Adalberto is an Advisor to Worldview Advisory and an independent consultant in strategy,  corporate governance, sustainability and behavioural economics. He is involved with iDirectores, Futerra Mexico and BEWorks Mexico.

He was a senior advisor to the Chief of Staff of Mexico´s current President (2020-2021) and before that he was Chairman of Mexico´s Banking and Securities Commission (2019-2020).

Adalberto was Aspen Institute Mexico´s CEO (2015-2019) and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Unión de Instituciones Financieras Mexicanas, A.C. (2018-2019).

In 2006 he became a senior partner of Proxy, Gobernanza Corporativa, S.C. He has advised companies in many sectors (corporates, financial, non profits and family run) on Corporate Governance in Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panamá and Ecuador.

In 2006 he developed the business plan and headed  Equinoccio, a funding vehicle sponsored by Deutsche Bank and The Ford  Foundation to promote microfinance in Mexico.

He founded in 2004 Aperture, S.C. a firm specialized in Strategy and Corporate Govenance.

Until December 2003, Adalberto was an Independent Board member at IPAB, Mexico´s deposit insurance organization. To serve on the Board Mr. Palma Gomez was nominated by Mexico´s President and approved by the Senate in 1999. In this capacity he also served as Chairman of the Board of Banca Serfin (at the time the fourth largest financial institution in the country) to guide it through receivership.

Mr. Palma Gómez, was President and CEO of Bankers Trust México broker dealer, exchange and investment banking activities (1994-1998). He also headed Bankers Trust activities in Colombia and Venezuela.

He worked at Citibank México (1984-1994) where he was involved in International Trade Finance, Corporate Banking and Public Sectors Banking activities. His last position at Citibank was Managing Director for the Public Sector and Megacorporate Sectors. He worked at Banco Nacional de México (1978-1984) in the International Trade Finance area.

Other activities (present): Director at the Global Advisory Board of Binance; Independent Director at Hospitales MAC; Honorary Board Member of AspenMX; Member of Centro Tepoztlán (non for profit think tank); Chairman of Arago SPAC.

Other activities (past): Board Member Mexico´s Stock Exchange; Founding Board Director of MexDer (Derivatives Exchange);  Vicepresident Mexico´s Stock Brokers Association; Vicepresident International Financial Institutions Association; Board member Grupo Fernández Editores; Board member Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF); member IMEF´s National Committee on Corporate Governance; founding Chairman of the Center for Excellency on Corporate Governance; participates on the LatinAmerican Corporate Governance RoundTable; independent Board member ING Afore; Independent Board member and Chair of the Governance Comittee at Grupo Actinver; Independent Board member APIAcapulco; independent Board member of Afore Azteca; Advisory Board member Nextar Fund; Advisory Board Member greenTek (investments in commercially viable solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change); Advisory Board member EMXCapital (private equity fund); Board member Equinoccio (non for profit microfinance fund); Board member Editorial Board member Reforma newspaper Business Section (2004- 2005); member Editorial Board Inter-American Dialogue; independent Board member of Circulo de Credito;; Advisory Board member Universidad LatinoAmericana; member of the Editorial Board of Corporate Governance magazine.

He has collaborated with Universidad Anáhuac on its leadership programs; identifying students for the Master and Professional programs, and has teached Corporate Governance courses.

He is a founder of Aprendizaje Vivencial y Liderazgo, S.C. a ropes course trail for Experiential Education. He is the Editor of Alimentación: Reto de México. Writes articles and gives lectures on leadership, team building, integration and Corporate Governance.

Education: Cornell University, International Food Economics Master (Candidate 1978); Tecnológico de Monterrey, Biochemical Engineering BS (1974); several workshops and seminars on Strategic Planning, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Leadership, Appreciative Inquiry.

He has been married for 43 years, has two sons and two grandchildren.