Guillermo Calderón Aguilera will step down as director of the Collective Transportation System (STC) Metro effective May 5, according to a document addressed to the Mexico City mayor, to whom he stated: “I can only thank you for all your attention.” Sources within the Mexico City government confirmed to La Prensa that his departure will be announced in the coming days.
Adrián Ruvalcaba, former mayor of Cuajimalpa, who left his position as head of the Peace Roundtables at the Mexican government’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection on May 2, is being considered to take over the position. He confirmed on social media that he would continue serving Mexico, without specifying what direction his career would take.
In the document addressed to the head of government, he states that he is resigning of his own volition and “irrevocably from the position of General Director of the Metro Mass Transit System,” a position he assumed on June 28, 2021, when Claudia Sheinbaum served as head of government.
His appointment followed the departure of Florencia Serranía, who suffered three major accidents on the Metro, including the collapse of a beam on the elevated section of Line 12, between the Olivos and Tezonco stations.
According to the biography published on the Metro website, Guillermo Claderón Aguilera holds a degree in Chemical Engineering with honors from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, completed postgraduate studies in Process Engineering at Karlsruhe University, West Germany, and holds International Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the United States.
He specializes in project and process management, as well as in the implementation and operation of urban transportation systems. For 15 years, he has led public transportation projects in the capital. From December 2018 until he arrived at the Metro, he served as General Director of the Electric Transportation Service (STE), and for more than thirteen years, he served as General Director of Metrobús, among other positions.
Source: OEM
