Governance Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

SQM

US8336351056

Specialty Chemicals

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05/06	Berenberg Adjusts Price Target on Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile to $66 From $56, Maintains Hold Rating	MT
02/06	JPMorgan Downgrades Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. to Neutral From Overweight, Adjusts PT to $100 From $94	MT

Executive Committee: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

Manager

Positions heldSince

Ricardo Ramos Rodríguez

Chief Executive Officer

01/01/2019

Macarena Briseño Correa

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Natalia Pizarro

Human Resources Officer

01/11/2018

Gonzalo Aguirre T.

General Counsel

01/04/2016

Frank Biot

Sales & Marketing

01/05/2016

Gerardo Andrés Illanes González

Director of Finance/CFO

01/01/2019

Isabel Bendeck

Investor Relations Contact

Wouter Pulinx

36 year

General Counsel

Composition of the Board of Directors: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

Director

CommitteesSince

Gina Ocqueteau Tacchini

Chairman	29/05/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	26/04/2022

Patricio Contesse Fica

Governance Committee

01/04/2018

Georges Antoine de Bourguignon Arndt

64 year

Governance Committee

24/04/2024

Hernán Alberto Büchi Buc

77 year

Governance Committee

01/04/2017

Tie Xu

Governance Committee

29/05/2025

Antonio Gil Nievas

Director/Board Member
Independent Dir/Board Member

Gonzalo Guerrero Yamamoto

Director/Board Member	29/05/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	29/05/2025

Ashley Luke Ozols

Director/Board Member

01/12/2021

Latest Appointments: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

02/25/02	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Announces Board Changes	CI
21/24/21	Sociedad Química Y Minera De Chile S.A. Announces Resignation of Xu Tieying from Board Member, Effective as of April 24, 2024	CI
04/23/04	Sociedad Química Y Minera De Chile S.A. Announces Resignation of Ashley Luke Ozols as Board Member, Effective as of April 21, 2023	CI
13/21/13	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Announces Resignation of Board Member Robert J. Zatta Effective December 21, 2021	CI
26/19/26	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Announces Board and Committee Appointments	CI
06/18/06	Sociedad Qu Mica Y Minera de Chile S.A. Announces Board Resignations	CI
31/18/31	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Appoints Ricardo Ramos as Deputy Chief Executive Officer	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Antonio Schneider Chaigneau

Director/Board Member

26/04/2022

26/04/2024

Kelly O'Brien

Investor Relations Contact

01/10/2011

01/05/2023

Laurence Golborne Riveros

Director/Board Member

01/04/2018

26/04/2022

Alberto Salas Muñoz

Chairman

01/04/2018

26/04/2022

Francisco Ugarte Larraín

Director/Board Member

01/04/2019

26/04/2022

Qi Dang

Director/Board Member

01/12/2021

Robert J. Zatta

Director/Board Member

01/04/2019

Andrés Yaksic B.

Compliance Officer

31/03/2019

Patricio de Solminihac Tampier

Chief Executive Officer	18/03/2015	31/12/2018
Chief Operating Officer	01/01/1988	18/03/2015

Darryl S. Stann

Director/Board Member

24/01/2018

05/12/2018

Mark Fracchia

Director/Board Member

05/12/2018

Robert Kirkpatrick

Director/Board Member

24/04/2015

24/01/2018

Joanne L. Boyes

Director/Board Member

01/04/2015

24/01/2018

Fernando Rodolfo Massú Tare

Director/Board Member	18/04/2017	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	18/04/2017	-

Juan Gerardo Jofré Miranda

Director/Board Member	18/04/2017	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	18/04/2017	-

Pauline de Vidts Sabelle

Human Resources Officer	01/01/1996	01/05/2016
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/05/2016	11/04/2017

Irina Axenova

Investor Relations Contact	-	-
Public Communications Contact	01/01/2017	-

Matías Astaburuaga Suárez

General Counsel	01/02/1989	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	01/09/2016

Julio Rebolledo D.

