Committees

Federico Garza Santos

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in January 2015. He also serves on the Investment Committee, the Corporate Practices Committee, and the Indebtedness Committee.

Mr. Garza Santos is an entrepreneur and currently chairman of the board of Grupo Delta, a leading real estate development, investment and project management company that has developed more than one million square meters of real estate, of which he was general director, where he developed extensive experience in the development and operation of real estate. He is also an active participant in organizations that promote social development and citizen participation in the communities.
Mr. Garza Santos is also chairman of the technical committee of Deltack, chairman of the board of directors of Tres Vidas Acapulco, Citadela Mérida, member of the board of directors of Promotora Ambiental, member of the board of the Nuevo León Chamber of Real Estate Owners, chairman of the board of Centro de Eugenio Garza Sada, A.C., and vice chairman of the board of Supera, Asociación Civil. Mr. Garza Santos holds a degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). He is 60 years old.

Nancy Sánchez Moya

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in December 2024 and additionally serves on the Investment Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Debt Committee.

Nancy Sánchez Moya is a graduate of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, where she holds a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. In 2009 she started working within the LEGO Group to be part of the plastic molding quality team, being later promoted to different positions including Quality Director, Senior Director and Vice President in charge of the LEGO Group's molding plant in Monterrey and later of the decoration and assembly plant in Kladno, Czech Republic. Currently, Nancy Sanchez is the General Manager and Senior Vice President responsible for the LEGO Group's Americas plants located in Monterrey, Mexico and in the state of Virginia in the United States.

She was awarded the “Wonder Woman in the Toy Industry” award in New York City in February 2019 and in March 2020 received the Medal Ingeniera Alicia Margarita Torres Villanueva as Recognition of Women in Professional Performance by the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. She was the second engineer to receive the recognition of excellence in the Private Sector Service by the Colegio de Ingenieros Mecánicos, Eléctricos y Electricistas de Nuevo Leon A.C. in the framework of the National Day of the Engineer 2024. In September 2024, she was recognized as “Exceptional Woman, creating a better world for all” by the Women Economic Forum. In November 2024 she received the “Women in Leadership” award from Inc MTY. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CAINTRA where she is Vice President of the Chamber and President of the Technical Education Commission. She is 46 years old.

Guillermo Enrique Babatz Torres

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

Mr. Babatz has been director of Internal Credit Coordination and Training and general director of Insurance and Securities of the Ministry of Finance, general director of Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal, president of the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). At the CNBV he was responsible for day-to-day operations and acted as Mexico's representative to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Mr. Babatz is currently managing partner of Atik Capital, a consulting firm specializing in financial structuring, regulatory advice to financial institutions, digital business transformation and risk management. He has extensive experience in the financial, securities, regulatory, risk management and digital business transformation sectors. Additionally, he is a director of Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) in Canada where he chairs the Risk Committee, he is also chairman of the board of Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat and its subsidiaries in Mexico, in addition to Crédito Familiar. Mr. Babatz holds a B.A. in economics from ITAM and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He is 56 years old.

Juan José Copeland Escriba

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in December 2024 and is also a member of the Audit Committee, the Indebtedness Committee and the Investment Committee, of which he is Chairman.

Mr. Copeland is an Industrial Engineer graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, he also has an MBA in Administration and Finance, the AD-2 program from IPADE and specialized studies in real estate management and leadership at prestigious institutions such as Harvard and IMD. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industrial real estate sector in leadership positions. He was chief operating officer, chief executive officer and board member of Corporate Properties of the Americas, a company dedicated to the acquisition, development and operation of industrial real estate in Mexico. Additionally, Mr. Copeland Escriba is a member of the board of YPO Gold Monterrey Chapter. Monterrey. He is 53 years old.

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 also serves on the Investment Committee, the Indebtedness Committee, and the Corporate Practices Committee, the latter of which he chairs.

Mr. Calderon has extensive 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 degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

In addition, Mr. Calderón Guzmán is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Risk Committee of Banregio, an independent director of Grupo Punto Alto, Finactiv and Centro de Ginecología y Obstetricia de Monterrey. He is 53 years old.

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 also serves on the Investment Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Nominating Committee, the latter of which he chairs.

