Professor Lorenzo Arellano is attached to the Department of Institutional Studies at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa Campus, he has a B.A. in Economics from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), and an M.A. in International Economics from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, obtaining his degree with distinction.

He has taught courses, workshops and conferences at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fé, Campus Cd. de México, Campus Pachuca, and Campus Chiapas, at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), at the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, at the Universidad Tecnológica de México, and at the Tecnológico Nacional de México de Nuevo León and Gustavo A. Madero. He worked for 17 years in the public sector in the areas of design, formulation, operation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies, aimed at capacity building and financial culture, and access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises. In recent years he has dedicated himself to academia, research and business consulting.

His areas of expertise are the following: Financial Economics; Business Economics; International Economics and Finance; International Trade; Macroeconomics; Growth and Economic Development Models; Econometrics; Structuring and Implementation of Business Plans and Models; Elaboration and Evaluation of Investment Projects; Design and Implementation of Growth and Development Strategies for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and Evaluation of Programs and Public Policies.

Professor Arellano has coordinated and conducted several internal studies for analysis and public policy decision-making purposes, among which are: "Analysis and evaluation of the Investment and Technology Promotion Program in Mexico, PROPIT-ONUDI, 2006-2012", and "Evaluation of results of the SME Debt Market Program, 2014".

In 2006, he participated in the development of the study "Review of SMEs and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies in Mexico, 2000-2006", sponsored by the OECD. During 2011, he participated in the Mexico-Israel bilateral meetings, within the framework of the meetings of the Joint Free Trade Commission, on issues of access to financing for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. In 2012, he participated in the development of the study "Review of SMEs and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies in Mexico, 2006-2012", sponsored by the OECD.

He was Head of the Dumping and Subsidies Investigation Department of the International Trade Practices Unit of the Ministry of Economy. He was Research Assistant at the Center for Economic, Administrative and Social Research of the National Polytechnic Institute.

Professor Arellano has taken several courses and diplomas in the following areas: Incubation, Entrepreneurship and Business Creation; Business Plans; Elaboration, administration and evaluation of investment projects; Structuring and Implementation of Business Models and Plans; Constitution and administration of Venture Capital Funds; Business Financing and Private Investment Projects; Economic Regulation; Strategic Planning; Management Development; Productivity; Citizen Language; Quality Management Systems Auditor; and Budgeting based on results, evaluation of Public Policies, and Logical Framework Matrix, among others.