Maria de Lourdes Melgar Palacios

Maria de Lourdes Melgar Palacios is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at Smurfit Kappa Group Plc, an Independent Director at CEMEX SAB de CV, and an Independent Director at Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple.
She also holds positions as an Independent Director at Banco Santander (México) SA, Director at Santander Consumo SA de CV, Director at Natural Resource Governance Institute, Director at Grupo Financiero Santander México SA de CV, Independent Director at Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAPP), Director at Chapter Zero México, and Director at Mount Holyoke College.
In addition, she is a Director at Banco Inmobiliario Mexicano SA, a Professor at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, and a Professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
She is a Member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations and the International Womens Forum (Mexico).
Previously, she served as a Director at Santander Vivienda SA de CV SOFOM ER, Founding Director-Sustainability & Business Center at EGADE Business School, Vice Minister-Hydrocarbons at Mexico Ministry of Energy, and Member-Governing Board at Federal Electricity Commission.
She holds a doctorate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College.