Committees

Federico Garza Santos

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015, he is Chairman of the Technical Committee and additionally sits on the Investment Committee and the Nominations Committee.

Mr. Garza Santos is an entrepreneur and currently serves as the chairman of the board of Grupo Delta, a leading company in the development, investment, and management of real estate projects that has developed over a million square meters. He was the CEO of the company, where he gained extensive experience in the development and operation of real estate. Additionally, he actively participates in organizations that promote social development and citizen participation in communities. Furthermore, Mr. Garza Santos is the chairman of the technical committee of Deltack, chairman of the Board of Directors of Tres Vidas Acapulco, Citadela Mérida, a member of the Board of Directors of Promotora Ambiental, a member of the Board of the Chamber of Real Estate Owners of Nuevo León, chairman of the Board of the Eugenio Garza Sada Center, A.C., and vice chairman of the Board of Supera, Civil Association. Mr. Garza Santos holds a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).

David Francisco Garza Santos

Mr. Garza Santos has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the ITESM. He is currently a Board Member of the following companies: Buró Inmobiliario Avanti, Delta Inmobiliaria y Valores, Emprendedores Inmobiliarios Delta, LFMG Corporativo, Promotora Ambiental, DCH Administración, Grupo Maquinas Diesel, Kansas City Southern, Grupo Financiero Banorte, Citadela Mérida, El Rincón USA, and Onix Mantenimientos.

Guillermo Enrique Babatz Torres

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015, he additionally serves on the Investment Committee and the Corporate Practices Committee.

Mr. Babatz has served as Director of Coordination and Training of Internal Credit and General Director of Insurance and Securities at the Ministry of Finance, General Director of the Federal Mortgage Society, and President of the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). At the CNBV, he was responsible for daily operations and represented Mexico in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Mr. Babatz is currently the managing partner of Atik Capital, a consulting firm specializing in financial structuring, regulatory advisory for financial institutions, digital business transformation, and risk management. He has extensive experience in the financial, stock market, regulatory, risk management, and digital business transformation sectors. Additionally, he serves as a director of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) in Canada where he chairs the Risk Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat and its subsidiaries in Mexico, as well as Crédito Familiar. Mr. Babatz holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from ITAM and a doctorate in Economics from Harvard University.

Alberto Eugenio Garza Santos

He began his studies in business administration in ITESM, to subsequently graduate from political science in Southern Methodist University. He is a Founding Partner and Chairman of Promotora Ambiental, S.A.B. de C.V. (PASA), Thermion Energy, S.A. de C.V. and Sirius Energy, S.A. de C.V. He founded and is owner of the ecological reserve known as Museo Maderas del Carmen, A.C., located in Coahuila. He served as Chairman of Parque Ecológico Chipinque and presided the Comisión de Medio Ambiente of CANACINTRA. Additionally, he is member of the Board of Managers of Desarrollos Delta, Promotora del Viento, Thermion Renewable, Ventures, Administradora Thermion and Compañía Petrolera Perseus, Chairman and founder of the Observatorio Ciudadano de la Calidad del Aire del Área Metropolitana de Monterrey (OCCAMM).

Alberto Federico Terrazas Seyffert

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015, he additionally serves on the Debt Committee and the Investment Committee, of which he is the chairman.

Mr. Terrazas is an Industrial and Systems Engineer from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). He holds an OPM Diploma from Harvard Business School and is the executive president of one of the most important companies in the Chihuahua region, Grupo Punto Alto, which focuses on the construction, real estate, metal-mechanic, aerospace, and service sectors. He was the president of the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (CANACINTRA) in Chihuahua from 2009 to 2012, president of Economic Development AC from 2013 to 2016, and a board member of BBVA Bancomer and Banorte. He has extensive experience in the real estate and construction sectors.

Additionally, Mr. Terrazas Seyffert is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Copachisa, an industrial design and construction company with over 9,000,000 square meters built, Demek, a company that has built over 400 industrial projects in 20 states of Mexico, Emycsa, a steel structure construction company that has produced a total of 206,300 tons of materials, as well as a total of 5,670,000 square meters of sheet metal roofing, ESJ, a leading company in the design, manufacture, and supply of steel structural solutions that has created structural solutions for over 31 million square meters. Additionally, Mr. Terrazas Seyffert is a member of the Board of Directors of GCC, a leading company in the production of cement, concrete, aggregates, and innovative solutions in the construction industry, Grupo Ruba, a housing developer with a trajectory of over 40 years, and Grupo Cofiasa, a product distributor of iron and steel in northern Mexico.

