Lizette Gracida
Vice-President of Institutional Relations and Foreign Trade
Toyota México

With a strong background in corporate relations and government affairs, Lizette serves as Vice-President of Institutional Relations and Foreign Trade for Toyota México,  where she has led the carmaker's institutional and trade compliance agenda for 12 years. Lizette joined Toyota in 2014 and prior to her current role, most recently served as senior director of institutional affairs and foreign trade. Under Toyota's Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement, her latest remit will focus on operational continuity and consolidating the company's long-term vision for Mexico.

Prior to Toyota, she was senior manager of government relations and international treaties at Nissan Motor Corporation from 2011 to 2014, with earlier roles in corporate affairs at GSK and as an adviser to the director general for the United Nations at Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Gracida holds a BA from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a specialisation in international trade from the Ibero-American University. She represents Toyota at the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA) and was a member of the "side room" during USMCA negotiations.