Corporate Governance
 
Grupo Famsa’s positive performance rests on sound Corporate Governance practices, and the company seeks, in all of its operations, to act in complete compliance with the “Code of Better Corporate Practices” recommended by the Mexican Stock Exchange and the National Banking and Securities Commission. This has resulted in the optimal functioning of the Board of Directors, whose obligation is, in coordination with the Audit Committee and the Committee of Company Practices, to plan, approve, and overlook all of the Company’s operations.
 
Management Team
Grupo Famsa, S.A.B. de C.V.

Humberto Garza Valdéz
Chief Executive Officer
Oziel Mario Garza Valdéz
Vice President of Clothing and Real Estate
Luis Gerardo Villarreal Rosales
Chief Operating Officer
Abelardo García Lozano
Chief Financial Officer
Héctor Padilla Ramos
Vice President of Purchasing
Héctor Hugo Hernández Lee
Vice President of Human Resources
Gabriel Eduardo Contel Arechavala
Vice President of Famsa Mexico
Ignacio Ortiz Lambretón
Vice President of Famsa USA
Adrián Jorge Lozano Lozano
Vice President of Banco Ahorro Famsa
 
Board of Directors
Grupo Famsa, S.A.B. de C.V.

The members of our Board of Directors are elected at Ordinary Shareholders’ Meetings and exercise their functions for a one-year period with the possibility for reelection. The members of Grupo Famsa’s Board of Directors are:

Humberto Garza González
Director
Humberto Garza Valdez
Director
Hernán Javier Garza Valdez
Director
Oziel Mario Garza Valdez
Director
Salvador Kalifa Assad
Independent Director
Horacio Marchand Flores
Independent Director
Jorge Luis Ramos Santos
Independent Director
Alejandro Sepúlveda Gutiérrez
Independent Director

The officials of Grupo Famsa’s Board of Directors are:

Humberto Garza González
Chairman
(*) Luis Gerardo Villarreal Rosales
Secretary
(*) Ricardo Maldonado Yañez
Prosecretary

(*) Officials who do not form part of the Board of Directors.

 
Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was created at the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 28, 2006. Since its creation, in accordance with Mexican securities legislation (Ley del Mercado de Valores), all members of the Committee are Independent Directors, and two of them qualify as financial experts. The members of the Audit Committee are:

Alejandro Sepulveda Gutiérrez
Chairman
Salvador Llarena Arriola
Horacio Marchand Flores

Among the responsibilities of the Audit Committee are:

  • Evaluate the company’s internal control and internal auditing systems;
  • Submitt an annual report of its activities to the Board of Directors and the Shareholders’ Meeting;
  • Discuss and review the company’s balance sheets, and recommend their approval, if appropriate, to the Board of Directors;
  • Oversee compliance of the resolutions from the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting and the Board of Directors.
 
Corporate Practices Committee

The Corporate Practices Committee was created at the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 14, 2006. Since its creation, in accordance with Mexican securities legislation (Ley del Mercado de Valores), all of its members are Independent Directors. The members of the Corporate Practices Committee are:

Alejandro Sepulveda Gutiérrez
Chairman
Salvador Llarena Arriola
Horacio Marchand Flores

The Corporate Practices Committee is responsible for, among others:

  • Evaluating the performance of top Executives;
  • Submitting its views to the Board of Directors concerning operations with related parties;
  • Convening Shareholders’ Meetings and submitting an Agenda of matters deemed worthy of consideration;
  • Supporting the Board of Directors in drawing up the reports required by law.
 
Board of Directors
Banco Ahorro Famsa, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple

In accordance with Mexican legislation (Article 21 of the Ley de Instituciones de Crédito) and the general stipulations issued by the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público), the administration of Banco Ahorro Famsa is entrusted to a Board of Directors made up of 9 Directors; four of whom act as Independent Directors. The members of Banco Ahorro Famsa’s Board of Directors are:

Luis Gerardo Villarreal Rosales
Director
Oziel Mario Garza Valdez
Director
Hernán Javier Garza Valdez
Director
Adrián Jorge Lozano Lozano
Director
Héctor Medina Aguiar
Independent Director
Ernesto Ortiz Lambretón
Independent Director
Salvador Kalifa Assad
Independent Director
Bernardo Guerra Treviño
Independent Director

The officials of Banco Ahorro Famsa’s Board of Directors are:

Luis Gerardo Villarreal Rosales
Chairman
(*) Lic. Ricardo Maldonado Yañez
Secretary
(*) Lic. Humberto Loza López
Prosecretary

(*) Officials who do not form part of the Board of Directors.