The Board of Directors of FEMSA consists of 19 members of which 6 are independent. Under Mexican Law the Directors are elected by the shareholders of the company at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting. Each Director is assigned a specific Alternate Director who is authorized to serve on the Board of Directors in the event that the Director is unable to attend meetings or otherwise participate in the activities of the Board of Directors.
Directors and their specific Alternate Directors are appointed for a term of 1 year and are eligible for re-election after the completion of their term in office. The By-Laws of the Company provide that the holders of the FEMSA B Shares may elect at least eleven Directors and the holders of the FEMSA D Shares may elect five Directors.
Since 2001, Jose Antonio Fernandez, the CEO of FEMSA, has presided as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Current members of the Board of Directors:
Series B
José Antonio Fernández Carbajal
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer FEMSA Elected 1984
Alternate: Federico Reyes García
Eva María Garza Lagüera Gonda
Private Investor
Elected 1999
Alternate: Paulina Garza Lagüera Gonda
Bárbara Garza Lagüera Gonda
Private Investor
Elected 2002
Alternate: Enrique F. Senior Hernández
José Calderón Rojas
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice-President Servicios Administrativos de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. Real Estate Elected 2005
Alternate: Francisco José Calderón Rojas
Consuelo Garza de Garza
Founder and Former President ANSPAC Non-Profit Organization Elected 1995
Alternate: Alfonso Garza Garza
Max Michel Suberville
Honorary Chairman of the Board El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V. Department Stores Elected 1985
Alternate: Max Michel González
Alberto Bailleres
Chairman of the Board of Grupo Bal Mining and Metallurgic Industry, Insurance Company, Department Stores Elected 1995
Alternate: Arturo Fernández Pérez
Francisco Javier Fernández Carbajal
Private Business Consultant
Elected 2005
Alternate: Javier Astaburuaga Sanjines
Ricardo Guajardo Touché
President of Finance Comittee and former Chairman of the Board BBVA Bancomer Financial Institution Elected 1988
Alternate: Othón Páez Garza
Alfredo Livas Cantú*
President of Praxis Financiera, S.C. Financial Consulting Firm Elected 1995
Alternate: Sergio Deschamps Ebergenyi*
Roberto Servitje Sendra
Chairman of the Board of Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. Food Elected 1995
Alternate: Juan Guichard Michel
Carlos Salguero Munar*
Former Executive President Philip Morris International Tobacco Elected 1995
Alternate: Alfonso González Migoya*
Mariana Garza Lagüera Gonda
Private Investor
Elected 2005
Alternate: Carlos Salazar Lomelín
José Manuel Canal Hernando*
Independent Consultant and Chairman of the Board Banco Compartamos Elected 2003
Alternate: Ricardo Saldívar Escajadillo*
Series D
Armando Garza Sada
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. Elected 2006
Alternate: Eduardo Padilla Silva
Alexis E. Rovzar de la Torre*
Executive Partner White & Case S.C. Legal Firm Elected 1989
Alternate: Francisco Zambrano Rodríguez*
Helmut Paul*
Owner of H. Paul & Company LLC Corporate finance advisory firm Elected 1988
Alternate: Antonio Elosúa Muguerza*
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño*
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. Cement Elected 1995
Alternate: Francisco Garza Zambrano*
Robert E. Denham
Partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Law Firm Elected 2001