Biography

Mr. de la Calle has served on our board of directors since 2008. Currently, he is a member of our audit and corporate governance committee since 2005. Mr. de la Calle founded De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, SC, a consulting firm specializing in economics, regulatory processes and international trade in 2004 and has been its managing director since its founding. Mr. de la Calle has been also a member of the board of directors of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (BMV: VESTA) since 2012. He was a member of the board of directors of Electricity Federal Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad) between 2015 and 2022 and served as chairman of its audit committee on several occasions. In addition, Mr. de la Calle previously held the following positions: president of Hill & Knowlton Strategies’ Latin America group between 2011 and 2012; non-executive director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness between 2002 and 2021; vice chairman of the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Committee of the Mexican Council on Foreign Trade between 2003 and 2016; vice chairman of the International Trade and Investment Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce between 2009 and 2016; and non-executive director of Grupo Modelo between 2005 and 2013 and a member of the independent North American working group of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations in 2005. Prior to his work in the private sector, Mr. de la Calle was undersecretary for international trade negotiations at the Mexican Ministry of Economy between 1999 and 2002; minister for Commercial Affairs at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C between 1994 and 1998; and worked at the World Bank between 1989 and 1994. Mr. de la Calle holds a B.A. in Economics from the ITAM, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Virginia.