Board Committees

Mr. Gandara serves as CEO of Stone Financial Awareness since 2017. Prior to Stone Financial Awareness, he worked at Scotiabank for 24 years where he held several positions in different departments such as Credit, Consumer Banking, Branch Operations and Corporate Banking. Mr. Gandara was selected to serve on the combined company’s board of directors due to his extensive knowledge in the financial and banking field.

America Taracido serves as Managing Partner at Consultores en Alta Direccion y Gestión de Empresas, S.C. and, she joined Desarrolladora de Ciudad as CFO. Mrs. Taracido served in various positions in countries such as Peru, the United States and Mexico and worked in important positions in companies such as “Ernst & Young México, Avon Cosmetics, Finanzas & CFO at Smurfit Kappa Group México”, and others. She is an active member of the Council of Americas and was a president of “Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas”. Mrs. Taracido holds a master degree in Administration in “Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM)”. Since April 2020 she is part of the Audit Committee for Betterware Mexico.

Serves as CEO of Valores Aldabra since 2011, and as CEO of Buro Inmobiliario Nacional since 2015. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Clariond served as CEO of Stabilit Mexico, and from 2004 to 2007, as Commercial VP of IMSA Acero. Additionally, he is a board member of several companies ranging from financial services, aluminum, packaging and consumer goods industries. Mr. Clariond is a mechanical engineer and has an MBA from Stanford University.