Environmental, Social and Government

El señor García Segovia es miembro de los Consejos de Administración de Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V., Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V. e Innovación y Conveniencia, S.A. de C.V. (ICONN). Además, es Presidente del Consejo de la Escuela de Ingeniería y Tecnologías del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). Es consejero de la Universidad de Monterrey y de varias entidades involucradas en la sustentabilidad y conservación, incluyendo Unidos para la Conservación, A.C., Pronatura Noreste, A.C., el Consejo Consultivo de Flora y Fauna del Estado de Nuevo León y Parques y Vida Silvestre de Nuevo León. Fundó y es Presidente de Comenzar de Nuevo, A.C., una asociación sin fines de lucro dedicada a la prevención, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de trastornos alimenticios y, además, fue uno de los fundadores de Expertos en Acción, S.C., una empresa de consultoría. El señor García Segovia ocupó diversos cargos directivos en Cemex, incluyendo los de Director de Operaciones, Director General de Desarrollo, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Desarrollo y, más recientemente, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Tecnología, Energía y Sustentabilidad. También fue presidente de los Consejos de Administración de la Comisión de Estudios del Sector Privado para el Desarrollo Sustentable (CESPEDES), un centro privado de investigación para el desarrollo sustentable, Gas Industrial de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V., Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte, S.C. y Casino Monterrey, S.C. Fue miembro de los Consejos del Comité Ejecutivo de COPARMEX, World Environmental Center, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., Sociedad Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V. y la Universidad Regiomontana. El señor García Segovia cuenta con títulos en ingeniería mecánica y administración de empresas por el ITESM y con una maestría en administración de empresas por la Universidad de Texas.

Mr. Azcárraga currently serves as CEO of Inmobiliaria y Desarrolladora Destin, S.A. de C.V. and of Fraccionadora Villa Las Fuentes, S.A. de C.V. He has served in various companies in the fields of real estate development, information technology and financing. He also has served as member of the boards and audit committees for Corporación MDS, S.A. de C.V. and Valle Alto Club de Golf A.C. Mr. Azcárraga has a degree in computer systems engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) as well as a Master’s degree in business and finance from the EGADE Business School in Monterrey.

Mr. Chapa González has served since the year 2002 as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Iconn and 7-Eleven México S.A. de C.V., where with the support and talent of his executive team has achieved the development and transformation from a family company founded in 1923 into a private corporation implementing the best corporate governance practices. He is also member of the board of directors of STIVA, Recuperaciones Industriales Internacionales (RIISA), MDI Contact Center, and Chairman of the Investigation Board of Retail for Latin America, The Coca Cola Company, Consultant Member of TELMEX Northern Region, Regional member of Scotiabank and Banamex, member of the Executive Board and Chairman member of the Finance Committee of the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM), member of COPARMEX Nuevo León, member of Fundación Ricardo, Andrés y José A. Chapa González A.C. (a non-profit organization who attends through Beneficiary Institutions the basic needs of the community in the areas of education, health, social assistance, and moral development). Mr. Chapa González has a degree as an Industrial and Systems Engineer with honors from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and continued with his post graduate education with Advance Marketing Program in Texas University and with the Alta Dirección de Empresas AD II del IPADE, the Executive Program for Growing Companies of Stanford University as well as with the Executive Program Leadership & Strategy in the IMD of Switzerland.

Mr. Andragnes currently serves as Director of the real estate area for Latin America of Compass Group, Manager of Fondo Compass de Desarrollo y Renta Residencial Mexico, a residential rental property fund that he also co-founded with Compass Group, and Director at Metro Building, a real estate development company that focuses on major Latin American metropolitan areas and New York. He previously served as Chief Investment Officer and President of the Investment Committee for Latin America at Prudential Real Estate Investors, and he was also previously a real estate consultant for Ernst and Young in Buenos Aires. Mr. Andragnes also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Paz Corp, S.A., a homebuilder in Chile, Brazil and Peru, as well as of Ridge Trust, a private REIT with operations in the United States and Mexico. Mr. Andragnes has extensive experience in the Latin American real estate market, having participated in more than 300 real estate projects in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and the United States, and has independently consulted for Pulte Homes Corporation. Mr. Andragnes holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Buenos Aires, where he has also served as adjunct professor, and a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.

Thomas McDonald is a managing partner and co-founder of Jaguar Growth Partners. With his head office in New York and another in Sao Paulo, Jaguar is a private investment management specialized in real estate private equity in developing markets worldwide. Founded in 2013 with Gary Garrabrant, Jaguar invests and develops operative platforms related with real estate and companies prepared to grow in developing markets. The firm invests through managed funds, incluiding Jaguar Real Estate Partners, focused exclusively in Latin America. Mr McDonald is currently a Director of Aliansce Shopping Centers (BZ: ALSC3) and Latam Logistics Properties and previously was a Director of Gafisa (NSE: GFA), BR Malls (BZ: BRML3), Tenda (BZ: TNDA3), Parque Arauco (SNSE: PARAUCO), Homex, Hotelera AmericaLatina NH, Crédito Inmobiliario, AGV Logistics, Bracor and Brazilian Finance and Real Estate. From 1999 to 2012, Mr. McDonald served as Director of Strategy at International Equity. Had a strategic role in developing his style of collaborative investment, partner oriented, in the establishment, construction and optimization of relation, as well as the coordination of investments and portfolio management activities. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. McDonald was Executive Vicepresident of Anixter International (NYSE: AXE) responsible for the sales worldwide. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. McDonald lived in Argentina and was responsible of establishing the operative business of Anixter in Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Colombia.

