Jose Domene Zambrano
Chairman and CEO
Strategic Business Group
Pepe Domene is the chairman and CEO of Strategic Business Group in Monterrey, Mexico.
Mr. Domene is the former COO of Vitro, S. A. de C.V. He joined Vitro in 2000 as president of the international division and was appointed COO in 2001. Vitro, through its subsidiary companies, is one of the world's leading glass producers and the largest in Latin America. Vitro is a major participant in three principal businesses: flat glass, glass containers, and glassware.
From 1999 to 2000, he was CEO of Altos Hornos de Mexico, Mexico's largest steel producer.
Mr. Domene worked at Cemex from 1986 to 1998, where he held various positions including president of the international division; CFO; president, Cementos Anahuac; and president, Cementos Tolteca.
Previously, Mr. Domene served in several executive positions in strategic planning at Alfa Industries. He also worked at Grupo Protexa as vice president of finance, planning, tourism, electronics, and food division, until he was promoted to president of real estate and tourism.
Mr. Domene is a member of the boards of directors of Grupo Contal, Caintra, Centro de Productividad de Monterrey, and BBVA, and the Terry Cox Cancer Foundation. He also is a member of the board of trustees of the Cardigan Mountain School. He was a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Board and has been a lecturer at the School for several years.
Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Mr. Domene received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1975 and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1979.
