Alicia Fernanda Galindo Manrique

Alicia Fernanda Galindo Manrique holds a PhD in Accounting with a specialization in Sustainability from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL). She also earned a Master in Finance and an MBA from EGADE Business School, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Public Accounting and Finance from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

She currently serves as Director of the Master in Finance Program at EGADE Business School’s Monterrey site. Previously, she was Director of the Bachelor in Public Accounting and Finance Program at Tecnológico de Monterrey. She is a Level I member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI) under SECIHTI and was recognized through the Ciencia de Frontera 2025 initiative. She actively participates in finance research groups at both EGADE Business School and UANL.

Her academic work includes publications in Q1-, Q2-, and Scopus-indexed journals, as well as authorship of the book R Programming Language in Finance: The Relationship Between Financial Performance and ESG Sustainable Performance. She has also co-authored book chapters and contributed as a columnist to media outlets such as El Financiero and Forbes México.

Professionally, she is affiliated with the Institute of Public Accountants of Nuevo León, where she chairs the Sustainability Committee (COS). She is also a mentor in the Tec Lean Growth program and co-host of Territorio Negocios, a podcast produced by EGADE Business School. In the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship, she received the “AI Pioneer” distinction from Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2020 for her application of artificial intelligence in education. That same year, she founded ÁBACO Finanzas, an initiative focused on promoting financial education and entrepreneurship among children and adolescents. For this work, she received the Mujer Tec Award 2023 in the Entrepreneurship category.

• Member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI), Level I. (2025)
• Recipient of recognition through the SECIHTI Ciencia de Frontera call for proposals for the project “Direct and Reverse Comprehensive Assessment of Tomato Handling in Nuevo León’s Urban Market: An LCSA and Double Materiality Approach to Loss Reduction with Social Impact.” (2025)
• Recipient of CIMA/AICPA research funding for the project “From Small to Sustainable: Sustainability Reporting Challenges and Management Accounting Solutions for SMEs in Mexico and Colombia.” (2025)
• Promoted to Assistant Professor rank. (2023)
• Recipient of the Mujer Tec Award in the Entrepreneurship category for the ÁBACO project, “Financial Education for Children.” (2023)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the EXATEC Accountants Club. (2023)
• Recognized as an AI Pioneer in Education by Tecnológico de Monterrey. (2023)
• ACACIA Best Paper Award for “Eco-efficiency and Financial Performance in Latin American Countries: An Environmental Intensity Approach,” presented at the 25th International Congress on Administrative Sciences Research. (2022)
• ACACIA “Raúl Conde Hernández” Best Paper Award at the 25th International Congress on Administrative Sciences Research. (2022)
• Intellectual Vitality Faculty Award, granted by Tecnológico de Monterrey. (2020)
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude for doctoral dissertation. (2019)
• Best Paper Award at the 4th International Research Congress of UANL Business Schools and Faculties for the article “ESG Disclosure and Financial Performance in Latin-American Countries.” (2018)
• CONACYT Graduate Scholarship Recipient. (2017)

• PhD in Accounting and Finance with a specialization in Sustainability
  Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL), co-supervised with the University of Extremadura
• Master in Finance
  EGADE Business School
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  EGADE Business School
• Bachelor of Science in Public Accounting and Finance
  Tecnológico de Monterrey

• Galindo-Manrique, A. F., Rodríguez-García, M. del P., Cortez-Alejandro, K. A., & Méndez-Sáenz, A. B. (2025). The Role of Digital Financial Services in Narrowing the Gender Gap in Low–Middle-Income Economies: A Bayesian Machine Learning Approach. Risks, 13(5), 96.

• Galindo-Manrique, A. F. (2024). Adoption of the Metaverse for Higher Education: Structural Equation Modeling Approach in a Business School Context. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 15(2), 57–93.

• Galindo-Manrique, A. F. (2023). Fuzzy Jensen's Alpha Analysis in Robo-Advisors ESG Strategies. Fuzzy Economic Review, 28(2), 39–58.

• Rodríguez-García, M. del P., Galindo-Manrique, A. F., Cortez-Alejandro, K. A., & Méndez-Sáenz, A. B. (2022). Eco-efficiency and financial performance in Latin American countries: An environmental intensity approach. Research in International Business and Finance, 59, 101547.

• Caballero-Fernández, R., Galindo-Manrique, A. F., & Méndez-Sáenz, A. B. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Stock Market: A Fuzzy Logic Sector Analysis. Fuzzy Economic Review, 27(2).

• Galindo-Manrique, A. F., Pérez-Calderón, E., & Rodríguez-García, M. del P. (2021). Eco-efficiency and Stock Market Volatility: Emerging Markets Analysis. Administrative Sciences, 11(2), 36.

• Méndez-Sáenz, A. B., Rodríguez-García, M. del P., & Galindo-Manrique, A. F. (2018). Efecto de la divulgación ambiental, social y gobierno corporativo en el desempeño financiero de países latinoamericanos. Vinculatégica EFAN, 1(4), 46–55.

• Galindo-Manrique, A. F. (2017). Efecto del desempeño ambiental sobre el riesgo de mercado en países emergentes: Caso de Brasil, Chile y México. Innovaciones de Negocios, 12(24), 165–187.

• Rodríguez-García, M. del P., Galindo-Manrique, A. F., & Cortez-Alejandro, K. A. (2017). Efecto del desempeño ambiental en el rendimiento de mercado de países latinoamericanos emergentes. Vinculatégica EFAN, 3(1), 17–26.