Mr. Espinosa de los Monteros is currently a partner and Officer of Excelencia Total en Servicios Corporativos and has been Chief Financial Officer of Mexicana de Aviación; Credit Coordinator and Portfolio Manager of INFONAVIT; Co-Chief Executive Officer of Crédito Hipotecario, Grupo Financiero Bancrecer; Executive President of Finacom, S.A. de C.V., holding several management positions at Banca Serfin; Chief Financial Officer of Ediciones Larousse; Chief Financial Officer of Compañía Mexicana de Seguros de Crédito. Additionally, Mr. Espinosa de los Monteros is a specialist in bankruptcy proceedings and he has been appointed as inspector in some bankruptcy proceedings. He is a propietary member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2013, and he is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company. He has participated and currently participates in several Audit Committees (as Chairman in some cases) including, without limitation, the following companies: Royal Bank of Scotland, Afianzadora Insurgentes Aserta, Bancomext, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal y Seguros Hipotecarios, Consorcio Hogar, S.A. de C.V., Fincomún (Sociedad Financiera Popular), Sociedad de Fomento a la Educación Superior, SOFOM, Unión de Crédito de la Industria Litográfica, Banco de Ahorro Nacional y Servicios Financieros (Bansefi), Fincasa, and Ixe Banco, among others. He has taught at the Accounting and Management Department of UNAM since 1970. He has been a member of Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, A.C., Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos, Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México, and Asociación Mexicana de Bancos, and he was part of the negotiating team of the financial sector for the NAFTA. Mr. Espinosa de los Monteros is a Certified Public Accountant. He graduated from the Accounting and Management Department of UNAM and has taken several courses of management and banking administration, and bankrupcty, among others.

Mario is the founder and CEO of Intelimétrica, a services and product development company that leverages artificial intelligence and software engineering to help companies digitally transform and build core analytical competitive advantages. Mario started his career on Wall Street, where he designed financial trading algorithms and machine learning systems for hedge funds such as AOR Capital Management and State Street Bank. Mario holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from ITESM (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Harvard University.

Kanika Soni serves as Chief Commercial Officer at TripAdvisor, where she leads product, marketing, and sales teams focused on maximizing revenue in TripAdvisor's Hotel Auction business, subscription products, and media and advertising solutions. In her most recent role at the company, she served as an advisor to the CEO. She oversaw TripAdvisor's hotels business, which represents a substantial portion of the company's total revenue. Previously, she was Senior Vice President of Global Ecommerce at The Walt Disney Company, with full P&L responsibility for Disney's vertical product sales on company-owned sites, including third-party platforms like Amazon. Her additional responsibilities included purchasing, planning, digital marketing, digital product/web experience, site merchandising, supply chain/operations, and customer service operations. She holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Amy has decades of marketing expertise in consumer-facing industries, with the last 15 years in the hospitality sector. She led a global enterprise brand and marketing for Hilton. She is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Carnival Cruise Lines. She joined Carnival following 7+ years in executive level marketing roles at Hilton. Most recently, she was SVP, Global Enterprise and Brand Marketing, leading marketing transformation, go-to-market and new product launches, and overall marketing and brand strategy for the Hilton parent brand, including the Honors loyalty program. Her team oversees 18 brands, including B2B marketing, global media, social media and property marketing with a total of 60 people. Prior to Hilton, Amy led global advertising at Choice Hotels, and led regional marketing for MoneyGram International. Amy holds an MBA from George Washington University School of Business

Mr Sanchez y Palazuelos is a distinguished business leader with a rich history of strategic management and corporate governance. Since 2011, he has served on the Board of Directors of Arca Continental, a leading beverage company, and since April 2017, he has been an alternate member of the Board of Managers at AC Bebidas. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Sánchez y Palazuelos held presidency positions at Negromex, Grupo Novum, and Troy Grupo Industrial, where he implemented transformative strategies. He has also served on the boards of BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Martí, Probursa, and Cityexpress Hotels, among others. Presently, Mr. Sánchez y Palazuelos is the President of ASP y Asociados, S.C., and serves on the boards of Procorp and Inmobiliaria CADU. Throughout his career, Mr. Sánchez Palazuelos has demonstrated exemplary leadership and a commitment to driving organizational success through strategic vision and innovative initiatives.

Mr. Maldonado currently serves as a member of the Regional Advisory Board of BBVA Bancomer and the Advisory Committee of the Universidad Loyola del Pacífico, and he previously was a member of the Mexican Institute of Financial Executives (IMEF). He has been involved as an investor in several hospitality ventures both in Mexico and the United States. Mr. Maldonado is a Certified Public Account and also has a degree in advanced management studies from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.