1/2014-12/31/21, Baja Bulk Carriers, SA, San Diego CA.

A  shipping company, transporting 7 Million MT’s a year of dry bulk cargo from Mexico to Japan, Korea, China, West Coast USA and Canada.

Associate

6/2004 to date Panorama International, San Diego, CA:

Consul General

    6/2002 - 2/2004.  Consul General of Mexico, San Antonio, TX

President and CEO, EVP- COO

9/1989 - 6/2002 Ocean Garden Products, Inc. (OGP) San Diego, CA

OGP was the seafood market leader in the US & Mexico, with yearly sales up to US$ 350 million and over US$ 100 million lines of credit with first class banks.

President

    1/1997 - 9/1999 Gerber California Inc., San Diego, CA

Chief Executive (General Director)

     10/1984 - 1/1989 International Agriculture Agency, Secretary of Agriculture and Water Resources, Mexico

Negotiated the agricultural chapter of the Mexican accession to GATT and the first draft of NAFTA. Promoted and         increased Mexican agricultural and fishery exports. Chaired several hemispheric conferences, meetings and organizations.

Representative (alternate)

12/1982 - 10/1984 Permanent Representation of Mexico at the Food & Agriculture Organization  (FAO), Rome, Italy. Deputy at the World Fisheries Conference 1984.  Also represented Mexico in the World Food Program (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank/FAO joint group.

Other relevant positions in the Mexican Government

   1/72 – 9/78

   CEO Ayotla Textil, SA, state owned large textile company

   National Regional Development Agency: General Director

   Internal Revenue Administration: Director in Chief

   Special Taxes Administration: General Director

  Public Credit Administration: Deputy General Director

Regional Representative: Mexico/ Central America

3/68- 2/72 Business International Corp, (BI) New York, NY, a publishing, research & consulting firm, servicing multinational companies in the region. BI was later purchased by the Economist Intelligence Unit

General Manager

    1/62- 3/68 Compensación Internacional, S.A. México, DF México. International trade in commodities

    (Cotton, grains, seafood, sugar) and ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry

Education

    National University, (UNAM), México City, México Degree in Economics, Graduated with Honors

    Instituto Alcide de Gasperi, Rome, Italy, European studies.

Boards of Directors

     Director:  BoD of the Mexican Foreign Trade Bank (BANCOMEXT)

     Director:  BoD Impulsora y Exportadora Nacional, S de RL de CV

     BoD Secretary: National Fund for Pre-investment Studies

     Director:  National Fisheries credit Trust Fund

Affiliations & Associations

   San Diego Global Knowledge University, Board Member (2015-2018)

   Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, former Trustee

   San Antonio World Affairs Council, 2003, Executive Committee

   Trade Center, San Diego, 1999/2002 Member BoD

   La Jolla Rotary Club, member

Honors

   Decoration as “Chevalier du Merit Agricole” by the French Government

Languages

  Fluent: English, Spanish, Italian. 60% French and Portuguese.