Chairwoman of the Board and Member of the Directors’ CommitteeMember of the Board of Directors. She is considered independent under Chilean corporate law and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. Ms. Ocqueteau is a nurse from the University of Chile with a master's degree in Business Management and Marketing from ESEM, Business School, Madrid Campus; a diploma in Corporate Governance from the School of Economics and Business, University of Chile; a diploma in Marketing from Adolfo Ibáñez University; and a diploma in Productivity and Quality from the Catholic University.
She has been an advisor to Chile Mujeres since 2019 and was a member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality in 2021.
She is currently the director of the Asia Pacific Chamber of Commerce, director of Enel, Fundación País Digital, Fundación Imagen Chile, UDD Ventures, general manager of Waygroup Chile, founding partner of Crosscheck, advisor to Genesis Latam Consulting, and consultant to Fundación Nacional ORP. Previously, she was also director of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs (ASECH) and has held senior positions within ACHS. More information
Hernán Büchi B.
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the Directors’ Committee and Corporate Governance CommitteeCivil Engineer from the University of Chile. He served on the Board of Directors of SQM for several years until April 2016, prior to rejoining in 2017. Throughout his career, he has advised various governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia on the design and implementation of economic policies. He served the Government of Chile in various capacities, including as Undersecretary of Economy (1979 1980) and Minister of Finance (1985–1989). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile, among others. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Universidad del Desarrollo. In addition to his knowledge of various industries, his areas of expertise include finance, corporate governance, regulations, and public policy. More information
Patricio Contesse F.
Director and Member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Safety, Health and Environment CommitteeIndependent director per the definition of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Contesse is a lawyer with a degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an Executive MBA from IMD in Switzerland. Previously, he also served as a member of the board of directors of SQM from 2013 to 2015. Additionally, he was a member of the board of Invercap S.A. during 2019 until 2022, and director and vice chairman of Norte Grande S.A. and subsidiaries from 2011 until April 2024. More information
Gonzalo Guerrero Yamamoto
Director and Member of the Safety, Health and Environment CommitteeMr. Guerrero Yamamoto holds a law degree from the University of Chile and an MBL from Adolfo Ibáñez University. In addition to his role at SQM, he currently serves as CEO of SONAMI, director of ICARE, an elected board member and member of the executive committee of SOFOFA, chairman of SOFOFA’s Chile/Australia Business Council, and director of the Mining Council. He has experience in community and trade association relations. More information
Ashley Luke Ozols
DirectorIndependent Director per the definition of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Ozols earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, Sydney and is also a CFA charterholder. He has over 20 years of international business experience providing strategic, financial and advisory services to American, Australian and Asian based clients. Between 2003 and 2017, he worked at several investment banks, including Macquarie Group, Grant Samuel, and CLSA. Between 2017 and beginning his role as a board member at SQM in 2021, he worked at Tianqi Lithium as an executive focused on corporate development. More information
Antonio Gil Nievas
Director and Member of the Directors’ CommitteeIndependent Director per the definition of the New York Stock Exchange and Chilean Corporations law. Mr. Gil holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain), an MBA from Harvard Business School and he also completed the Stanford Executive Program. He has more than 25 years of experience in strategic leadership, risk management, financial and investment roles at global European and Latin American companies. He is currently board member at Latam Airlines Group. Previously, he was CEO of Moneda Asset Management, Vice President of ACAFI, Managing Director, worldwide CFO and member of the global executive committees of several large global businesses at JPMorgan and was strategic consultant for BCG in Spain. More information
Georges De Bourguignon Arndt
Director and Member of the Corporate Governance CommitteeIndependent Director per the definition of the New York Stock Exchange. Director. Mr. de Bourguignon is an economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with an MBA from Harvard University. In the academic field, he has been a professor of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, while, in the business world, he is co-founder and currently Chairman of Asset Chile S.A., a corporate finance advisory firm, and of Asset AGF, an investment fund administration firm. He also serves as a director in various companies, including Vivo Spa, where he has been Chairman since August 2022, in Tánica S.A., since May 2017 and Embotelladora Andina since 2016. He was a director of SQM (2019 - April 2022), Empresas La Polar S.A. (2011-2015), Sal Lobos S.A (2006-2018) and Chairman of the Committee of Directors of Latam Airlines Group (2012-2019). More information
Xu Tieying
Director and Member of the Corporate Governance CommitteeIndependent Director per the definition of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Xu holds a law degree from Heilongjiang University, a master’s degree in law from Jilin University, and a doctorate degree in law from Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy, where he studied at the Centro di Studi Giuridici Latinoamericani of the Università. He is a P.R. China Legal Professional Qualifications Certificate holder. Since 2015, he has been Distinguished Associate Researcher at the Sichuan University and Associate Professor since 2018, specializing in Civil and Commercial Law. He has also released several publications and books on Civil and Commercial Law. More information
