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María del Carmen (Mary Carmen) Ordóñez-López, VP & Associate General Counsel Latin America & Canada (LA&C) for Philip Morris International (PMI), was born in Mexico City, Mexico, where she obtained her Law Degree and, later on, her LLM on Business Law. She joined PMI in 1998 and, over the course of her career, has been Head of the Law Department in PMI’s affiliates in Mexico and Colombia; Regional Regulatory Counsel in LA&C; Assistant General Counsel Defense Litigation Europe, Africa & Asia and Assistant General Counsel Plaintiff Litigation based in Switzerland; and PMI’s Chief Compliance Officer, also based in Switzerland. She is currently based in New York City, from where she tries her best to help deliver a smoke-free future. She is the mother of 2 amazing children ages 9 and 7. She enjoys reading, particularly historical fiction, Philosophy, World Religions and History, and being active in social media, especially on social and political topics. Traveling in Europe and the Middle East is her favorite activity and she’s determined to visit Samarkand in the near future. She is committed to the cause of the Yazidi people.
