Management board

Chairman

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña
He was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings since March 2019 and as Chairman of HSBC Mexico since February 2026.
He has held a range of senior leadership roles in the Mexican federal government, including Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Secretary of Social Development, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Energy. Earlier in his career, he served as Undersecretary and Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, and led a major financial restructuring as CEO of the National Bank for Rural Credit, supporting its transition to Financiera Rural.
He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Global Centre of Adaptation and serves as a Non-Executive Director of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, Fibra Uno and Nemak, as well as a member of UNICEF Mexico’s Consultative Board. He holds an Economics degree from ITAM, a Law degree from UNAM, and a PhD in Economics from Yale University.

Executive Directors

Jorge Arturo Arce Gama
He is the current CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of HSBC Mexico since February 2020. He previously worked in Banco Santander México appointed as Deputy General Director of Global Banking and Markets and before that he was the CEO of Deutsche Bank México. He has B.A. in Finance and Economics from Pace University in New York.

Guillermo Roberto Colquhoun
He is the current CRO (Chief Risk Officer) of HSBC Latin America since September 2021. He previously was appointed as Chief Risk Officer for HSBC Mexico in 2018. He was also Chief Auditor Mexico and Regional Head of Credit Risk Audit Latin America and before that was appointed Regional Head of Credit Risk Audit Latin America for HSBC Bank Brasil, S.A. Mr. Colquhoun has a Bachelor´s Degree in Business Administration and a Finance Specialization from Buenos Aires University.

Non-Executive Directors

Claudia Jañez Sánchez
Since November 2023 she is the Executive President of ConMéxico and is an Independent Board Member of the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). She also served as President of the “Consejo Ejecutivo de Empresas Globales” for the 2019–2021 term. She has over 25 years of experience in several business sectors. She was the first woman appointed as Chairman in Dupont for Mexico and Latin America. She graduated as BS in Law at Universidad La Salle and has an MBA (MEDEX) at Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE).

Pedro José Moreno Cantalejo
He is the Founder & CEO of Hill House Capital and previously was the Vice Chairman Administration and Finance in Banco Santander as well as member of the Board of Directors & Executive Vice-Chairman and Member of Executive Committee, Management Committee, and all Regulatory Committees. He graduated as Bachelor in Science in Economics at CEU Luis Vives, UA Madrid, and holds an MBA Senior Executive from ESADE, Madrid, and an MBA Executive of ESDEN, Madrid.

Alberto Ardura González
He is currently the CEO and Board Member in BITE Acquisition Corporation, LLC, President in Pier A Capital Solutions, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in different Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Client Coverage roles across Latin America.; highlighting his participation in a Directive level in entities such as Deutsche Bank, AG, Merrill Lynch México, Grupo Financiero Promex-Finamex, ING Bank, among others. He obtained a Business and Finance Degree at Universidad Panamericana, in addition he has taken courses in Credit, Banking, Finance and Derivatives at NYU.

José María Zas
Currently is the Chairman of Mendel and previously he was Chairman and CEO for American Express in Mexico, Argentina and Latin America. He also was responsible for the International Insurance Business globally and President of American Express Bank México. He previously held other positions in American Express such as: Chairman and CEO in Argentina, Commercial General Manager for Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean and Canada, and Vice President of Human Resources for Latin America. He graduated with honors in Social Sciences at Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the IAE School of Business, and a PhD in Business Administration from Universidad de Belgrano.

Andrés Eugenio Sucre Pulido
He is the founder and CEO of Reservamos, a leading ground transportation technology company launched in October 2021. He was an MBA Summer Intern at Rocket Internet and Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank for four months. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in Management Engineering with a minor in International Studies from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Vanessa Rubio Márquez
She is currently a Professor in Practice and Associate Dean for Executive Education at the London School of Economics' School of Public Policy. Previously she was Senator of México and before she was the Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit (Ministry of Finance and Credit Public). She also held other positions in the public service as Deputy Minister of Social Development (Planning, Evaluation and Regional Development) in the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) and as Deputy Minister of International Affairs (Latin America and the Caribbean) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SER). She holds a Bachelor´s Degree in International Relations from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.) and holds a Master Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Deputy Non-Executive Directors

Lorena Margarita Cárdenas Costas
She is currently a Non-Executive Director at Fibra Inn and Grupo Industrial Saltillo and Non-Executive Director at the subsidiaries of the HSBC Financial Group (Mexico). She was Chief Financial Officer at Abilia, VivaAerobus and Crédito Real. She has a Bachelor Degree in Public Accounting at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and holds a Master’s in Administration with a concentration in International Business from the University of Miami.