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Dionisio Garza
Chairman and CEO, ALFA
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Dionisio Garza (54) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ALFA, a leading Mexican company with a solid competitive position in diverse global markets. He joined ALFA over 30 years ago, where he has held key executive positions. He became Chairman and CEO in 1994. Additionally, Mr. Garza has been a board member of distinguished Mexican and foreign companies. Currently he sits on the Board of Directors of Cemex.

He is also a member of the Mexican Council of Businessmen, the Advisory Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School and the Advisory Council of Stanford’s Engineering School. Additionally, he is Chairman of the Board of the Universidad de Monterrey.

Mr. Garza holds both Bachelor of Science and Master in Industrial Engineering degrees from Stanford University, where he received the F. Terman award. He also has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.



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José de Jesús Valdez
President, Alpek
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Born in 1953 and joined ALFA in 1976. Former General Director of Petrocel, Polioles, and Indelpro. He is a board member of Alpek, Petrocel, Temex, Indelpro and Akra Polyester. Former Chairman of ANIQ (Mexico’s Association of the Chemical Industry and of CAINTRA (Nuevo Leon State Manufacturing Industry Chamber).

He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Management and a MBA from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He also holds a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

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Mario H. Páez
President Sigma

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Born in 1950, he joined ALFA in 1974. Among his various positions in ALFA, he was Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Administration of Sigma, General Director of Total Home and Titán.

He studied Public Accounting at Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he also earned an MBA. He holds a second MBA from Tulane University and received a Top Management Diploma from the IPADE. Currently, he is Vice President of the Mexican Agricultural Council and Vice President of the Mexican Meat Council.

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Manuel Rivera
President Nemak

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Born in 1948, he joined ALFA in 1976. He has he held different positions including Vice President of Corporate Planning. He has been President of Nemak since 1993.

He earned a bachelor degree in Mechanical Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Also holds a Master in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

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Armando Garza Sada
Senior Vice President Development

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Born in 1957, he joined ALFA in 1978. He was President of Versax and of Sigma. Also, he held executive positions at ALFA, Polioles and Selther. Mr. Garza Sada is member of the boards of ALFA, FEMSA, Gigante, Liverpool, Lamosa, CYDSA, Frisa, ITESM, MVS and The Mexican Stock Exchange.

He has been chairman of CAINTRA (Nuevo Leon State Manufacturing Industry Chamber) and the Private Sector Industrial and Economic Council. He studied Industrial Engineering at MIT and earned an MBA from Stanford University


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Alejandro M. Elizondo
Chief Financial Officer
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Born in 1953, he joined ALFA in 1976. Previous to his current position, he was President of Hylsamex and held various other posts in ALFA’s corporate and steel divisions throughout his more than 30 years in the company. Currently, he is a board member of Embotelladoras Arca and Banco Regional de Monterrey.

He studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Tecnólogico de Monterrey, and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.


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Angel Casán
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs
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Born in 1955, he joined ALFA in 1978. He held executive management positions at Indelpro, Teijin Akra and Akra Nylon. Former Vice President of the North American Organizational and Management Council / Conference Board and Board member of the American Fiber Manufacturing Association. He was Vice-president of the ANIQ (Mexico’s Association of the Chemical Industry).

Currently, he is Board member of Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (Enterpreuners Coordinator Council), Vice President of the Mexican Manufacturing Industry Chamber, board member of COPARMEX (Mexican Association of Enterpreuners and Vice President of CAINTRA (Nuevo Leon State Manufacturing Industry Chamber). He studied Actuarial Science at Universidad Anáhuac


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