Francisco Gil Díaz (born 2 September 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America.

[2] In the public sector Gil Díaz has served as Undersecretary of Finance (1988–1994) and Vice-Governor of the Mexican central bank (1994–1997).

In the private sector he worked as CEO of Avantel, a Mexican telephone and internet service provider (1997 - November 2000).

[4] Gil Díaz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1979 and taught economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, where he is also an emeritus professor[2] and where he also received an honorary degree in May 2009.

[5] Gil Díaz is married to Margarita White de la Peña[1] and has four children, including Francisco and Cristina Gil-White.