Grupo Elektra appointed Alvaro Alberto Calderón Jiménez as CFO. Mr. Calderón has more than 20 years of experience in financial planning and administration in important organizations, where he has achieved superior efficiencies in costs and expenses, as well as optimization of purchasing processes and logistics. Since 2018, he has held the position of CFO of Banco Azteca Mexico, where he has been responsible for the implementation of accounting process models, which generate solid advances in effective management control.

Alvaro Calderón has a degree in public accounting from La Salle University; he has a MBA from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, and the Executive Management D1 Program from the IPADE. Administration and Finance of Banco Azteca Mexico will be lead by Juan Carlos Reyes Soto, who in the last four years has coordinated solid Financial and Budget Planning and Control strategies in Grupo Salinas companies, further boosting their results. He has more than 20 years of proven experience in finance, accounting, and management at leading institutions.

Mr. Reyes Soto is a CPA from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, with a MBA in finance from the same institution and a master's degree in banking and finance from UniversidadPompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Mauro Aguirre Regis, who was the CFO of Grupo Elektra, has been appointed Director of Strategic Analysis of Grupo Salinas, from where he will develop important financial strategy projects that will further boost the strong dynamism of the Group´s companies, and their solid profitability.