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Alejandra Palacios Prieto is a public policy expert specializing in strategy, antitrust and competition regulation, and network industries. She serves as an Independent Board Member for three major publicly traded companies in Mexico. Additionally, she is a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute and a member of the Latin American Initiative at George Washington University’s Competition & Innovation Lab (GW CIL). Notably, Alejandra was the first female Chair of Mexico’s antitrust agency, the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE), from 2013 to 2021. During her tenure, she led the agency through groundbreaking antitrust cases, establishing its global reputation as a top competition authority. Under her leadership, COFECE received the prestigious EDGE Certification for gender equality, marking a significant achievement as the first public entity in the Americas to do so. Her international influence extended through her roles as Vice President of the International Competition Network –the premier global organization on antitrust made up of 140 competition authorities– and as a member of the OECD's Competition Committee Board. Alejandra holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), graduating with the highest honors. She also holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from ITAM, and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). Alejandra is a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Mexican Chapter of the International Women’s Forum (IWF), and the Advisory Committee of the School of Social Sciences and Government at Tecnológico de Monterrey.