CHAPTER 9

An Interview with Claudio X Gonzalez

Don Claudio—as he is known—is a good example of a director who has become a very central independent director among large Mexican firms. His views are complementary to Jaime Serra’s in that he is well known as an “owner.” Jaime is known as a “professional outsider.”

Don Claudio is currently the chairman of Kimberly Clark Mexico and serves on the boards of: Fondo Mexico, Grupo Alfa, Grupo Carso, Grupo Mexico, Salzburg Global Seminar, and the Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is also an advisor to Capital Group and an emeritus director at GE.

He holds a chemical engineering degree from Stanford and is a graduate from the Mexican Institute for Business Administration. He has represented the interests ...

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