Mr Parés joined Restaurant Brands as a Non-Executive Director following the acquisition of 75% shareholding in RBD by Finaccess Capital, S.A de C.V, through its subsidiary Global Valar S.L. on 1 April 2019. He is the Chairman of Global Valar S.L. and CEO of its parent, Finaccess Capital. He is also the Chairman and a Proprietary Director of AmRest Holdings SE. Previously he worked for 19 years at Grupo Modela (Mexico) in various positions, including as the Vice President of Marketing and Sales International where he oversaw the significant growth of Grupo Modelo's annual revenues. Mr Parés graduated from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico (Business and Finance) and completed his MBA at ITAM, Mexico as well as the Business D-1 programme at IPADE, Mexico and Executive Programme at Wharton, San Francisco.
Business and Finance degree from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico; MBA from ITAM, Mexico; Business D-1 programme at IPADE, Mexico; Executive Programme at Wharton, San Francisco