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The board of directors is responsible for supervising the overall operation of our company. Chaired by our CEO Lorenzo H. Zambrano, the board consists of thirteen directors and four alternate directors. Seven of our thirteen directors and three of our four alternate directors qualify as independent directors, as defined by Mexican securities law. Under Mexican securities law, at least 25% of our board members must qualify as independent directors.
The members of our board of directors serve for one-year terms. At our 2005 annual shareholder's meeting on April 27, 2006, our shareholders re-elected all of the members of our board of directors to serve until the next annual shareholder's meeting.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1979 and chairman of our board of directors since 1995. He is a member of the board of directors of IBM and the International Advisory Board of Citigroup. He is also a member of the board of directors of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V., Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V., Alfa, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Financiero Banamex, S.A. de C.V., Vitro, S.A. and Grupo Televisa, S.A. Mr. Zambrano is chairman of the board of directors of Consejo de Enseñanza e Investigación Superior, A.C., which manages ITESM. Until July 2005, Mr. Zambrano participated in the Chairman's Council of Daimler Chrysler AG and until January 2006, Mr. Zambrano was a member of the Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. In addition, he is member of the board of directors of Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey A.C. (MARCO), Conservación Internacional, and the Americas Society, Inc. He is a first cousin of Lorenzo Milmo Zambrano and Rogelio Zambrano Lozano, both members of our board of directors, as well as of Rodrigo Treviño, our chief financial officer. He is also a second cousin of Roberto Zambrano Villarreal and Mauricio Zambrano Villarreal, both members of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1977. He is also general director of Inmobiliaria Ermiza, S.A. de C.V. He is a first cousin of Lorenzo H. Zambrano, chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer, and a first cousin of Rogelio Zambrano Lozano, a member of our board of directors, and an uncle of Tomas Milmo Santos, a member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1983. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Materiales Industriales de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., Calhidra y Mortero de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., Construcentro de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., Control Administrativo Mexicano, S.A. de C.V., Compañía Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V., Fábrica La Estrella, S.A. de C.V., Prendas Textiles, S.A. de C.V., Telas de Parras, S.A. de C.V., Canacem, Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana, Centro Patronal de Nuevo León, and Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto. He is a member of the board and former chairman of Centro de Estudios del Sector Privado para el Desarrollo Sostenible, and member of the board of the World Environmental Center. He is also founder and chairman of the board of Comenzar de Nuevo, A.C.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1985. He is also the chief executive officer of Compañía Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V. and Parras Cone de México, S.A. de C.V. He is member of the board of directors of Parras Williamson, S.A. de C.V., Telas de Parras, S.A. de C.V., Synkro, S.A. de C.V., IUSA-GE, S. de R.L., Industrias Unidas, S.A., Apolo Operadora de Sociedades de Inversión, S.A. de C.V., and Cambridge Lee Industries, Inc. Mr. García Muriel is also vice president of Cámara Nacional de la Industria Textil. He is a first cousin of Armando J. García Segovia, executive vice president of development of CEMEX and a member of our board of directors, and Jorge García Segovia, an alternate member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1987. He is also a member of the advisory board of Grupo Financiero Banamex, S.A. de C.V. Zona Norte, director of Carza, S.A. de C.V. and Parque Plaza Sesamo, S.A. de C.V., and a member of the board of directors of Hospital San José. He is a first cousin of Lorenzo H. Zambrano, chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer, a first cousin of Lorenzo Milmo Zambrano, a member of our board of directors, and an uncle of Tomas Milmo Santos, a member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1987, president of our audit committee since 2002 and president of our corporate practices committee since 2006. He is also a member of the board of directors of CEMEX Mexico, S.A. de C.V. He is chairman of the board of directors of Desarrollo Integrado, S.A. de C.V., Administración Ficap, S.A. de C.V., Aero Zano, S.A. de C.V., Ciudad Villamonte, S.A. de C.V., Focos, S.A. de C.V., C & I Capital, S.A. de C.V., Industrias Diza, S.A. de C.V., Inmobiliaria Sanni, S.A. de C.V., Inmuebles Trevisa, S.A. de C.V., Servicios Técnicos Hidráulicos, S.A. de C.V., Mantenimiento Integrado, S.A. de C.V., Pilatus PC-12 Center