Alfredo Espino

Managing Director, FGI Equipment Finance

Alfredo Espino is the founding partner of FGI Equipment Finance and acts as Managing Director responsible for the direction and growth of FGIEF. He holds over 29 years of experience in global financial institutions and has extensive knowledge on the Mexican Maquiladora and IMMEX programs.  He developed and led GE Capital’s Cross Border vertical dedicated to helping multinational companies finance their operations in Mexico.

He has been directly involved in funding over US$1Bn. Lease/Loan portfolio and worked with Mexican tax authorities in the creation, development and approval of a special tax ruling related to leveraging assets imported under temporary importation programs; this made possible the first Sale-Leaseback transaction for machinery imported under temporary importation back in 2000. He is one of the pioneers developing efficient, tax-oriented financing structures for companies working under Maquiladora, IMMEX and Shelter programs in Mexico.

His expertise areas include sales management, business development, project management, consulting, and tax planning for corporate and mid-size international companies with manufacturing operations in Mexico. 

He supported and advised GE Capital’s Commercial Finance and Corporate Lending platforms in the U.S., Europe and Asia about perfecting loans and leases in Mexico, and advised international customers about the accounting, tax, and legal implications of doing business in Mexico.

He worked 19 years for GE Capital’s International Finance business in Chicago, IL, Monterrey and Guadalajara, Mexico.

Prior to GE, Alfredo worked for Banco del Bajío as international operations manager and as account executive for BANCOMEXT as a specialist on the export-import financing arena for the steel industry and financial intermediaries.

He has served as GE Mexico ́s Ombudsman from 2001 to 2006 and has been awarded with GE’s worldwide top talent recognition in 2003, President’s award for Expertise in 2006, and the business platform he led was recognized among the top 10 most profitable business units in GE Capital solutions worldwide. 

Alfredo holds a certified public accountant degree from ITESM (Tec de Monterrey) and a Global master’s in business administration degree from The American Graduate School for International Management at Glendale, AZ. (Thunderbird). 

He has participated as keynote speaker in multiple foreign direct Investment forums and conferences in Europe, the U.S. and Mexico on subjects related to Mexico’s competitiveness analysis, international financing, equipment leasing, tax regulation, and competitiveness for the automotive, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing, and logistics industries.