Mr. Goldberg is an Independent Member of our Technical Committee, Chairman of our Audit Committee and member of the Corporate Practices Committee. Founding partner and chairman of Goldberg, Alerhand y Asociados, S.C., a specialized investment banking advisory firm.
He has more than 40 years of experience in corporate governance participating as an independent and direct member of different boards of directors; more than 35 years in social issues through his involvement with different institutions and more than 10 years in environmental issues.
He is also currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of Galileo Investment Management, LLC, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Grupo Assa México, Soluciones Informáticas, S.A. de C.V., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Disi Operaciones Empresariales SAPI de C.V. SOFOM ENR, Independent member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of Grupo Collado, S.A. de C.V. and was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The American British Cowdray Medical Center, IAP (ABC Medical Center). He has extensive expertise in finance and corporate and investment banking. He was head of corporate banking for Bank of America Mexico, head of Wells Fargo Bank for Mexico and Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of HSBC Investment Banking. He was Chairman for of N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Mexico), Chairman of the Board of Directors of N.M. Rothschild (Colombia), Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Bice, S.A. (Santiago de Chile, Chile) and Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd. (London, England). He earned a Degree as Public Chartered Accountant from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and an MBA by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Member from 2011
Mr. Blanco is an Independent Member of our Technical Committee, member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee (suggested to the meeting) and member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Blanco is President and CEO of Soluciones Estratégicas, a corporate advisory firm specialized in international trade issues. He has extensive experience in the public sector and in international trade. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of IQOM Inteligencia Comercial, the only daily service on trade analysis in Mexico and Latin America. He was Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development in the Zedillo administration and was the chief negotiator of the North American Free Trade Agreement during the Salinas administration. He held several key positions in committees and boards of companies such as CYDSA, Grupo Financiero Banorte, Bancomext, and Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America. He has academic expertise earned at Rice University in Houston, from El Colegio de México. Mr. Blanco has a bachelor’s degree in Economics by the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and a doctorate degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Member from 2011
Executive Director at Ascend Consulting. PhD in Applied Economics and Master in Economics from Texas A&M University. She served as Senior Officer at the Ministry of Public Education (SEP). From December 2012 to September 2015, she held the position of Senior Officer at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). Previously, she was Executive Director of the Private Sector Studies Commission for Sustainable Development of the Business Coordinating Council (Consejo Coordinador Empresarial). She was Dean of the EGADE Business School Mexico at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, where she created the Centre for Sustainability and Business. She worked for CEMEX as Head of Corporate Affairs for the Americas. Federal Government official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) from 2003 to 2006, where she held the positions of Head of the Unit of Economic Relations and International Cooperation and Coordinator of Advisors to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
