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#367: From Engineer in Mexico to the FIFA World Cup - How Hector Arenas built a career in sports operations
Meet Hector Arenas, Venue Operations Manager at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Monterrey.
Back home in Mexico, he'd built a solid career as an industrial engineer with an MBA, ten years of experience, and a general manager role at a lending company, complete with the apartment, the car and the stable life. Then COVID hit, and he and his wife made a decision to leave their comfort zone and chase their dream. In July 2023, they moved to Australia so Hector could study a Master Of Business (Sport Management) at Deakin University.
Four months later, on a tip from his university mentor, he landed a…
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