The businesspeople who appear on the Expansión list are Mexicans and presidents of the board of directors of the companies they represent.
By FERNANDA MORALES BACA | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Five alumni of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey stand out in the 2022 list of "The 100 most important businesspeople in Mexico" by Expansión magazine.
The businesspeople who appear on the list are Mexicans and presidents of the board of directors of the companies they represent.
The listing methodology values aspects such as wealth, sales, profits, employees, and participation in the BMV.
The EXATEC EGADE within the list are:
#3 - Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal (MA'79)
President of FEMSA and Coca-Cola FEMSA
#22 - Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal (MA’69)
President of Jose Cuervo
#33 - Javier Arroyo Chavez (MA'82)
President of Guadalajara Pharmacies
#80 - Eugenio Clariond Reyes (MA’72)
Chairman of the Board of the Cuprum, Cleber and Fultra Group
#93 - Jose Antonio Rivero Larrea (MA'91)
Chairman of the Board of Compañía Minera Autlán
The complete list was published in the October issue of Expansión and can be found here.
EGADE Business School is hosting the launch of the report by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Investing Working Group, made up of 22 participants from different industries, including financial groups, stock exchanges, investors, consultants and academia.
By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Global Compact Mexico and the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Investing Working Group, presented, on October 5, the guide “Good practices around sustainable investing” at the Santa Fe site of EGADE Business School -Tecnológico de Monterrey.
During the launch event, Carlos Vargas, research professor in the Department of Business Finance and Economics of EGADE Business School, moderated a panel on the document with the participation of Alvaro Vertiz, COO and Strategy director at BlackRock México; Salvador Vertiz, CEO of Argón Ingeniería y Sustentabilidad; Estefanía Rubio, Capital Market leader at GRI; and Iker Vinageras, head of ESG at BIVA.
The panelists commented that the guide's purpose is to share concrete good practices that the private sector can implement, in the short, medium, and long term, to make progress towards achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda in Mexico.
The document describes, in a general way, the actions that companies and organizations can carry out to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable economy in the country.
El #CCE y @PactoMundialMex, a través del Grupo de Trabajo de la #Agenda2030, creamos una guía de buenas prácticas, una herramienta para las empresas, cuyo objetivo es alinear los objetivos económicos con la inversión sostenible.
— Consejo Coordinador Empresarial CCE (@cceoficialmx) October 11, 2022
The event highlighted the good practices related to sustainable investing and published in the guide, such as:
I. Importance of standardized reporting for managing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in companies and the challenges we face in achieving a standardized methodology.
II. Importance of the quality and dissemination of data, as well as the heterogeneity of information for international institutional investors, reporting agencies, consumers, employees, etc.
III. Sustainability as an integral part of the business strategy, from supply chains to the relationship with the societies in which the companies operate; a holistic view of enterprises.
IV. The environmental, social and economic risks of climate change in the short and long term and its impact on companies and global society, focusing on the role of the private and public sectors in the transition towards a greener economy.
V. Importance of a solid, transparent Corporate Governance in companies as a growth driver.
VI. Stakeholder Capitalism is an alternative model to capitalism, which seeks to promote the inclusion of all the individuals related to the company (employees, shareholders, suppliers, communities, etc.).
These points, among others, are analyzed in the guide and reflect the collective effort of the organizations that make up the Working Group, stressing the challenges and good practices around sustainable investing in Mexico and that can be adopted by small, medium, and large enterprises alike.
Other participants in the presentation were Igor Rivera, director of the Executive MBA at EGADE Business School; Carlos Mendieta, interim chairman of the Global Compact Mexico Board; and Odracir Barquera, general director of Strategy, CCE.
SUSTAINABLE INVESTING WORKING GROUP
The Working Groups for the 2030 Agenda emerged from the 2015 United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development to combat global problems such as poverty, inequality and injustice, as well as climate change, through an agenda of 17 Goals based on in three dimensions: economic, social and environmental.
For the successful achievement of these goals and their objectives, in May 2019, a collaboration agreement was signed between Global Compact Mexico, the CCE, and the Government of Mexico, as a response from the private initiative to impact strategic issues for the country, establish collaborative spaces, and transfer experience and knowledge to the entire business community.