Director/Board Member	27/04/2016	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	27/04/2016	-

Wolf von Appen Berhmann

Director/Board Member	01/05/2005	25/04/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/05/2005	25/04/2016

Raul Puerto M.

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/01/2016

José Antonio Merino

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2016

Julio Cesar Ponce Lerou

Chairman

01/01/1981

24/04/2015

Edward Waitzer

Director/Board Member	24/04/2015	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	24/04/2015	-

Arnfinn F. Prugger

Director/Board Member

01/04/2015

A. Hans Dieter Linneberg

Director/Board Member	01/04/2015	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/04/2015	-

Alejandro Montero Purviance

Director/Board Member

25/04/2013

18/03/2015

Wayne Brownlee

Director/Board Member	01/12/2001	18/03/2015
Corporate Officer/Principal	10/08/2009	22/06/2010

José María Eyzaguirre Baeza

Director/Board Member

01/12/2001

18/03/2015

Patricio Contesse González

Chief Executive Officer

01/01/1981

16/03/2015

Jaime San Martín Larenas

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	01/01/1995	23/06/2010
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1995	01/08/2013

Juan Antonio Guzmán Molinari

Director/Board Member	01/01/2013	01/04/2015
Chairman	01/01/2013	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2013	-

Pablo Hernandez Mac-Donald

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2013

Eduardo Novoa Castellón

Director/Board Member	22/06/2010	01/01/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/04/2008	01/01/2013

Kendrick Taylor Wallace

Director/Board Member

01/12/2001

05/04/2012

José Antonio Silva Bafalluy

Director/Board Member

01/12/2001

30/04/2008

José Francisco Sánchez Figueroa

Compliance Officer

01/03/2019

Christian Puebla C.

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

09/02/2011

Pablo Piasni

Public Communications Contact

01/04/2007

Camila Merino Catalán

Chief Administrative Officer	01/01/1991	01/01/2007
Human Resources Officer	01/01/1991	01/01/2007

Mauricio Cabello Cadiz

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2000

Juan Carlos Barrera Pacheco

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1996

Daniel Guillermo Jiménez Schuster

Public Communications Contact	24/06/2010	11/02/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1991	18/05/2016
Sales & Marketing	18/05/2016	-

Carlos Nakousi Salas

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

01/01/1989

Luis Eugenio Ponce Lerou

Director/Board Member	-	-
Chairman	26/04/2016	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1982	-

Felipe Encinas

Public Communications Contact

Mary Laverty

Investor Relations Contact	-	-
Public Communications Contact	23/06/2010	-

Mark Fones

Public Communications Contact	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	18/06/2013

Avi Milstein

Director/Board Member

Patricio Vargas Muñoz

Public Communications Contact

01/09/2010

Maurice le Fort Rudloff

Corporate Officer/Principal

Carolina García Huidobro

Public Communications Contact

Daniel Yarur Elsaca

Director/Board Member

01/04/2003

Jorge Araya Cabrera

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Fernanda Guerra

Public Communications Contact

01/09/2010

Carolina Pavez

Public Communications Contact

12/08/2009

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	16
Female	4

Of which Executive Committee

Male	6
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	1

Revisions

Recommandations analystes

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Évolution recommandations analystes 4 mois

Objectif analystes

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Évolution objectif analystes 4 mois

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM), is a producer of potassium nitrate and iodine. The Company produces specialty plant nutrients, iodine derivatives, lithium and its derivatives, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate and certain industrial chemicals. Its segments include specialty plant nutrients, industrial chemicals, iodine and derivatives, lithium and derivatives, potassium, and other products and services. Specialty plant nutrients are fertilizers that enable farmers to improve yields. Industrial chemicals have a range of applications in chemical processes, such as the manufacturing of glass and industrial nitrates. Iodine and its derivatives are used in the X-ray contrast media and biocides industries, among others. Lithium and its derivatives are used in batteries, greases and frits for production of ceramics. Potassium chloride is a commodity fertilizer that is produced and sold by the Company across the world.

Employees

7,773

Sector

Specialty Chemicals

Calendar

19/08 - Earnings release - Q2 2026

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