Director of institutional relations and legal affairs | Farmacias del Ahorro
Roberto Andrade Martínez
Director of institutional relations and legal affairs | Farmacias del Ahorro
Legal director | Telefónica Moviles
‘Without a doubt, one of the most experienced, innovative and hard-working general counsels in the telecoms industry in Mexico’, Roberto Andrade Martínez has been at Telefónica Moviles for over a...
Well recognised for his ‘ability to innovate in and adapt to different sectors’, Roberto Andrade Martínez has held top legal positions at ExxonMobil México, Panasonic de México and Telefonica Moviles México. During his career, professionals have noted his ‘outstanding achievements in legal M&A, corporate structures and litigation’ and for being ‘deal orientated’. After joining pharmaceutical chain Farmacias del Ahorro, Andrade Martínez has been commended for ‘creating a legal department of high performance in one of the main companies in the country in the consumer sector’. He is currently heavily involved in the company’s growth plans, which involves doubling the number of Farmacias del Ahorro stores in the next five years: with the company currently having 1,300 pharmacies, Andrade Martínez has said the aim is to reach 2,600 pharmacies by 2020. Achieving the company’s growth plans will therefore mean opening approximately 300 stores per year.