Corporate Governance

Technical Committee


Composition of the Technical Committee


 
Simón Galante Zaga
Proprietary Member

 
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Founding partner and CEO of Grupo GDI He has more than 25 years of experience in the hotel, residential and commercial real estate field, as a developer and property manager as well as vehicle structuring to raise capital through a wide range of investors, including highly sophisticated foreign institutional investors and Familiar groups These vehicles have invested in the acquisition, development and sale of different real estate projects in Mexico He is an executive member of the FibraHotel Council, Mexican Hotel Fund I and II, Mexican Commercial Fund, La Vista Country Club, Bosque Real and Mercap He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Memory and Tolerance Museum Mr Galante has a specialization in Business Administration from IPADE and administration courses from Harvard Business School

 
Alberto Galante Zaga
Proprietary Member

 
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Founding partner of Grupo GDI He has more than 30 years of experience in the development, acquisition and administration of real estate in Mexico in sectors such as hotels, residential and commercial Prior to the creation of Grupo GDI, he was a founding partner and chairman of the board of Súper Jeans, a company dedicated to the sale of casual clothing in Mexico He is a member of the Council of the Mexican Hotel Fund I and II, the Mexican Commercial Fund, La Vista Country Club, Bosque Real and Mercap.

 
Adolfo Benjamín Fastlicht Kurián
Proprietary Member

 
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CEO of Icon Group, a Mexican real estate development company. He was co-founder and Co-CEO of Grupo Cinemex, today the second largest film exhibition chain in the country. He is currently CEO of The Lot Premium Cinemas in La Jolla, California. He has served as President of the Association of Real Estate Developers (ADI), the main Association of the real estate industry in Mexico, and participates on the boards of various educational institutions. He has a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Boston University (1989) and an MBA from Harvard University (1993)

 
Jorge Sandor Valner Watstein
Proprietary Member

 
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He is an investor and investment advisor. He was CEO of Walton Street Capital Latin America, Director of Credit Suisse First Boston in Mexico and member of the executive committee for Latin America. He has been a partner at EMVA and Valor Consultores, investment banks, and has worked with JP Morgan in corporate finance and M&A. He was co-founder and vice president of the Mexican Association of Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds and a member of the board of directors of several real estate companies in Latin America. He is an active member of YPO. He has master's degrees in Engineering and Business Administration from Stanford University.

 
María Dolores Domínguez
Proprietary Member

 
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María Dolores Domínguez Vazquez is a founding member of Grupo GDI. Ms. Dominguez has more than 25 years of experience in the finance, comptroller and real estate sector in Mexico. She has participated in the structuring of investment funds in commercial, residential, hotel and office properties. Mrs. Dominguez also has experience in the financing, acquisition and sale of different real estate in Mexico. Currently, Ms. Dominguez is the Financial Director of Grupo GDI and is in charge of the direction and administration of more than 50 group companies or subsidiaries.

 
Eduardo Zaga Cojab
Proprietary Member

 
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Eduardo is CFO and member of the board of Grupo Bosque Real, a Mexican company dedicated to developing real estate projects specialized in residential housing. The most important project of the group is Bosque Real, a development in the metropolitan area of Mexico City with more than 600 hectares of land and with the potential to build 14,000 residential homes and almost 1.5 million m2 of offices. Further. Mr. Zaga has more than 10 years of experience in investment and real estate management and has a degree in International Business Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

 
Felipe Yturbe Bernal
Independent Proprietary Member

 
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He was Managing Director of the Stock Market of Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat, as well as Deputy Managing Director of Corporate Banking, Investment and Market Banking, Business Banking, Treasury and Trustee of that same institution. He was General Manager of Deutsche Bank México and General Manager of Banco Mexicano. He has been a partner of Yturbe, Laborde y Asociados, a firm specialized in investment management. He worked 12 years at Banco Nacional de México, where he held various positions, including, among others, Deputy Director General of Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Trust Division. He also held the positions of Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Cementos Anáhuac and was Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago in the Representative Office in Mexico City. He has a master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.

 
Jaime Zabludowsky Kuper
Independent Proprietary Member

 
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Vice President and Founding Partner of IQOM Business Intelligence. Since February 2007, he is Executive President of the Mexican Council of the Consumer Products Industry, A.C. (CONMEXICO), an association that groups 44 of the most important high-turnover consumer goods companies. He has held different public positions, including, among others, Deputy Chief of the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the United States, Ambassador of Mexico to the European Union, Chief Negotiator for the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the European Union and Economist of the Committee of Economic Advisers of the Presidency of Mexico. He has also been an independent director on the Board of Directors of PEMEX Exploración y Producción, and in this capacity he served as Chairman of its Acquisitions, Leasing, Works and Services Committee. He is a founding partner of IQOM Inteligencia Comercial, a company dedicated to providing international trade and competitiveness advice to governments, multilateral organizations and the private sector. He is a member of the advisory council of various companies, civil associations and public institutions. In 2014, he received the Career to the Universe award, the highest distinction that the Society of Students of the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) gives to one of its members. He is a Doctor of Economics from Yale University.