Enrique Guillermo de Jesús Terrazas Torres

Mr. Terrazas Torres holds a Banchelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Cornell University, New York City. Additionally he completed the AD-2 Executive Management Program of the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE). Mr. Terrazas is member of the Board of Managers of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, as well as of some of its subsidiaries, since 1991. Likewise, he is a Board Member of Grupo Punto Alto and Honorary Chairman of Grupo Ruba.

Eugenio Santiago Clariond Reyes

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015, he additionally serves on the Corporate Practices Committee, the Investment Committee, the Nominations Committee, and the Debt Committee, of which he is the chairman.

Mr. Clariond is the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Grupo Cuprum, the leading aluminum extruder in Latin America, and Grupo Cleber, a leading multi-brand in the automotive distribution industry in the North and Northeast of the country. Among other positions, he has served as President and CEO of Grupo IMSA, a leading industrial company in the processed steel products business segment, where he participated for over 55 years from managerial positions to holding the positions of General Management and Chairman of the Board, developing extensive experience in leading companies in their industry. Additionally, he has been Vice Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), President of the Mexican Chapter of the North American Committee (NAC) of the Mexico-United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Foreign Trade Council (CONACEX), and President of the Mexican Businessmen's Council. Mr. Clariond holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Business Administration from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). Additionally, Mr. Clariond Reyes is a member of the Board of Directors of the following companies: Grupo Industrial Saltillo, Grupo Financiero Ve por Más (Northeast Region), Grupo Galería; Grupo Energex, Grupo FMC Capital, and Exel del Norte.

Eugenio Clariond Rangel

Mr. Clariond Rangel has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical and Systems Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM), an MBA by the University of Texas in Austin and completed the Business Administration International Program of IPADE. He has held several positions in industrial companies, and currently holds the presidency and general management of Grupo Cuprum. He has been in charge and participated as: Board Member and member of the Credit Committee of Banco Ve por Más (BX+), Board Member of MEXICHEM, S.A.B. de C.V., Chairman of the Cámara de la Industria de Transformación de Nuevo León (CAINTRA), VP of the Confederación de las Cámaras Industriales (CONCAMIN), Chairman of the Instituto Mexicano de Aluminio, A.C. (IMEDAL), Board Member of COPARMEX NL and COMCE Noreste. Additionally, Mr. Clariond Rangel is member of the Board of Managers of the following companies: XIGNUX, ELEMENTIA and PYOSA Industrias, Board Member of UDEM and Fundación UANL, Chairman of the Cluster de Vivienda de Nuevo León and Chairman of Consejo de Flora y Fuana de Nuevo León.

Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño

Mr. Guerra is the founder of MG Capital and has acted as its CEO since 1995. Previously, he has held several key positions in financial institutions in Monterrey and Mexico City. Mr. Guerra Treviño holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the ITESM.

Mauricio Morales Sada

Mr. Morales Sada has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM). He is a Founding Partner and Chairman of MG Capital (1995), a company dedicated to provide advice in capital markets investments. Previous to MG Capital, he served as several positions in Mexican financial institutions.

Juan Carlos Calderón Guzmán

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015, he additionally serves on the Investment Committee, the Debt Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Corporate Practices Committee, of which he is the chairman.

Mr. Calderón has a vast experience in financial and risk areas within Invercap, Vector, Cemex, Merrill Lynch, and Banamex. He is a founding partner of Arvo Capital (formerly Talous Consulting Services). Mr. Calderón holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and he holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Additionally, Mr. Calderón Guzmán is a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the risk committee at Banregio, an independent director of Grupo Punto Alto, Finactiv, and the Monterrey Gynecology and Obstetrics Center.

Emilio Jesús Marcos Charur

Mr. Marcos Charur has a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM) and an MBA from the University of Illinois. He is the Chief Financial Officer in Arca Continental, the third bottler of Coca Cola in the world. Additionally, he is member of the Board of Managers of Jugos del Valle and Grupo Piasa (Productora Industrial Azucarera).

Andrés Ochoa Bünsow

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in July 2017, he additionally serves on the Investment Committee, the Corporate Practices Committee, and the Audit and Nominations Committees, of which he is the Chairman.

