José Antonio Fernández Carbajal

Member of the Board of Directors (Heineken Holding N.V.)

Date of birth: 15 February 1954
Place of birth: Puebla, Pue., Mexico
Nationality: Mexican
Family: Married, four children

Functions

Heineken Holding N.V.
Member Board of Directors
Appointed in 2010

FEMSA
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FEMSA.

Mr. Fernández is currently the Chairman and CEO of FEMSA, which today is the leading beverage company in Latin America. The company’s operations span nine countries of Latin America.

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal was named Chief Executive Officer of FEMSA in January 1995 and has served as Chairman of the Board of FEMSA since 2001. In 2010, he was also named Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. and Chairman of the Americas Committee of Heineken N.V., created to oversee the strategic direction of the business opportunities in that region.

Before becoming CEO of FEMSA, Mr. Fernández Carbajal served as the Chief Executive Officer of OXXO. He also held positions in FEMSA’s corporate area, as well as in the commercial department of the Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Brewery.

Mr. Fernández Carbajal is also Chairman of the Board of Coca-Cola FEMSA, Vice Chairman of the Board of Monterrey TEC, Chairman of the Board of Fundación FEMSA, the U.S. Mexico Foundation, and participates on Boards of Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Industrial Bimbo, Xignux, Industrias Peñoles, Aerolíneas Volaris, Grupo Televisa among others.

He co-directs the Chapter Mexico of the Woodrow Wilson Center as President, and starting 20 years ago, he has been a professor of the course of Planning Systems in the Industrial and Systems Engineering degree in TEC de Monterrey, at campus Monterrey.

Mr. Fernández Carbajal earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Monterrey TEC.