 
María del Mar Torreblanca
Independent Proprietary Member

 
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Partner & CEO of Miranda ESG / Partner of Miranda Investor Relations. Marimar led the creation of Miranda ESG, with the mission of advising companies and investors on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues, seeking to apply the latest trends and best global ESG practices, adapted to the Mexican context. Prior to that, she collaborated at UBS for almost 15 years in various positions within the fundamental analysis area, specializing the last 10 years in the analysis of companies in the real estate sector. Marimar was ranked #1 Top Earnings Estimator in the Real Estate category in the 2015 Starmine Awards and #4 LatAm Real Estate Analyst (highest place for an analyst from Mexico) in the 2019 Latin America II Awards. Marimar is also co-founder and board member of Women in Finance, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote the participation of women in leadership positions in the financial sector. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics with honors from ITAM, a Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute, and a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University with a concentration in Operations Research.

 
Pablo de la Peza Berríos
Independent Proprietary Member

 
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He collaborated in Banco Banamex from 1976 to 2013 where he held various positions both in Mexico and abroad: Director of the International Treasury, General Director of California Commerce Bank, Director of Financial Planning of Banamex, General Director of Seguros Banamex and AFORE Banamex , Corporate Director with Responsibility for Strategic Planning and Corporate Development for Mexico and Citi's business in Latin America. Corporate Director with responsibility for the Banamex Asset Management businesses (Afore, Insurance, Pensions, Investment Funds and Trustee). He has been a member of the Boards of Directors of several investment companies managed by Banamex and President of the Boards of Insurance, Afore and Impulsora de Fondos Banamex. In 2013, he retired from Banamex, although he continues to participate on the Board of Directors and Committees of several of the companies of the Financial Group. He is an Independent Proprietary Member of the Technical Committee and investment committees of some entities listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange. He is a member of the investment committee of a large foundation. He is also a Mentor at Endeavor. He is an Industrial Engineer from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

 
Jimena Fernández Cortina
Independent Proprietary Member

 
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She is General Director of the Fundación del Empresariado de México, CCE and consultant in Sustainable Finance and Gender Equity for the United Nations Environment Program. She was an external research and economic analysis consultant in New York and an analyst at Hewlett Packard Americas Software Services & Solutions. In the public sector, she has held various positions in the treasury sector. She was Director of Financial Asset Management where she led the generation of alliances with state and municipal governments, civil society organizations, as well as with savings and loan companies to expedite the recovery of overdue loans. She promoted financial education programs throughout the country, focusing on economic empowerment with a gender perspective. She was responsible for the design and execution of the institutional strategy for social responsibility, sustainability and energy efficiency. She is a member of several associations focused on closing gender and inequality gaps, and integrating the social and environmental agenda into business decisions. Ms. Fernandez holds a B.A. in Economics with Cum Laude honors from Harvard University and an M.A. in Administration and Public Policy from ITESM. Additionally, she is President of the Alumnae Network for Harvard Women, ANHW in Mexico, Board Member and Past President of the Harvard Club of Mexico.

 
 
Alternate members of the FibraHotel Technical Committee

 
Eduardo Zaga Cojab
Alternate Member

 
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He is CFO and member of the board of Grupo Bosque Real, a Mexican company dedicated to developing real estate projects specialized in residential housing. The most important project of the group is Bosque Real, a development in the metropolitan area of ​​Mexico City with more than 600 hectares of land and with the potential to build 14,000 residential homes and almost 1.5 million m2 of offices. Further. Mr. Zaga has more than 10 years of experience in investment and real estate management and has a degree in International Business Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana

 
Eduardo Lopez Garcia
Alternate Member

 
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General Director of the Administrator of FibraHotel. He served as Director of Hotel Investments and Development at Grupo Posadas, from 1993 until he joined Grupo GDI as Director of the Hotels Area in 2006, when he had only six hotels. It should be noted that he negotiated a contract with a Mexican developer, a leader in real estate, and with Grupo Posadas to develop additional hotels to be operated by Grupo Posadas. He has more than 25 years of experience in development as well as in hotel management.