Karina Cortizo

Senior Director
19+ years of consulting services experience
Designs and executes business transformations and performance improvement
Runs productivity and cost efficiency programs
Mexico City
@alvarezmarsal
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Karina Cortizo is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Mexico City. She brings more than 19 years of consulting services experience, focusing on designing and executing business transformations and performance improvement programs.

Ms. Cortizo has worked in Mexico, Latin America and the U.S., running productivity and cost efficiency programs, including global shared service organizations and zero-based budgeting programs. She has significant experience working with clients in consumer and industrial goods, pharmaceutical, energy and mining. 

Ms. Cortizo has advised senior executives in defining business transformation initiatives, led complex projects and managed multidisciplinary teams. Her experience has been key to organizations’ success in improving their financial and operational performance.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Cortizo worked with Accenture for more than 15 years.

Ms. Cortizo earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Universidad La Salle and a specialty degree in finance and operations.

 

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April 2026 is set to hit small UK retailers with a fresh wave of cost hikes, pilling pressure onto a sector many say is facing its toughest time since Covid. Rising wage, insurance, sick pay, business rates, energy standing charges, and reduced owner take‑home pay arrive as consumer demand softens and inflation fears persist amid geopolitical tensions. SMEs enter with limited resilience and mounting headwinds—including late payments, crime, and heavier admin/tax burdens—raising the risk of closures or contraction. The piece urges defensive cost control where necessary and, where possible, smarter pricing, operational efficiency, and targeted automation/analytics to protect margins and conserve working capital.