About

Rafael Romo Aguiñaga’s first years in the legal profession were spent in the public sector, having worked as director of the legal municipality of Guanajuato between 1995 and 1997, and then legal assessor of Congress for the State of Guanajuato for the next two years. Since 1996 he has taught classes in the law department at the University of Guanajuato. In 1999 he moved to the banking sector to join his current employers, Banco del Bajío, which was recently regarded as one of Latin America’s best banks by magazine America Economia. Progressing from his role as manager of contracts, over the next 17 years he was able to gain recognition for his work and climbed up the internal ladder. Since 2007 he has held the position of director of the legal department business division and leads a team of 41 lawyers. He believes one of his biggest achievements is integrating his lawyers into the business saying ‘the confidence in our collaborators and the knowledge of the competence, both personal and professional, have guaranteed and complimented the objectives of the bank and the legal department in my charge’. Close collaboration with external providers has allowed him to precisely evaluate the legal aspects of the bank’s operations thereby making better overall decisions for the business. Romo Aguiñaga has also worked on standardising credit contracts, fixing legal criteria and establishing direct communication with all areas of the business and clients on occasion to facilitate the closing of operations and dealing with legal risks in bank transactions.