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Board of Directors
& EXECUTIVES

CSAV’s corporate governance is led by its Board of Directors, which consists of seven members elected by shareholders at the annual general meeting, in accordance with Art. 31 of Law 18,046 on Corporations.

Board of Directors
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The most recent elections took place on April 29, 2022, electing members for a three-year term.

The Company’s Legal Compliance Officer, Mr. Edmundo Eluchans Aninat, participates as Secretary of the Board.

Chairman

Francisco Pérez Mackenna

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  • Serving since: 04/2011
  • Undergraduate degree in business administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an MBA from the University of Chicago (USA).

He is currently the CEO of Quiñenco S.A., Chairman on the Board of Directors of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., Empresa Nacional de Energía Enex S.A., LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A., Invexans S.A. and Tech Pack S.A. Mr. Pérez is also Vice Chairman of Banco de Chile and sits on the boards of Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A., Cía. CCU Argentina S.A., Cía. Pisquera de Chile S.A., Cervecera CCU Chile Ltda., Inversiones y Rentas S.A., LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A., Nexans, Viña San Pedro Tarapacá S.A., Sociedad Matriz SAAM S.A., Sudamericana, Agencias Aéreas y Marítimas S.A., Hapag-Lloyd and is a member of the executive committee of Banchile Corredores de Seguros Limitada.

Previously, Mr. Pérez served as CEO of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. and Citicorp Chile, as well as Vice President of Bankers Trust in Chile.

Vice Chairman

Pablo Granifo

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  • Serving since: 12/2023
  • Undergraduate degree in business administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

In December 2023 he became Vice-Chairman of the Board of CSAV and Chairman of Quiñenco S.A. He is also currently Chairman of the Board at Banco de Chile, Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. and Socofín S.A.  Mr. Granifo is a member of the Executive Committee of Banchile Corredores de Seguros Limitada and Viña San Pedro Tarapacá S.A. He also sits on the boards of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., Cervecera CCU Chile Ltda., Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A., Empresa Nacional de Energía ENEX, LQ Inversiones Financieras, Inversiones y Rentas S.A. and SM SAAM S.A. Additionally, he is a director of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions.

Director

Hernán Büchi Buc

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  • Serving since: 04/2012
  • Undergraduate degree in civil mining engineering from Universidad de Chile and a master’s degree from Columbia University (United States).

He is currently Chairman of the managing council at Universidad del Desarrollo and on the boards of several Chilean corporations like Quiñenco S.A., Banco de Chile and Soquimich S.A.
Mr. Büchi held multiple public offices, such as Minister of Finance (1985-1989), Superintendent of Banks, Minister of Planning and Undersecretary for Health.

Director

José de Gregorio Rebeco

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  • Serving since: 04/2012
  • Undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and master’s in engineering from Universidad de Chile followed by a Ph. D. in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, United States).

Mr. De Gregorio is a professor and dean of the School of Economics and Business at Universidad de Chile and a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
Previously, he was an economist at the International Monetary Fund, a visiting professor at UCLA and a visiting researcher at the World Bank. Mr. De Gregorio served as Chairman of the Chilean Central Bank from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he was a council member and Vice Chairman at the institution. From 2000 to 2001, he served simultaneously as Minister of Economy, Mining and Energy.

Director

Cristóbal Eyzaguirre Baeza

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  • Serving since: 04/2022
  • Undergraduate degree in law from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an LL.M from Harvard Law School (United States).

Mr. Eyzaguirre is a partner in Claro y Cía.; Chairman of the Board at Quemchi S.A.; Vice-Chairman of the Board at Elecmetal S.A., Cristalerías de Chile S.A. and Sociedad Anónima Viña Santa Rita; director of Fundación Educacional Claro Vial, Fundación Educacional Internacional Claro Vial and Protectora de la Infancia. He is a civil law professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Director

Karen Paz Berdichewsky

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  • Serving since: 04/2022
  • Undergraduate degree in law from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an LL.M. from New York University (United States).

