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Board of Directors

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

Alternate: José González Ornelas



Secretary
Carlos Eduardo Aldrete Ancira

Alternate Secretary
Arnulfo Eduardo Treviño Garza

Note: * Indicates Independent member