SAAM Appoints Valdés as New CEO

 

Valdés holds a degree in commercial engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and an MBA from University of Berkeley, Calif. 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.

 

Valdés will fill the post to be left by 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 10,000 jobs.