Patricia Martínez Núñez

Senior Supply Chain Finance Specialist

^{Patricia has over twenty years of experience in leadership roles in the banking sector in Mexico. With a computer science background, she started her professional career in BBVA Bank, where she worked on IT projects focused on electronic commerce technologies and developing international systems for conducting remittance business. In 2001, Patricia joined Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), the second-largest development banking institution of the Mexican government. During her over 17 years at NAFIN, she held various roles in SME financing, microcredit, and guarantee programs, with a leading role in the development and launch of the Supply Chain Finance program (“Cadenas Productivas”), an innovative and the first electronic platform SCF program in Mexico focused on providing financial access to domestic SMEs through reverse factoring and other products, as well as training and technical assistance. She later became the head of this program which became a reference for the development of SCF models in Latin America and worldwide. Patricia currently works as a strategic consultant with IFC to develop innovative SCF programs led by public institutions in different countries.}