Lic. Manuel Martínez Domínguez

GENERAL

PRESENT POSITION: President and CEO Grupo Columbia NATIONALITY: Mexican by birth DATE OF BIRTH: July 30, 1945 MARITAL STATUS: Married to Mrs. Ma. Eugenia Elizondo de Martínez daughters: Marcy, Adriana, Gaby, Alejandra, and July.

EDUCATION

POST GRADUATE STUDIES - GEOPOLITICS 18 months International University of Florida, U.S.A. Oxford University, Great Britain

PROFESSIONAL - M.B.A. - Mayors Economy/Finance Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico City) - B.A. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tampico - PHILOSOPHY (2 years) UNAM, México - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2 years) Tecnológico Regional de Ciudad Madero, Mexico

BASIC - HIGH SCHOOL Tecnológico Regional de la Ciudad de México - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL American School (Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico) - ELEMENTARY American School (Tampico, Tamualipas, Mexico)

OTHER STUDIES: - SENIOR MANAGEMENT SEMINAR Harvard University; Boston, Ma. - BASIC FARMACOLOGY Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México - LEADERSHIP AMA de México - INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Columbia Univeristy, New York - INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT American Cyanamid, U.S.A.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 34 years in 4 pharmaceutical firms - SANDOZ DE MEXICO ..........7 years (Tampico, Monterrey, and Mexico City and Geneve - Mkg Manager - AMERICAN CYANAMID DE MEXICO... 2 years (Mexico City) Mkg Director - AMERICAN CYANAMID U.S.A. ..... 3 years (New Jersey) Latin America Manager - SEARLE DE MEXICO ........... 9 years (Chicago, Ill. and Mexico City) President - LABORATORIOS COLUMBIA ...... 7 years (Mexico City) President - GRUPO COLUMBIA .......... 6 years (Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Peru,Canada, United States, Denmark, Portugal, and England) Chairman

INDUSTRIAL AND ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS 2000- Board Member of Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición (National Institute of Nutrition) 2000- Board Member of Spanish Gazette "La Razón" 1999-2000 Member CEAG (Corporate Economists Advisory Group/ICC world wide) 1998-2000 Board Member of Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City 1998-2000 President of Genoma, S.A., Holding Médica Sur, Basic Research 1997-2000 Board Member of Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico (CONAMED) 1997-2000 President Latin America - International Chamber of Commerce 1984- International First Place / "Excellence Award", Gedeon Searle 1983-1985 President of the Mexican Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association 1982-1983 President LAWG - (PMA- México)