Board of Directors
Businessman with over 35 years of experience in fishery, food processing and services. Founding partner of Pesquera María del Carmen, Pesquera Alfa and Exalmar (companies that merged giving origin to Pesquera Exalmar S.A.), Complejo Agroindustrial Beta and Empacadora Beta (companies currently merged into Complejo Agroindustrial Beta S.A.), Agrocítricos S.A., Alpine Perú S.A., and Compañía Hotelera El Sausal. Chairman of Pesquera Exalmar S.A., Complejo Agroindustrial Beta S.A., and Corporación Exalmar S.A.
- Name: Víctor Manuel Matta Curotto.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: director titular, dependiente.
- Year of birth: 1943.
Business Manager graduated from the University of Lima. He worked as Corporate Banking Assistant at Banco de Credito del Peru from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he entered Pesquera Exalmar S.A.A. as Deputy Controller General until 2008. He worked as Deputy General Manager since 2010 until 2019, with functions related to the areas of Fleet Operations, Acquisition of Third-Parties Fishing, and Legal affairs. He is a member of the Board of Pesquera Exalmar since 2015.
- Name: Víctor Santiago Matta DallOrso.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: titular, dependent director.
- Year of birth: 1980.
Lawyer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, with studies on Political Science and Public Services Regulation. During her career she has served the State of Peru in the Ministries of Energy and Mines, Economy and Finance, and in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, being Chief of Staff three times. She has been director of several public companies from the electricity sector, Legal Manager of Osinergmin, member of the Indecopi Market Access Commission, director of CONITE, Chairman of the Electricity Legal Committee of SNMPE, and member of the Board of Directors of ProInversion. She worked as a lawyer in the Estudio Echecopar, professor of Business Law and teacher in the Energy Seminar at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, member of the Advisory Board for the Master in Public Management at ESAN university, Universidad Peruana del Norte, member of the Alumni Association Board of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, and Transparencia Civil Association. She is director of several national private companies, and columnist of papers such as El Comercio and Correo. She has been New Zealand Consul in Peru since 2010. Nowadays, she manages CB Consult S.A.C., a firm giving legal and economic consultancy services. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Pesquera Exalmar since 2010.
- Name: María Cecilia Blume Cilloniz.
- Gender: Female.
- Qualification: titular, dependent director.
- Year of birth: 1958.
Graduated of commercial engineering from the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez de Chile in 1985. Currently, he is the Executive Chairman of BlumarSeafood. Previously, he was Chairman of Pesquera ITATA S.A., a company specialized in extractive fishing and salmon farming, which merged with Golfo in 2011 giving origin to BlumarSeafood. He is director of the Association of Fishing Industrialists ASIPES A.G. Region VIII, director of Sinergia Inmobiliaria S.A., and director of Agroindustrial Siracusa S.A. He also was Chairman of the Sociedad Nacional de Pesca de Chile – SONAPESCA (National Fisheries Society of Chile) and chief advisor of the National Council of Fisheries (business sector). He has participated in other businesses, such as olive oil industry, in Villa Prat, located in Maule Region – Chile. Likewise, he is also a member of the group of thirty businessmen of the first Business Advisory Council formed by the Universidad del Desarrollo (University for Development) in Chile. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Pesquera Exalmar since 2011.
- Name: Sergio Rodrigo Sarquis Said.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: titular, dependent director.
- Year of birth: 1963.
Commercial Engineer in Business Administration from the University of Santiago de Chile in 1986, post-graduated in Administration and Business Management from the University for Development of Chile in 1995. Currently, he is Chairman of Financiera TFC. He worked since 1999 to 2011 at Interbank, being Executive Commercial Vice-President, responsible for opening the Representative Office in China. He developed the Corporate Finance area (Capital Markets and M&A) and was Executive Vice-president of Risks, being responsible for the acquisition of Banco Latino and restructuring the Loan Portfolio of the bank. He has experience in Housing Mortgage area at Interbank and was Director of URBI (Interbank Real Estate Group). Previously, he worked as Risk Manager – Company Admission, at Grupo Santander Peru. In 2008, he participated in KELLOG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, The CEO’S Management (Illinois, July 2008). He was a visiting professor at the School of Economics for the course “Topics on Applied Economy”, at the University of Lima. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Pesquera Exalmar since 2013.
- Name: Andrés Mauricio Muñoz Ramirez.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: titular, dependent director.
- Year of birth: 1962.