de México, S.A. de C.V., and Pronatura, A.C. He is a member of the board of directors of S.L.I. de México, S.A. de C.V., Compañía de Vidrio Industrial, S.A. de C.V., Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza (COCEF) and Banco de Desarrollo America del Norte (BDAN). He is a brother of Mauricio Zambrano Villarreal, a member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1990. He is chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora, S.A. de C.V., and a member of the board of directors of Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Financiero Banamex, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V., and Grupo Maseca, S.A. de C.V. He is also a member of Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios, Fundación UNAM and, Fundación ICA. He is a founding associate of Fundación Letras Mexicanas and is currently president of Patronato UNAM.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1995. He is also chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Alfa, S.A. de C.V. He is a member of the board of directors of Vitro, S.A., Cydsa, S.A., and ING Mexico. He is also chairman of the executive board of the Universidad de Monterrey and a member of Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios, the advisory committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies of Harvard University, the board of Harvard Business School, and the advisory committee of the New York Stock Exchange.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 1995. He is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Savia, S.A. de C.V. and member of the board of Nacional de Drogas, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Maseca, S.A. de C.V., and Grupo Comercial Chedraui, S.A. de C.V. He is an external advisor of the World Bank Board for Latin America and the Caribbean, and a member of the board of The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Synthetic Genomics.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 2001. Mr. Zambrano Villarreal served as an alternate member of our board of directors from 1995 to 2001. He is also general vice-president of Desarrollo Integrado, S.A. de C.V., chairman of the board of directors of Empresas Falcón, S.A. de C.V. and Trek Associates, Inc., secretary of the board of directors of Administración Ficap, S.A. de C.V., Aero Zano, S.A. de C.V., Ciudad Villamonte, S.A. de C.V., Focos, S.A. de C.V., Compañía de Vidrio Industrial, S.A. de C.V., C & I Capital, S.A. de C.V., Industrias Diza, S.A. de C.V., Inmuebles Trevisa, S.A. de C.V., and Servicios Técnicos Hidráulicos, S.A. de C.V., and a member of the board of directors of Invercap, S.A. de C.V. He is a brother of Roberto Zambrano Villarreal, a member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 2002. Previously served as an alternate member of our board of directors from 1987 until 2002. He is chief executive officer of Laredo Autos, S.A. de C.V. He is a son of Eduardo Brittingham Sumner, an alternate member of our board of directors.
Has been a member of our board of directors since 2003. He is also the "audit committee financial expert". He is president of the board of directors of Sonoco de México, S.A. de C.V., member of the board of directors and audit committee of Grupo Financiero Banamex, S.A. de C.V., and Grupo Herdez, S.A. de C.V., and member of the board of directors of Grupo Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Cuervo, S.A. de C.V., Laboratorio Sanfer-Hormona, and Alexander Forbes México. He is a member of Pro-Dignidad, A.C., Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos, A.C., and Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, A.C. He was managing partner of KPMG Mexico, and was a member of the board of directors of KPMG United States and KPMG International.
Has been an alternate member of our board of directors since 2001. He is Chief Executive Officer and president of the board of directors of Axtel, S.A. de C.V., a telecommunications company that operates in the local, long distance and data transfer market. He is also a member of the board of directors of Coparmex, CEMEX Mexico, HSBC Mexico, and ITESM. He is a nephew of Lorenzo H. Zambrano, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, and a nephew of Lorenzo Milmo Zambrano and Rogelio Zambrano Lozano, both members of our board of directors.
Set forth below are the names of the alternate members of our board of directors. The alternate members of our board serve for one-year terms.
Has been an alternate member of our board of directors since 2002. Previously served as a regular member of our board of directors from 1967 until 2002. He is also general director of Laredo Autos, S.A. de C.V., Consorcio Industrial de Exportación, S.A. de C.V., and an alternate member of the board of directors of Vitro, S.A. He is the father of Tomás Brittingham Longoria, a member of our board of directors.
Has been an alternate member of our board of directors since 1985. He is also a member of the board of directors of Compañía Industrial de Parras, S.A. de C.V. He is a brother of Armando J. García Segovia and a first cousin of Rodolfo García Muriel, both members of our board of directors.
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