José Antonio Fernández Carbajal
Alma materEGADE
OccupationChairman of the Board of Directors of FEMSA[1]
Known forFEMSA, Coca-Cola FEMSA, OXXO

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal (born 1954 in Puebla) is a Mexican businessman. He is the chairman and former CEO of FEMSA, the largest beverage company in Latin America.[2] Additionally, he serves as president of the Board of Directors of Mexican Economic Development at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.[3]

Early life

He received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM) in 1976 and an MBA from ITESM's EGADE Business School in 1979.[4]

Career

In 1987, he joined FEMSA, the holding company of Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery and became its general director and CEO in 1995.[4] Also in 1995, he joined the board of directors of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and became chairman in 2012.[1]

In 2001, Carbajal was appointed CEO and chairman of the board of directors of FEMSA.[4] In 2007, he joined the Industrias Peñoles board of directors.[1]

He became a board member of Heineken in 2010.[5] In 2014, he stepped down from his role as CEO of FEMSA, remaining chairman of the current board of directors.[6]

In 2017, Carbajal was elected to a five-year term for the MIT Corporation, the school’s board of trustees.[7] He also serves on the board of directors of Coca-Cola FEMSA.[4]

Other activities

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Under Pressure, OXXO Rethinks the Convenience Store". Harvard Business Review. 2019-12-17.
  2. ↑ "FEMSA to Separate the Roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer". Intrado.
  3. ↑ "The Devil Is Loose". El Sol de Puebla. 2019-09-10.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "José Antonio Fernández Carbajal: Chairman and CEO, FEMSA". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Mexico Institute. 2009-01-01.
  5. ↑ "Supervisory board". Heineken.
  6. ↑ "FEMSA to Separate the Roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer". Intrado.
  7. ↑ "MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, four life members". MIT News.
  8. ↑ Global Board of Advisors Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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