Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. De C.V. Names Hugo Salinas Sada to Board of Directors
March 23, 2017 at 05:36 am IST
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Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on March 23, 2017 named Hugo Salinas Sada as member of the board of directors of the company. Mr. Salinas Sada, a 30-year-old entrepreneur, has extensive knowledge of dynamic retail companies, operating with strict efficiency criteria, and generating broad value for shareholders, groups of interest and communities in which they have a presence. He is founder and CEO of Tiendas Neto.
Grupo Elektra SAB de CV (Elektra) is a Mexico-based company primarily engaged in the banking and retailing sector. The Company is a financial services and specialty retailing company in Mexico and Central and South America, as well as a short-term non-bank loan provider in the United States. Its Retail Business segment comprises the sale of motorcycles, cell phones, appliances in general, electronics, furniture, among others; and provision of services, such as electronic money transfers, extended guarantees, airtime, and mobile virtual network operation. Its Financial Business segment provides banking and financial products and services like consumer credit, personal loans, commercial loans, savings accounts, term deposits, debit cards, credit cards, life and casualty insurance, retirement fund management options, brokerage services, and short-term non-bank loans. Elektra operates more than 7,000 points of contact, including approximately 4,600 in Mexico; close to 600 in Central and So