lawyer Santos de la Garza & Elizondo
Canales (Santos), Ernesto was born on June 2, 1940 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Son of Gregorio Canales Salinas, businessman, and Julia Santos nephew of Fernando Canales Santos, member of the Board of Industria Monterrey; cousin of Fernando Canales Clariond, federal deputy and National Action Party candidate for governor of Nuevo León, 1985; aunt, Maria del Consuelo Clariond, is the sister of Eugenio Clariond Garza, president of Industrias Monterrey.
Primary and secondary studies at the Christian Brothers School, Monterrey; preparatory studies at the University of Nuevo León; law degree, Free School of Law, Mexico City, 1958-1962; visiting student, Baker, Botts, Andrews and Shepard, Houston, 1961-1963; M.A. degree in private and commercial law, Columbia University, 1963-1964; business administration studies, Stanford University, 1977.
Lawyer, Santos de la Garza & Elizondo, 1964-1967. Director, Legal Department, Cía. General de Aceptaciones, 1968-1970.
Chief of Lawyers, VISA Group, 1970-1974. Vice-President, ALFA Group, 1974-1987. General Counsel, ALFA Group, 1974-1987.
Secretary of the Board, ALFA, 1985-1987. Member of the Board of Hylsa, since 1985. Practicing lawyer, since 1987.
Roman Catholic.
Spouse Rocío González.
