Chief Executive Officer and member of the Technical Committee.
Co-founder of e-Group, one of the most important real estate groups in Mexico. He has more than 45 years of experience in real estate operation in every segment, including raising capital to develop and acquire large-scale projects and properties.
He is currently a member of the board on each of the companies that integrate e-Group, of the directing board of The TechnoWise Group and an independent member of the board at Grupo Financiero Actinver.
He has also been a member of the Metropolitan Council of BBVA.
He has over 45 years of experience in the real estate sector. During 2018, he served as the first President of the Asociación Mexicana de FIBRAs Inmobiliarias, A.C. He was President of Fénix Capital Group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, with more than 7,000 properties and 14,000 real estate assets under management. He was retail Director of GICSA, and founded MexFund, a real estate fund created in 2007, of which he was President and CEO, and which was acquired by Fibra Uno at the end of 2011.
On the social side, Gonzalo was founder of the Familia Misionera movement, and he was its director for 15 years. Gonzalo holds a degree in Business Management from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a master’s in finance from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
He has over 30 years of experience, including 14 years in corporate and investment banking. He previously served as Director of Corporate Banking at BBVA Bancomer since 2002 and held various positions within BBVA Bancomer's banking business, where he participated in the financing of more than 100 real estate projects. He has been responsible for the FUNO’s treasury since its inception and was also in charge of FUNO's finance management until 2014. Javier studied a degree in Business Management at the Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico City.
He has over 40 years of experience and has played key roles in the structuring of strategies and controls, as well as in the creation of efficient and committed work teams. He has served as a consultant specialized in business process and information technology. He has successfully implemented complex administrative processes and platforms in different companies and has advised many others in various administrative and planning issues. He has held key positions within various companies such as Cemex and Comex, and advised others such as Chocolates Turin, Honeywell Automotive Mexico in relation with ALMEX and SuKarne. He has participated as a member of the Board of Directors of Chocolates Turin, Opción Proa and Cables y Plásticos. Ignacio holds a degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has a master's degree in Senior Management from the Pan American Institute of Senior Business Management (IPADE) and has taken courses and training in logistics, planning and supply chain issues at IPADE, the Georgia Institute of Technology, among others.
He has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and capital markets. He has worked for James Capel, Violy, Byorum & Partners, and BBVA Securities in New York. He also worked as Director of Capital Markets and M&A at BBVA Bancomer. Before joining the FUNO team he was the Executive Director of Capital Markets at Santander, where he was in charge FUNO’s placement on the Stock Exchange and of two of its three subsequent offerings. He has participated in several capital placements, debt and mergers and acquisitions in Mexico, United States, Europe and Latin America totaling more than 25 trillion dollars in transaction throughout his career. Jorge has a degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and has several courses focused on corporate finance, valuation, and investment banking.
He has over 30 years of experience in operations management and business development and has held various senior management positions. Prior to FUNO, Alfonso was VP of Operations at Mexico Retail Properties, where he developed and implemented a series of manuals and processes to achieve the institutional management of more than 50 shopping centers. He was also Director of New Business at Blockbuster Mexico where he developed the first "Blockbuster Cinema" concept in the world. He was CEO of Multimax, the fourth largest Movie theater chain in Mexico at the time. Alfonso began his professional career in corporate banking at BBVA Bancomer. He has a degree in Business Management from the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City and a Master’s in Business Management from the Instituto de Empresa de Madrid.
He served as General Director and Finance Director of Banco Compartamos, as well as Finance Director and General Director of Corporate Services at Gentera. He has 12 years of experience in capital markets, having been responsible for the Initial Public Offering of Banco Compartamos, the first issuance of Stock Certificates to the Market and the recurring issuance of debt securities. Moreover, he achieved the massification of the My savings Compartamos account, reaching more than 1 million accounts in 18 months. He also has M&A experience and played an important role in the international expansion of Gentera. He recently served as CFO at Mira Companies.
He has over 30 years of experience and a solid practice in national and international law firms as a lawyer in the areas of Banking, Fianance and Capital Markets. His practice has focused on stock operations, such as public offers of capital and debt in national and international markets. He has also advised Customers in transactions related to restructures, high complexity real estate transactions, and in mergers and acquisitions. Alejandro actively participated in the structuring, implementation, and public offering of FUNO certificates. Prior to joining FUNO, he was a Partner of the Jones Day office. He has international experience in offices such as Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, and Latham & Walkins. Alejandro holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Anáhuac and completed his Master's in Law at the University of Miami.