Sustainable Investing is one of these working groups and was formed in August 2021 with 22 participants from different industries, including financial groups, stock exchanges, investors, consultants and educational institutions, such as Afore XXI Banorte, Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto, Argón Ingeniería y Sostenibilidad, BBVA, BlackRock, Boston Consulting Group, BIVA, BMV, CEMEX, Citibanamex, Ecovalores, Global Reporting Initiative, Grupo AXO, Iluméxico, IPADE, KPMG, Orbia, Russell Reynolds, Santander, EGADE Business School, Universidad Panamericana and Value Reporting Foundation.
The Mexican Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana is the new leader of the global human rights advocacy organization at the intersection of gender and disability.
By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
The EGADE Business School alumna and renowned Mexican diversity and inclusion activist, Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana, was appointed as the new Executive Director of Women Enabled International (WEI), an organization based in Washington, D.C. that advances human rights at the intersection of gender and disability across the world.
García Ramos took the position on October 3, after a year-long interim leadership by Suzannah Phillips, director of Strategy at WEI. The pioneering founder of WEI, Stephanie Ortoleva, retired from the organization on September 30, 2021.
“Women, girls, and non-binary people with disabilities need to keep on being part of the human rights and gender equality conversations and platforms, more than ever. I am humbled and ready to continue the powerful work WEI has done over the past 10 years to advance our rights. I look forward to this new powerful moment in the world where we push a new generation of disabled feminist leadership,” García-Ramos stated in her message.
For her part, Catherine Hyde Townsend, Board President at WEI, commented: “We are very excited about her knowledge, skills and perspective, a unique combination that will guarantee both stability and innovation as Maryangel leads WEI into its second decade.”
Founded in 2012, WEI is the first international organization devoted to advancing the intersectional rights of gender and disability.
García-Ramos assumes her new role at WEI contributing her more than 15 years of experience as a defender of human rights and inclusion advocacy leader.
The EGADE MBA graduate founded the Movement for Mexican Women with Disabilities, and up to her new appointment had been serving as the Leader of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Center for the Recognition of Human Dignity.
The Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School received this distinction for its achievements and activities in the 2021-2022 academic year.
By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
For the fourth year running, EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey has earned a distinction in Beta Gamma Sigma’s BGS Chapter Honor Roll program.
The Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School earned the High Honors Chapter distinction for its achievements and activities in the 2021-2022 academic year.
“Qualifying for this recognition is indicative of a school in which academic excellence is highly valued,” said Christina Allrich, executive director of Beta Gamma Sigma.
Beta Gamma Sigma is an international honor society founded in 1913, with more than 600 chapters and 875 mil lifetime members in over 190 countries, who are recognized as “the best in business” and come from AACSB-accredited business schools, such as EGADE Business School, representing the top 5% in the world.
At present, 722 graduates of EGADE Business School have been honored with Beta Gamma Sigma membership.
Professor Juan Antonio Enciso González serves as Chapter Advisor for the EGADE Business School Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter.
Congratulations to the BGS collegiate chapters that received Honors, High Honors, and Highest Honors! Of our 600+ collegiate chapters, over 160 received one of these distinctions 👏
To belong to this society, master’s degree graduates must be ranked among the top 20% with the highest grade average in their class. Furthermore, 100% of doctoral graduates can choose to become members.
Consequently, being a Beta Gamma Sigma member means forming part of a select group and is the highest recognition in the world that a business school graduate can receive.
EGADE Business School has participated as a Beta Gamma Sigma chapter since 2016.
The next induction ceremonies for new members to the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at EGADE Business School will occur in November.
Alumni and alumnae of EGADE Business School’s Master in Administration, MBA, EMBA and Master in Finance have been recognized by the business magazine.
ByJOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Seven alumni and alumnae of EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey were included in Mundo Ejecutivo’s 2022 Top 20 CFO Ranking.
The magazine explains that, in this day and age, the objective of the Chief Financial Officer is to add value not only for stockholders, but also for collaborators and, above all, society.
“Achieving this also requires logical reasoning and analytical competencies, in order to inspire trust in the team,” it emphasized.
The methodology used to rank the top CFOs considered their companies’ revenue in Mexico, their graduate studies, and their years of professional experience.
The ranking was published in the September 2022issue of Mundo Ejecutivo.
The event took place in Monterrey, bringing together the students of the program from the different EGADE locations.
By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Under the slogan Power Skills for a New Era, the 2022 edition of the EGADE MBA National Meeting was held from October 6 to 8, in Monterrey.
The students of the program in Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Querétaro met to live a multi-site experience of collaborative work, learning and networking.
