building a STRONGER foundation - Cemex

Item 6 - Directors, Senior Management and Employees
Senior Management and Directors
Senior Management
On February 9, 2010, we announced changes to our senior management team effective as of March 1, 2010. Fernando A.
González was appointed Executive Vice President of Planning and Finance. We also announced the retirement of Héctor Medina,
former Executive Vice President of Finance and Legal, and Armando J. García, former Executive Vice President of Technology,
Energy and Sustainability. Mr. Medina and Mr. García each participated in an early retirement program for senior executives.
Mr. García remains a member of CEMEX’s board of directors, on which he has served since 1983. As of December 31, 2010, the
members of our senior management team and their positions were the following: Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Chief Executive Officer;
Fernando A. Gonzalez, Executive Vice President of Planning and Finance; Francisco Garza, President of the Americas Region; Juan
Romero Torres, President of the Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia Region; Rodrigo Treviño, Chief Financial Officer;
Ramiro G. Villarreal, General Counsel; and Rafael Garza, Chief Accounting Officer. On April 11, 2011, we announced new changes
to our senior management team effective April 12, 2011. See “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Recent
Developments — Recent Developments Relating to Changes in Our Senior Management Team.” Set forth below is the name and
position of each member of our senior management team as of the date of this annual report. The terms of office of the senior
managers are indefinite.
Name, Position (Age) Experience
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño,
Chief Executive Officer (67)
Joined CEMEX in 1968. During his career with CEMEX, Mr. Zambrano has been
involved in all operational aspects of our business. He held several positions in CEMEX
prior to his appointment as Director of Operations in 1981. In 1985, Mr. Zambrano was
appointed chief executive officer, and in 1995 he was elected chairman of the board of
directors. Mr. Zambrano is a graduate of Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey, A.C., or ITESM, with a degree in mechanical engineering and
administration and has an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Mr. Zambrano has been a member of our board of directors since 1979 and chairman of
our board of directors since 1995. He is a member of the board of directors of IBM and
the international advisory board of Citigroup. He is also a member of the board of
directors of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. Mr. Zambrano is chairman of
the board of directors of Consejo de Enseñanza e Investigación Superior, A.C., which
manages ITESM, and a member of the board of directors of Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo de Monterrey A.C. (MARCO). Mr. Zambrano participated in the
chairman’s Council of Daimler Chrysler AG until July 2005, was a member of the
Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business Advisory Council until 2006, of the
board of directors of Vitro, S.A.B. until 2007, of the board of directors of Alfa, S.A.B. de
C.V. until 2008, of the board of directors of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and Grupo Financiero
Banamex, S.A. de C.V. until April 2009 and of the board of directors of Fomento
Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. until 2011.
In recognition of his business and philanthropic record, Mr. Zambrano has received
several awards and recognitions, including the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Woodrow
Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, the America’s Society Gold Medal
Distinguished Service Award, and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business
Alumni Association’s Ernest C. Arbuckle Award.
130