Alfredo Elías Ayub


Alfredo Elías Ayub was the Director General of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, which is the Mexican electric state-owned company.
Elías Ayub is of Lebanese descent was born in Mexico City. Arturo Elías Ayub is his youngest brother, married to Johana Slim Domit, daughter of Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu. The elder Elías Ayub earned a civil engineer's degree from Universidad Anáhuac. He was a member of the first class graduating from the School of Engineering at that university. He graduated with high honors. He also holds an MBA degree from Harvard University's Business School. He received an Honorary Mention upon graduation from HBS.
His academic activities include holding the position of Deputy Director and Director of Universidad Anáhuac's Engineering School, professor of Finance at Harvard University, as well as a Board Member of Harvard University's Business School.

Career

Elías has had an outstanding career in Mexico's public sector.
The Federal Electricity Commission reports to the Ministry of Energy. Thus, Elías Ayub reported to Felipe Calderón Hinojosa when he was Secretary. Then, president Calderón also ratified Elías Ayub to continue his long tenure as head of the CFE.
In the private sector, he is shareholder and/or member of the boards of several companies such as Grupo Impulsor del Desarrollo Urbano, Constructora Ideurban, Promociones Metropólis, and other private enterprises.