Ernesto Estrada

Ernesto Estrada is a senior economic consultant with more than 25 years of experience in competition economics, regulatory design, damages assessment and high-stakes dispute matters. He advises clients on complex merger reviews, antitrust investigations, tariff-setting proceedings, arbitration and litigation, delivering rigorous economic analysis across a variety of industries.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ernesto served as a Commissioner at Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute, where he co-led the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art economic regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector. He also served as Chief Economist of Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission, directing economic analysis in some of the agency’s most consequential merger and antitrust matters.

Ernesto’s leadership experience spans both the public and private sectors. He has held senior executive roles at Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), including Chief Financial Officer of Exploration and Production, Vice President of Gas Pipelines, and President of Pemex International North America. Earlier in his career, he was Chief Financial Officer of Mexican glass manufacturer Vitro Vidrio Plano, where he led financial and business planning for operations generating approximately USD $1 billion in annual revenue.

His recent work for clients includes expert economic analysis of mergers in manufacturing, real estate, retail, cargo port terminals, and video content distribution; antitrust investigations in gasoline retailing, banking, pharmaceutical distribution, bid rigging, telecommunications, and supermarkets; and the quantification of damages in telecommunications, financial services, and consumer goods.