BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Banco Macro S.A. (NYSE: BMA; BYMA: BMA) ("Banco Macro" or
"BMA" or the "Bank")
It is with great sorrow that we inform you of the death of the
Chairman of our Board, Mr. Jorge Horacio
Brito. We attach a copy of the Press Release issued by the
Bank as a consequence of his death.
Pursuant to article 17 of the Bylaws, the office of the Chairman
shall be covered by the Vice Chairman, Dr. Delfín J. Ezequiel Carballo. At the first Board meeting to
be held, the appointment of a new Vice Chairman and the election,
from among the Alternate Directors appointed by the General
Shareholder Meeting, of the one who will assume in order to
complete the number of regular directors will be discussed.
Buenos Aires,
November 20th 2020
It is with great sorrow that Banco Macro announces the death
of its founder and Chairman, Mr. Jorge
Horacio Brito, who this afternoon suffered an aviation
accident in the town of Coronel Moldes, Province of Salta.
Jorge Horacio Brito was born
in Buenos Aires in 1952. He
married Marcela Carballo and had six
children: Milagros, Jorge Pablo,
Constanza, Marcos, Santiago and
Mateo. He had 12 grandchildren.
We both founded in 1978 Macro Compañía Financiera S.A., a
company that was the origin of what we nowadays know as Banco
Macro. Brito was also the President of Asociación de Bancos
Argentinos between 2003 and 2016. He was as well President of
Federación Lationamericana de Bancos from 2012 to 2014.
His enterprising spirit led him to create other businesses
such as Inversora Juramento S.A., Frigorífico Bermejo, Cabaña
Juramento, Vizora and several companies that employ over 20,000
Argentine workers.
Jorge leaves us at the height of this life. All of us who
make Banco Macro everyday shall never forget his example of work,
dedication and effort.
Dr. Delfín Jorge Ezequiel
Carballo
Vice Chairman of Banco Macro
IR Contact in Buenos
Aires:
Jorge Scarinci
| Chief Financial Officer
Nicolás A. Torres | Investor Relations
E-mail: investorelations@macro.com.ar | Phone: (54 11)
5222 6682
About
Banco Macro S.A (NYSE: BMA; BYMA: BMA) is a
universal bank, with focus in low & mid-income individuals and
small & mid-sized companies. The Bank started operating in 1985
as non-banking financial institution and today has grown to be the
private local bank with the largest branch network in the
country.
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