# Daniel Martínez-Valle

> Daniel Martínez-Valle is a Mexican business executive and CEO of Grupo Proeza. Formerly CEO of Kaluz and Orbia, he has worked across corporate strategy, procurement, investment and public-sector advisory roles. His public work emphasizes industrial transformation, sustainability, customer needs and collective purpose; he also chairs the board of IDEO.org and participates in leadership and mentoring networks.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Grupo Proeza
- **Organizations:** Grupo Proeza, Orbia (formerly Mexichem), Grupo Kaluz, Cisco, Nebli Capital Advisors, Aquanima, BBF Ventures, CoRe, Advent International, IDEO.org, ITAM, Tällberg Foundation, BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** Mexican
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Diploma in Economics, London School of Economics
- **Known for:** Led Orbia’s 2018-2021 corporate transformation, including its 2019 rebranding from Mexichem., Founded and led Aquanima, according to his CoRe speaker biography., Co-founded CoRe, a think tank focused on more livable cities, according to Mexichem’s 2018 annual report.

## Career timeline

- **Early career (dates not verified)** — Worked in strategic consulting at McKinsey and in advisory roles in Mexican government.
- **Before 2016 (dates not verified)** — Founder and CEO of Aquanima; founding partner of BBF Ventures; managing partner of Nebli Capital Advisors; director of worldwide strategy and planning at Cisco.
- **2016** — Listed as CEO of Grupo Kaluz in the CoRe Foro Urbano speaker program.
- **2018** — Appointed CEO of Mexichem, subsequently renamed Orbia.
- **2019** — Led the corporate transformation during which Mexichem became Orbia and introduced the ImpactMark.
- **2021-02-01** — Departure from Orbia took effect; Sameer Bharadwaj succeeded him.
- **2022-04** — ITAM listed him as an Advent International operating partner at a business and common-good event.
- **2024-08-28** — Became CEO of Grupo Proeza, according to Metalsa’s 2025 report; Proeza announced the transition on September 2, 2024.
- **2025-09** — Stanford published an alumni profile discussing his leadership and sustainability work.

## Achievements

- Led Orbia’s 2018-2021 corporate transformation, including its 2019 rebranding from Mexichem.
- Founded and led Aquanima, according to his CoRe speaker biography.
- Co-founded CoRe, a think tank focused on more livable cities, according to Mexichem’s 2018 annual report.
- Succeeded Leopoldo Cedillo as Grupo Proeza CEO in 2024.
- Serves as IDEO.org board chair, as listed in its public biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Metalsa’s 2025 annual report, hosted in its June 2026 upload directory, lists him as an ex-officio Proeza board member and confirms an August 28, 2024 CEO start date.
- **2025-10** — ITAM highlighted Stanford’s recent profile of his leadership.
- **2025-09** — Stanford GSB published an MBA ’99 alumni profile of Martínez-Valle.

## Links

- Website: https://www.proeza.com.mx
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-martinez-valle
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/danielmv1

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Last updated: 2026-10-09