Mr. Ochoa is a practicing attorney, investor, and board member of several public and private companies. He was a partner at Baker McKenzie since 1986, where he practiced as a transactional lawyer with extensive experience in corporate finance, M&A, real estate, and infrastructure, among others. Throughout his career, he held various senior management roles including Chairman of the Global Policy Committee of Baker McKenzie International, Chairman of the Global Finance Committee, Chairman of the Latin America Regional Council, and Managing Partner of the firm's offices in Mexico. He was also a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee, where he served under the leadership of Christine Lagarde, the former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. With over 40 years of experience, Mr. Ochoa Bünsow has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in corporate and finance law, receiving multiple awards such as continuous certification by Chambers Latin America and Latin American Law Firm Leader of the Year 2013 by the prestigious English magazine Latin Lawyer. He actively participates in associations such as the Nuevo León Council and the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico Monterrey Chapter, of which he was president and currently chairs the Industrial Development and Economic Development Committee (COFIDE for its Spanish acronym). He is the Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee of Invest Monterrey (DeMTY, A.C.), a public-private partnership that brings together over a hundred private companies, public organizations, universities, and business organizations with the aim of promoting capital attraction and economic development in the State of Nuevo León.

Mr. Ochoa obtained his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and his Master of Laws in International Corporate Law (LL.M) from Columbia University in New York City. Apart from practicing in Mexico, he is a member of the New York State Bar, admitted by the Supreme Court of said state in 1986.

Additionally, Mr. Ochoa Bünsow is a board member of the following companies: Farmacias Benavides, Güntner de México, Christus Muguerza, El Paso Industrial Supplies México, EPIS Logistics, Grupo Club PM Project Management, Grupo de Desarrollo y Entretenimiento de Hermosillo, Promotora Inmobiliaria Villa XXI, Vivace, American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, Nuevo León Council/SEDET - Economic Development Commission, and DeMTY (Invest Monterrey). He also serves as a commissioner for British American Tobacco México.

Carlos Francisco García Reyes

Mr. García Reyes has a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM) and an MBA from the same University. He is a Founding Partner of IAM Consultores, Founding Partner and Board Member of Soiler Fondos Inmobiliarios, Erbe Fonds and Digital Ocean and served as Director of Capital Markets of Vector Casa de Bolsa. Additionally, Mr. García Reyes is the Sole Manager of IAM Inmuebles, Fluvisol, García Canales and member of the Board of Managers of Next Telekom, IAM Activos and Hotspot.

Luz Adriana Ramirez Chávez

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in October 2019, she additionally serves on the Investment Committee and the Audit Committee.

Ms. Ramírez Chávez is currently the CEO of Visa Mexico, as well as Vice President on the Executive Committee of Global Companies (CEEG) and the committee of the Mexican Association of Women Executives (AMME for its Spanish acronym). She participated in the "Women on Boards" course at Harvard Business School, as well as in the Women in Senior Management committee at IPADE and the Diversity committee of the American Chambers. She has extensive financial experience and expertise in information technologies applied to business. She holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from La Salle University and an MBA in Business Administration. Additionally, she has completed studies in Finance and Investment Project Evaluation at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Carmen Eugenia Garza T. Junco

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in April 2022.

Carmen Garza T. Junco holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). She is passionate about alliances, collaboration, and teamwork, aiming to address inequality, violence, lack of opportunities, and poverty from the social sector.

In 2005, she assumed the direction of Fundación FRISA, the corporate foundation of FRISA INDUSTRIES, a global leader in forging solutions. Fundación FRISA is dedicated to discovering and promoting projects that promote social mobility in Nuevo León, sharing FRISA's success.

She is a co-founder and president of COMUNIDAR, the community foundation of Nuevo León, and a board member of various civil society organizations, universities, and companies such as FRISA Industrias, the University of Monterrey, Fundación ZABER, Fundación COPPEL, FUNDEMEX - Business Foundation in Mexico, NAFINSA, among others.

Silvia Lucía Dávila Kreimerman

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in April 2021.

Ms. Dávila Kreimerman currently serves as the President of Latin America for Danone and Latin America for EDP and Waters businesses. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of Danone Global Group, a board member of UNITEC, a member and fellow of the International Women's Forum (IWF), a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and Women Corporate Directors (WCD). Additionally, she coordinates the inclusion and diversity forum for the Business Coordinating Council and the UN Global Compact in Mexico. She holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing from UNITEC and a master's degree in Business Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), as well as various postgraduate studies from IMD, Harvard Business School, and INSEAD. Ms. Dávila has extensive experience in business transformation, digital transformation, marketing, innovation, and team development.

Jorge Silberstein Tenenbaum

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in April 2023.

Mr. Silberstein Tenenbaum has a proven professional track record in both the public and private sectors, having held positions such as Head of Investment Banking in Mexico for Barclays Investment Bank, Head of Investment Banking in Latin America and Mexico for UBS Investment Bank, Undersecretary of Communications at the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Deputy General Director of Financial Engineering for BANOBRAS, and Deputy Coordinator and Deputy General Director of Financial Engineering at the Asset Disposal Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Mr. Silberstein Tenenbaum holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.