Partner and founder of Australis Partners, an independent firm of management of private equity funds, focused on the countries of the Pacific Alliance, México, Colombia, Peru and Chile. Cristián began his career at Citigroup in 1991 as a member of the Corporate Finance team. For 10 years he accumulated valuable experience in M & A transactions and Debt for large Chilean and regional companies, both in local and international capital markets. Since 1998 his career has focused on private equity business. First, he contributed to the development of this business at local level (Chile); then, from 2001, he has been a member of the global private equity platform for emerging markets of Citi -CVCI (Citigroup Venture Capital International). As a part of his professional development in the business of private equity, he has participated in companies from different sectors such as: real-estate and construction, fishmeal and fish oil, non-metallic mining, telecoms and fiber-optic networks, breeding and export of salmon, energy, among others. Cristián is a Commercial Engineer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1991) and obtained a Master in Finance from the London Business School (1996).
- Name: Cristian Celis Morgan.
- Gender: Male.
- Qualification: director titular, independiente.
- Year of birth: 1969.
Management
Public Accountant graduated from the University of Lima. She studied in the Senior Management Program at the Universidad de Piura in 1992. She also has several studies in the areas of strategic planning, projects, management, accounting, taxes and systems; studies done in Sweden, Japan, and the United States. Likewise, she studied in the Training School of Arthur Andersen, at local and international levels, and in various educational institutions of the country. She served as Executive Director of Pesquera Exalmar S.A. (1996 – 2005), Business, Administration and Finance Manager of Fima S.A. (1990 – 1995), and Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen & Co. (1983 – 1989). She has been working in her current position since 2006.
Graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, he holds an MBA from the School of Management of the University of Piura. Since 2016 he has been the Project Manager of San Miguel Industrias PET, a leading company in the manufacture of PET bottles. He previously served as Operations Manager (2014-2016) and Logistics Manager (2011-2013) of Peruplast S.A., a leading company in the flexible packaging business. Previously he was Operations Manager and member of the Board of Textil San Cristobal (2010-2011) and he held various roles at Procter & Gamble (1995-2010) in Peru and abroad. He is in the current position since July 2017.
Economist graduated from the University of Lima in 1982 and Master in Business Administration from ESAN in 1986. He studied in the Executive Development Program at the Universidad de Piura (1991), and a certification program in Quality Management-AOTS, obtained in Osaka (Japan) in 2003. In 2014, he participated in the International Financial Management Program organized by P.A.D. of the Universidad de Piura and the London School of Economics. He worked in the financial area of Minsur S.A. (1988 – 1999), and as Business Assistant Manager at Interbank (1983 -1988). Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Procapitales and Director of Aproferrol. He has been working in his current position since 2000.
Bachelor of Maritime Science, graduated from the Escuela de Oficiales de la Marina Mercante (School of Merchant Navy Officers) in 1987, with wide experience at managing port, maritime and fishing operations, maintenance management, operations and integrated management systems (Safety, Protection, and Quality). He was Fleet Marine Superintendent at Trabajos Marítimos S.A. for 12 years, an important maritime and port operator in Peru. He has been working in his current position since 2012.
Business Manager with a Master degree in International Business from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC). She has a long career in the fisheries sector of Peru, mainly in areas of marketing, quality, fishmeal and fish oil commercialization, as well as management, implementation, and logistic operator management, within the distribution chain. Likewise, she has experience in import and export of products, such as soy flour and fertilizers, at renowned Peruvian companies. She has been working in her current position since 2009.
Graduated of Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Engineering (Perú), Mr. Castañeda has extensive experience in the fishing sector, being a Specialist in Production and Maintenance Systems, for functions developed in leading companies in the industry. Since 2014 he held the position of Production Manager of the company TASA, where he was previously Deputy Manager of Production, Deputy Superintendent of Central Operations Manager and Plant Superintendent. Previously he developed related functions in the companies Pesquera Polar and Austral Group.
Graduated of Informatics Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has an MBA from Maastricth School of Management, Netherlands; and extensive experience in the areas of operations, logistics, projects, continuous improvement (lean manufacturing), IT and customer service. Since 2018 he has held the position of Innovation and Development Manager at ENFASYS Consultores (Perú), responsible of operations consulting, customer service, supply chain, transportation, quality assurance and customer experience. He was previously Corporate Manager of Standards, Procedures and Quality at LATAM Airlines, Chile; and also Deputy Manager of Passenger Service and others in LAN Peru.
