Ambassador Julian Ventura, a career diplomat on leave from the Mexican Foreign Service, is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Senior Advisor at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group. He has held various senior diplomatic positions, most recently as G20 Sherpa and Deputy Foreign Secretary, where he oversaw key relationships in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Previously, he served as Ambassador to China and the United Kingdom and Deputy Ambassador in the Embassy to the United States.

 

As Under Secretary for North America, he played a central role managing the economic, trade, border, and migration agendas with the US and Canada. As Director-General for Asia-Pacific Affairs, he was a Senior Official in the Mexico-Japan FTA negotiations, the Mexico-South Korea 21st Century Commission, and five APEC Summits. Earlier in his career, he served as the Foreign Secretary´s Chief of Staff and in Mexico´s missions to the United Nations and the Organization of American States.