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
Eugenio Garza Lagüera (Passed Away + May 24, 2008)
Honorary Life Chairman of the Board FEMSA Elected 1960
Alternate: Mariana Garza de Treviño
José Antonio Fernández Carbajal
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer FEMSA Elected 1984
Alternate: Federico Reyes García
Bárbara Garza de Braniff
Private Investor
Elected 2002
Alternate: Eva Garza de Fernández
José Calderón Rojas
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 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 Not-for-Profit Organization Elected 1995
Alternate: Alfonso Garza Garza
Max Michel Suberville
Chairman of the Board El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A. de C.V. Department Stores Elected 1985
Alternate: Max Michel González
Alberto Bailleres
Chairman of the Board and Executive President Grupo Bal Mining and Metallurgic Industry, Insurance Company, Department Stores Elected 1995
Alternate: Arturo Fernández Pérez
Francisco Javier Fernández Carbajal
Financial Consultant
Elected 2005
Alternate: Javier Astaburuaga Sanjines
Ricardo Guajardo Touché
President of the Audit Committee and Advisor Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, S.A. de C.V. Financial Institution Elected 1988
Alternate: Othón Páez Garza
Alfredo Livas Cantú*
President Praxis Financiera, S.C. Financial Consulting Firm Elected 1995
Alternate: Sergio Deschamps Ebergenyi*
Roberto Servitje Sendra
Chairman of the Board Grupo Industrial Bimbo, S.A. de C.V. Food Elected 1995
Alternate: Juan Guichard Michel
Carlos Salguero*
Former Executive President Philip Morris International Tobacco & Beverages Elected 1995
Alternate: Alfonso González Migoya*
Paulina Garza de Marroquín
Private Investor
Elected 2004
Alternate: Carlos Salazar Lomelín
José Manuel Canal Hernando*
Independent Consultant
Elected 1988
Alternate: Ricardo Saldívar Escajadillo*
Series D
Armando Garza Sada
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Grupo Industrial Alfa 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*
Former Director of Latin America International Finance Corporation (IFC) Financial Institution Elected 1988
Alternate: Antonio Elosúa Muguerza*
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño*
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Cementos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (CEMEX) Cement Elected 1995
Alternate: Francisco Garza Zambrano*
Robert E. Denham
Executive Partner Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Law Firm Elected 2001