The innovation within the meeting was manifested through the gamified challenges that put the power skills of the participants to the test, and allowed them to earn badges of powers of leadership, collaboration, curiosity, communication, creativity and connection.
Through these games, the students strengthened competencies and skills such as effective communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, decision-making, planning, and time management.
THREE DAYS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK, LEARNING AND NETWORKING
The first day saw a tour of the Monterrey Campus and a cocktail in the Rectory Hall of the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
The rest of the meeting took place in various spaces of the EGADE Business School headquarters in Monterrey.
On the second day, the students received welcome messages from Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School; Eric Porras, National Director of EGADE MBA Programs; Eva Guerra, director of the EGADE MBA in Monterrey, and Pedro Carreón, director of the EGADE MBA in Guadalajara.
As mistress of ceremonies, there was the special participation of Alexandra Ibarra, a candidate to graduate from the EGADE MBA.
As keynote speaker, Valeria Strappa, regional leader of Liquidity and Account Solutions for the Americas at J.P. Morgan, offered the conference "Transformation, reinvention and inclusion: keys to survive and excel in the future of work".
"The future of work is already our present and it impacts us all," said the former professional tennis player.
On the other hand, professional skills for the future of work were addressed by Michael Fung, director of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and by a panel moderated by Jaime Martínez Bowness, Mexico City regional dean of the Escuela of Business at the Tec, with the participation of Silvia Pieretti, Global Vice President of Talent Management at Ternium; Rosario Toro, Director of Culture, Training and Development at Banregio, and Salvador De Antuñano, Director of Human Resources at Grupo Adecco México.
The gamified challenges were closed at the conference "Gamification, immersive experiences and video games to develop skills", by Miguel Abrajan, co-founder of MasQueLearning.
EGADE Business School professor and leadership consultant Sergio Sedas activated the students with his workshop “Awakening Possibilities”, and sommelier Roberto Dumois offered them an entertaining musical tasting.
The second day ended with a gathering called Networking Night, offered by EGADE Business School's Career Services.
On the third day, the meeting culminated with two conferences: "Re-humanizing Leadership", given by Kasonde Musoma, director of Student Leadership for Tecnológico de Monterrey, and "Decision making in complex environments", by José Manuel Contreras, CEO of Vitro Diverse Industries.
The participants of the EGADE MBA National Meeting put their power skills to the test through playful activities.
By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Within the EGADE MBA 2022 National Meeting, the students experienced a series of six gamified challenges through which they put their power skills to the test.
The challenges took place in different spaces of the EGADE Business School headquarters in Monterrey, which became "spaces of power."
For each challenge in which they participated, the students received a ticket for a raffle that was held within the meeting, as well as badges of leadership power, collaboration, curiosity, communication, creativity and connection.
Their advances and rewards were recorded in a passport that contained the instructions for each of the six challenges, which included video games, secret codes, Legos and shots at goal.
Through these playful activities, the students strengthened competencies and skills such as effective communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, decision-making, planning and time management.
The challenges were closed within the conference "Gamification, immersive experiences and video games to develop skills", given by Miguel Abrajan, co-founder of MasQueLearning, during the second day of the meeting.
Abrajan collaborated in designing the gamification experience in coordination with the Educational Innovation Department of EGADE Business School.
The 2022 edition of the EGADE MBA National Meeting was held from October 6 to 8, in Monterrey, under the slogan Power Skills for a New Era.
The event brought together the EGADE MBA students in Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Querétaro.
By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
EGADE Business School of the Tecnológico de Monterrey announced the appointment of Ricardo Úbeda Sales as the new Academic Associate Dean.
Úbeda Sales will contribute the experience acquired from him in educational institutions in Europe, Latin America and the United States, a context in which he has created and directed programs of different characteristics, both leading to academic degrees and Executive Education.
“Continuing with the deployment of our EGADE 2030 Strategy, in particular in our Strategic Pillar "Leading postgraduate business education in Mexico," we warmly welcome Ricardo, who joins EGADE Business School as the new Academic Associate Dean as of October 17 of this year”, highlighted Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School.
Úbeda Sales has a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management from Ramon Lull University, where he also completed his MBA. Likewise, he has a Master's in International Purchasing from the IQS School of Management. His teaching areas consider financial analysis, business modeling and management control systems, and the design of supply organizations, among others. His research focuses on supply and management control issues, and he authorizes articles in important academic journals.
"I am confident that the incorporation of Ricardo will be a contribution to further strengthen the team that has carried out our academic programs," said Arredondo.
