Gustavo Pérez Berlanga
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Director of Social Responsibility, Gigante Restaurant Group

Gustavo Pérez Berlanga has successfully implemented sustainability initiatives as Director of Social Responsibility at Gigante Restaurant Group (one of the largest restaurant chains including Toks, Panda Express, Beer Factory, Farolito Taco Shop, and Shake Shake brands in Mexico), benefiting thousands of people nationwide. He is also a professor at Anahuac University and a guest speaker in universities and business schools worldwide. He is the author of three books, two of them on poverty eradication in indigenous communities and the other on crime prevention. His sustainability initiatives have been awarded worldwide. In 2018, he was recognized as one of the world leaders in sustainability by Real Leaders magazine and in 2017 as one of ten Pioneers in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He has a bachelor’s degree in Administration and Finance and three master’s degrees, one in Marketing, another in Social Responsibility, and one MBA at IPADE. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Bioethics at the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico.
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