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Ricardo Dueñas Espriu

  • Chief Executive Officer (Director General), OMAB since 2018-11src

OMA's CEO since November 2018; ex-CFO of the Mexico City airport group

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design—no proxy read yet
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
46src
In the role
8 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 4

  • Controlling-holder appointee: the Series BB holder SETA (VINCI) nominates and can propose removal of the CEO, and most board matters need the BB directors' vote. VINCI holds 30.0% of the capital through SETA (14.8%) and CONCESSOC (15.2%) per the 2026-04-24 ownership tablesrc
  • Prior working tie with an independent director: Federico Patiño Márquez (audit committee, independent since 2020) was GACM's CEO 2012-2018, the years Dueñas was GACM's CFO (2015-2018)src
  • Pay not disclosed individually: the 20-F gives only Ps.33,946 thousand for 24 officers (including airport administrators) for 2025, and no stock option or equivalent plansrc
  • No disclosed stake: the beneficial-ownership table (2026-04-24) shows a dash for Officers and Directorssrc

Career

  1. 2018-11 – now
    Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA)src
    Chief Executive Officer
    Succeeded Porfirio González, who retired after twenty years at the company; per the appointment 6-K the retirement had been announced on 2018-10-01
  2. 2015 – 2018
    Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México (GACM)src
    Chief Financial Officer
    The 20-F says he was responsible for securing more than US$8bn of financing there. GACM was the state company building the New Mexico City International Airport (per director Patiño's bio in 20F-2025)
  3. 2012 – 2015
    Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT), Mexicosrc
    Advisor on infrastructure projects
  4. 2007 – 2011
    J.P. Morgan (London)src
    Investment Banking Division, emerging markets
  5. 2005 – 2005
    Mexican Delegation to the OECD (Paris)src
    Advisor
  6. 2002 – 2004
    Banco de México (Central Bank of Mexico)src
    Economic research analyst

Undated in the sources

  • Hedge fund (New York; fund not named)src, Analyst
  • Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)src, Part-time lecturer

Not located: 2006 and 2011-2012 transitions not described; the New York hedge-fund analyst role and ITAM lecturing are undated; Harvard MBA/MPA years not stated in any source read

Achievements

  • CEO of OMA since 2018-11-12, nominated under the bylaws by the Series BB holder SETA (100% VINCI-owned)src
  • CFO of the Mexico City airport group GACM 2015-2018, where the company credits him with securing more than US$8bn of financingsrc
  • Career runs central bank research, OECD advisory, J.P. Morgan London banking and the transport ministry before airportssrc
  • Won the IMEF National Prize of Economics in 2004src

Education

  • Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), BA Economics (cum laude)src
  • Harvard Business School, MBA Business Administrationsrc
  • Harvard Kennedy School, MPA Public Administrationsrc

Background

  • Family The FY2025 20-F makes no statement either way on family relationships among directors and officerssrc
  • Boards The 20-F says he has been a board member of several transportation-sector companies; none is namedsrc
  • Service Public-sector career: Banco de México analyst (2002-2004), advisor to Mexico's OECD delegation (2005), SCT infrastructure advisor (2012-2015), CFO of state-owned GACM (2015-2018)src
  • Other Co-signed the authorisation of the FY2025 consolidated statements on 2026-04-30 with the CFOsrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

3
  1. Filing Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte 20-F for FY2025, Items 6, 7 and note 29 (accession 0001104659-26-051987) · 2026-04-30
  2. Filing OMA 6-K, 'OMA informs the appointment of its Chief Executive Officer' (0000903423-18-000596) · 2018-11-13
  3. Call transcript OMAB 2Q26 earnings call (2026-07-28), ROIC.ai