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 the corporate finance, M&A, real estate and infrastructure sectors, among others. Throughout his career, he served in various leadership roles including chairman of Baker McKenzie International's Global Policy Committee, chairman of the Global Finance Committee, chairman of the Latin America Regional Council and national managing partner of the firm's Mexico office. He was also a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee, where he served under Christine Lagarde, until recently the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. With more than 40 years of experience, Mr. Ochoa Bünsow has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in corporate and financial law, having received multiple awards, such as his 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 Committee for Industrial Promotion and Economic Development (COFIDE). He is president of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Invest Monterrey (DeMTY, A.C.), a public-private association that brings together more than one hundred private companies, public agencies, universities and business organizations with the purpose of promoting the attraction of capital and economic development in the State of Nuevo Leon.

Mr. Ochoa obtained his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and his LL.M. in International Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. In addition to practicing in Mexico, he is a member of the New York State Bar, to which he was admitted by the New York State Supreme Court in 1986. He is 69 years old.

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, Cinquefoil, incMty, Vivace, American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, Consejo Nuevo León/SEDET - Comisión de Desarrollo Económico and DeMTY (Invest Monterrey). He also serves as a commissioner for British American Tobacco Mexico.

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 and additionally serves on the Investment Committee, Audit Committee and Corporate Practices Committee.

Ms. Ramirez Chavez was General Director of Visa Mexico for more than 10 years, and serves as vice president of the committee of the Mexican Association of Executive Women (AMME), participated in the course “Women on Boards” at Harvard Business School, as well as in the committees of Women in Senior Management at IPADE and Diversity of American Chambers. She has extensive experience in finance and information technology applied to business. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad La Salle and an MBA in Business Administration and also studied Finance and Investment Projects at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is 64 years old.

Verónica Elizondo Ortiz

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in December 2024 and additionally serves on the Investment Committee, Corporate Practices Committee, and Nominating Committee.

Verónica Elizondo Ortiz holds a degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and an MBA from Stanford University, as well as several executive courses at Harvard University, Wharton University, Chicago Booth University and the London School of Economics. Veronica is currently a partner in the consulting firm Galera, and co-founder of MERLO Capital, an investment fund focused on supporting high potential entrepreneurs in medium-sized companies in Mexico.

Prior to joining Galera, Verónica was CEO of CAPRI Recubrimientos, where she managed the turnaround and successful sale of this waterproofing manufacturing company. Prior to this, she served for more than 13 years in various executive roles within Grupo Alfa, such as VP of Global Strategic Planning, Chief Information Officer and several other leadership positions in the area of human resources where she was a promoter of innovative projects of cultural transformation, organizational development and DEI.

She has served on multiple boards of companies and non-profit organizations in the areas of food, education, construction, healthcare, direct sales and social impact. She currently serves on the boards of: Endeavor Norte, ESJ, Arabela, CGOMSA (Ginequito hospital), Genius Foods, Dontworry, ASFM, Centro de Empresas Conscientes del Tec de Monterrey and Hyped Capital. She is 49 years old.

Jaime Martínez Merla

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in December 2024 and additionally serves on the Investment Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Audit Committee, of which he is Chairman.

Mr. Martínez holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the Universidad de Monterrey, an M.B.A. from the same university and an M.S. in Management Sciences from Stanford University. In addition, Mr. Martinez has completed graduate studies in various areas related to management, accounting standards, and auditing and internal controls. He is founder and Chairman of the Board of the Internal Control Institute (ICI). Mr. Martínez Merla has more than 30 years of professional experience and is currently Global Director of Internal Control and Digital Controllership at CEMEX. He serves on the Boards and/or Audit Committees of several companies, including Grupo Proeza, Grupo AlEn, Protexa and the University of Monterrey (UdeM). He is 56 years old.

Jorge Silberstein Tenenbaum

Appointed as a member of the Technical Committee in April 2023 and additionally serves on the Investment Committee, the Corporate Practices Committee, and the Indebtedness Committee, of which he is Chairman.

Mr. Silberstein Tenenbaum has a proven track record in the public and private sectors, having held positions as head of investment banking in Mexico for Barclays Investment Bank, head of investment banking in Latin America and investment banking in 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 General Director of Financial Engineering of the Disincorporation Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Mr. Silberstein Tenenbaum holds a B.S. degree in applied mathematics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and an M.S. degree in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is 65 years old.

In addition, Mr. Silberstein Tenenbaum is chairman of the board of 150Huntington and an independent director of Proteak.