Simon Levy Dabbah

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Simon Levy Dabbah
Born (1979-03-15) March 15, 1979 (age 45)
Mexico City
CitizenshipMexican-American
Alma mater Yale University

Singapore University

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Renmin University of China
Website https://simonlevy.mx/

Simon Levy Dabbah is a Mexican former government official and Chinese law specialist. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Levy Dabbah was born in Mexico. He earned a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 2001. He specialized in Chinese Law at Renmin University of China in 2004. He pursued a master's degree in international management from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in 2010 [3] and an MBA from the School of Management at Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE ITESM) in 2012. [2] Levy completed his PhD in public-private partnerships and urban economy at UNAM and conducted post-doctoral studies at Yale University, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Data Science and AI at UC Berkeley and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [4]

Career highlights

Levy served as the undersecretary of tourism for the Mexican government from December 2018 to May 2019, [5] [6] appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Prior to this, he was the CEO of the Investment and Development Agency of the Mexico City Government, PROCDMX. [7] [8] [9] Levy was the chairman of the board of Latinasia Group, an investment fund organization, for ten years. [3] [10] Currently, he is the chairman of Ideasia Investment Fund and serves as a board member. [4] [11]

Academic contributions

Levy has been a professor at UNAM's Law Faculty since 2006 and has taught international management and entrepreneurship at Tecnológico de Monterrey (2009–2011). He founded the Mexico-China National Professorship at UNAM and the first Mexico-China specialized think tank “Agendasia.” [3] [4]

Publications and research

Levy has published following books: [3]

Awards and honors

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  2. 1 2 3 ejecentral, Redacción (2017-10-19). "Simón Levy Dabbah realiza la presentación de su libro". Eje Central (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Simon Levy Dabbah". World Economic Forum.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "11th Annual Meeting of the New Champions Young Global Leaders Participant List" (PDF). World Economic Forum.
  5. ↑ Jornada, La; García, César Arellano (2022-01-06). "Gana Simón Levy amparo contra orden de aprehensión". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  6. ↑ Demos, Editorial; García, César Arellano. "La Jornada - Gana Simón Levy amparo contra orden de aprehensión". www.jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  7. ↑ MX, Político (2022-08-19). "Emiten 2 órdenes de aprehensión contra Simón Levy por daños a la propiedad". Político MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  8. ↑ Redacción (2019-04-12). "Renuncia Simón Levy como subsecretario de Turismo". Indice Político | Noticias México, Opinión, Internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
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  10. ↑ "UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CHINA-MÉXICO" (PDF). Economia.
  11. 1 2 "2013 Young Global Leaders Honourees from Latin America & The Caribbean" (PDF). World Economic Forum.
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