She served as General Counsel at SAAM S.A. from 2012 to 2022, and also as secretary of the Board of Directors and the Directors’ Committee of the parent company, Sociedad Matriz SAAM S.A., where she led the compliance division. During her tenure, she supported all the company’s restructuring and acquisition processes. She also advised the company’s port and towage areas in Chile and abroad.
Previously, she was a founding partner of Mackenna, Irarrázaval, Cuchacovich & Paz, and prior to that, she was a senior associate at Cruzat, Ortúzar & Mackenna, as well as Baker & McKenzie.
Her professional practice focuses mainly on corporate governance, commercial and corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions of major assets, port concessions and contracts.

Independent Director

Felipe Ureta Prieto

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  • Serving since: 04/2022
  • Undergraduate degree in business administration from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

He spent most of his professional career at Entel Chile (1994-2022), where he served as Chief Finance and Control Officer and also held director positions for several subsidiaries. Additionally, he oversaw numerous subsidiaries in Latin America and the United States, supporting the company’s international expansion and subsequent divestiture process.
Mr. Ureta participated in real estate renovation processes in Chile, led capital increases, financing initiatives, restructuring and acquisitions, and advised on changes in the company’s business model.
He also worked for Cape Horn Methanol, British American Tobacco Chile, Exxon Corporation (Esso Chile) and the Superintendency of Pension Fund Administrators. He also has investments in agricultural companies.
Organizational Chart and Senior Executives

Senior Executives
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Chief Executive Officer

Óscar Hasbún Martínez

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  • Start date: 05/2011
  • Business Administration
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Mr. Hasbún currently sits on the boards of several transportation and logistics industry companies, including serving as Vice-Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit Committee at Hapag-Lloyd. He has been on the board at SM SAAM S.A. since 2015 and has been Chairman of the Board since August 2017.  Mr. Hasbún is a Director of Invexans S.A., Director and Chairman of the Strategic Committee at Nexans S.A. (France), Director of CCU S.A. since December 2023 and Vice-Chairman of SOFOFA since May 2023, having been a director since 2017.
He is on the leadership board of Fundación Chilena del Pacífico and is Chairman of the CSAV Foundation.
In 2002, he joined the Quiñenco Group, where he managed the Luksic family’s investments in Croatia, primarily in the tourism and real estate sectors, until 2011. Prior to that, he served as an executive at Michelin in both France and Chile.

Chief Financial Officer

Roberto Larraín Sáenz

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  • Start date: 09/2018
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Universidad de Chile

Mr. Larraín has been CFO of CSAV since 2018. Beginning in 2007, he was CFO of SM SAAM S.A., leading its spin-off from CSAV and subsequent restructuring before its IPO.
He holds a degree in industrial engineering and a masters in management with a concentration in finance from Universidad de Chile.  He has also completed the ESE Advanced Management Program at Universidad de los Andes.
Mr. Larraín currently sits on the boards of Santiago Climate Exchange (SCX), CSAV foundation and several of CSAV’s related companies. Previously, he served as CFO and then CEO of FORESA-Diguillín from 1992 to 1997.

Head of Investor Relations and Sustainability

María Elena Palma Ruiz-Tagle

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  • Director, CSAV Foundation
  • Start date: 03/2021
  • Business Administration
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Head of Finance

Felipe Rodríguez Ugarte

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  • Start date: 12/2010
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Head of Tax

Loreto Gutiérrez Escobar

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  • Start date: 05/2015
  • Accounting
  • Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Head of Accounting

María Cecilia Tapia Fredes

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  • Start date: 07/1998
  • Accounting
  • Universidad de Valparaíso

Legal Compliance Officer

Edmundo Eluchans Aninat

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  • Start date: 06/2017
  • Law
  • Universidad de los Andes

Managing Director CSAV Germany

Wolfgang Friedrich Sturm

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  • Start date: 10/2022
  • Law
  • University of Cologne