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Ricardo Treviño Chapa
World Customs Organization
Deputy Secretary General
Description
Ricardo Treviño Chapa is the Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Since January 2018, after being elected for the first time (he was re-elected in 2022 for a second term) by the WCO Council, Ricardo Treviño Chapa has held the post of Deputy Secretary General. During this time, he has driven an important change in the Organization through the definition and implementation of its Strategic Plan by maintaining the relevance of its mission and vision statement and achieving focus on strategic areas, core customs functions and emerging trends. In his role as Deputy Secretary General, he is part of the Management team that oversees and coordinates activities for the development of customs policies and standards as well as for the delivery of capacity building and technical assistance. Before joining WCO, in 2015 Ricardo Treviño was appointed as General Administrator of Customs by the President of Mexico, with ratification by the Senate. During his tenure, Mr. Treviño Chapa promoted digitalization of Customs procedures as well as cooperation with other border agencies and with the Customs administrations of Mexico’s main trading partners. In addition, he ensured that the effectiveness of Mexico’s risk alert system was enhanced through the implementation of technology and data analysis, with a positive impact on revenue collection. During this period, he also performed as the WCO Vice-Chair for the Americas and Caribbean region and, in this capacity, coordinated the first ever regional Strategic Plan to promote and implement WCO tools and instruments. With a public sector career spanning over 25 years, he served in several positions for Mexico’s Government: as Administrator General of Evaluation and Internal Affairs of the Federal Tax Administration Service, as Director General for Revenue Collection and Director General of the Social Security Institute for the State of Mexico’s Government and before this in different capacities within the national Institute for Protection of Bank Savings.
Ricardo Treviño Chapa holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico (Tec de Monterrey) and a Master’s degree in Global Banking and International Finance from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
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