Overview
- Valverde will start leading the team from Miami on January 26 and is expected to join the Mexico City office in the following weeks.
- The appointment follows Julian Coulter’s late‑2025 exit to global duties, with Juan Vallejo serving as interim head during the transition.
- Google frames the hire as a push to accelerate growth in Mexico, deepen work with clients and institutions, and strengthen local culture.
- Valverde brings two decades in the industry, including 15 years at Google, previously leading Spanish‑Latin America operations and the Miami office.
- In a LinkedIn note, he said he aims for Google to be a strategic technology ally in Mexico and to use innovation to advance local talent.