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SAAM’s Board of Directors appointed Macario Valdés as new Company CEO

By 4 de March de 2016August 8th, 2023Investors

The executive, who is currently serving as Manager of Development and Management Control at the Company, will take over his new position on March 16, 2016.

Santiago, March 04, 2016.- SAAM’s Ordinary Board Meeting appointed Macario Valdés Raczynski as new General Manager of the Company, position that he will take on as from March 16 of the present year.

Mr. Valdés holds the degree of Commercial Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an MBA from University of Berkeley, California. At present, he serves as SAAM’s Manager of Development and Management Control, post that he has held from April, 2013, when he took on the responsibility for the Company’s growth projects.

Previously, he worked as Assistant Manager of Development at Quiñenco, and prior to this he worked at IM Trust, where he achieved the position of Corporate Finances Manager.

Mr. Valdés will fill the post to be left by Mr. Javier Bitar, who in January announced he would be leaving the Company on March 15, 2016.

SAAM is a Chilean multinational company, with 54 years’ experience and a leader in the industry. It is present in 15 countries, providing port operations, tugboats and Logistics, generating more than 10 thousand jobs.