EXPERIENCE:

  2005 – Present

INTERESTS COMPANY,HOUSTON, TX

Controller

Company is a Texas corporation that provides managerial and administrative services under agreements with various affiliated entities owned by members of the Interest family.

·     Coordinate and participate in monthly end and year end closing process, ensuring that all accounting entries necessary for typical day-to-day transactions are recorded properly and timely in the general ledger, including the continuing review of functions and procedures.

·     Supervise A/P and A/R functions and Treasury Management.

·     Participate in financial and risk management Due Diligence for possible investments as needed.

·     Coordinate different Treasury Management projects.

·     Assist the CFO in maintaining effective banking relationships, as well as risk management for various entities.

2004 - 2005

MONTERREY, MEXICOC

Corporate Information Consultant, Corporate Controllership.

The Company is the world's third-largest cement maker and the world's leading supplier of ready-mix concrete with net sales of US$15.3 billion in 2005.

·      Prepare executive reports of the monthly financial information of all business units and countries, to be discussed in monthly Board Meetings.

·      Prepare analytical and executive reports related to working capital, sales, cost of sales, free cash flow budgets, operational margin budgets and other reports of all business units and countries.

·      Coordinate and review the financial information of two of the most important group holding companies.

·      Coordinate the Global Audit Schedules Project, which is focused in the standardization of the information required by our external auditors (KPMG), for all group companies.

·      Indirectly involved with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for 2006.

2001 - 2004

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Controller,

Holding Company is one of The Company’s most important Dutch holding companies in charge of holding the interest in and financing of group companies.

·      Coordinate the elaboration of monthly and year-end financial statements and the elaboration of Audited Financial Statements for more than 35 Dutch holding companies.

·      Coordinate the execution of Tax issues for all the Dutch companies.

·      Coordinate cash flows with the Treasury department in Spain for the EMEA region.

·      Participate as Managing Director of most of the Dutch companies and participate in quarterly Board of Director’s meetings.

·      Key person in charge of the administration of the Company’s office in Amsterdam.

·      Participate actively in the Due Diligence process in Italy.

1997 - 2001

MONTERREY, MEXICO

Chief of International Operations, Corporate Controllership.

·      Review and analysis of financial information from the international group business units, receive information in different country GAAPS, and prepare the adjustments to Mexican GAAPS.

·      Consolidation of financial statements of all the international group companies, which include: Spain, USA, Panama, The Philippines, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, The Netherlands, Chile, Indonesia and Singapore.

·      Prepare monthly reports regarding the group debt, financial expenses, investments in associated companies and participate in the process of revision of inter-company balances.

·      Prepare quarterly reports to the BMV (Mexican’s Stock and Exchange Commission).

·      Participate actively in the Due Diligence process in Nigeria, Sudan and Puerto Rico.

1997

MONTERREY, MEXICO

Assistant of Accounting Standards, Corporate Controllership.

Assist in the elaboration of the year-end audited consolidated financial statements and annual report of the Company; review updates regarding accounting standards, Mexican and International and prepare information regarding issuance of group debt, forward contracts, equity swap operations, etc.

1996 - 1997

FERROCARRILES NACIONALES DE MEXICO

MONTERREY, MEXICO

Executive Internal Auditor, Ferrocarril del Noreste.

Prepare internal reports to the SECODAM (government regulation unit), conduct internal audits to different train stations and business units of the company and participate actively in the process of privatization.

1993 - 1996

RUIZ, URQUIZA Y CIA, S.C. (ARTHUR ANDERSEN)

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

Semi-senior, Audit and Business Administration.

Audit and prepare financial statements of different companies. Analytical review of the balance sheet and P&L accounts and prepare significant adjustments to the financial statements.

EDUCATION:

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY (ITESM)

Master in Business Administration degree. To be completed in 2008.

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY (ITESM)

Bachelor in Public Accounting degree. 1990 – 1995

LANGUAGES: 

English, native speaker of Spanish, basic knowledge of Dutch and French.