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Mr. Schwebel is widely regarded as one of America’s leading experts on North American trade and finance. His knowledge and unique experiences have resulted in his being called upon on numerous occasions to testify before Congress on issues of the U.S.-Mexico trade, including the North America Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA); U.S.-Mexico Transportation and Logistics issues; issues related to international finance and immigration. Schwebel was directly involved in the negotiations of the new USMCA as a representative of the private sector team and continues to be engaged in the promotion of the tri-national trade agreement.

As Corporate Head of the International Division of IBC Bank since 1996, Schwebel serves in the senior executive management team of the bank. His position has also allowed him to become engaged in key leadership roles in numerous local, state, national, and international organizations including as  Former Chair of the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) in 1993 (the year NAFTA was adopted); Former Chair of the North America Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) in 2013; Bi-national Director of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce; Member of the Transportation, Logistics and Infrastructure Committee and International Affairs Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Member of the C26+ Committee of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation; Member of the Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee (BTAC); Member of the Texas Freight Mobility Committee (TFAC); Appointed Member of the Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s Transportation and Ports Advisory Committee as well as Vice Chair of the I-69 Alliance of Texas and Member of I-27 Advisory Committee of Texas.  In addition, Mr. Schwebel was invited to serve as a member of the prestigious Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council at Texas A&M University. In the Institute’s 70-year history, they address and work on complex transportation challenges and opportunities with innovation, objectivity, and unmatched technical expertise. In addition, Mr. Schwebel serves as an Advisory Board Member of Mexico’s National Council INDEX which represents the productive interests of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry of Mexico

Most recently, Mr. Schwebel has been involved with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as a member of the U.S.-Mexico Economic Council (USMXECO). This council serves as a platform for both the U.S. and Mexico private sectors to work together in creating innovative solutions to shared policy challenges, all in the name of boosting growth and making goods and services jobs in the United States and across North America. It stems from the existing U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue, which was established in 2013 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) (Mexican Business Council) as a bilateral private sector forum fostering conversation on key economic and trade issues that impact the relationship between the two countries.

Mr. Schwebel is a graduate of Texas A&I University at Laredo (now Texas A&M International University) and has done graduate work at Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware, Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas A&M International University at Laredo and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Schwebel is also a former Army Field Artillery Officer having served in the Republic of Korea and Germany.