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Dang Qi, Director. Ms. Qi, earned a degree in Spanish Literature and Spanish-speaking Cultures from the Beijing Foreign Studies University, and has 17 years of experience at Xinhua News Agency as a director and correspondent in four Latin American countries and a chief reporter in China. Between May 2017 and March 2019, she was director of the Xinhua News Agency office in Chile. She held that same position in Costa Rica and Panama, in addition to being a Xinhua correspondent in Mexico. In China, she served as a writer, editor and reporter for Xinhua.

Antonio Gil N., Director. Mr. Gil holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain) and is a graduate of Harvard Business School (where he obtained his MBA) and Stanford University (where he completed the Stanford Executive Program). He has more than 25 years of experience in strategic leadership, management, financial and investment roles at global, European and Latin American companies. He is currently board member at Latam Airlines Group and a strategic and financial advisor to several national and international companies. 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 businesses at JPMorgan. He started his career as strategic consultant for BCG in Spain.

Carlos Diaz O., Executive Vice President of Lithium. Mr. Diaz earned an engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. In 1996, he joined SQM and worked in the planning, finance and logistics areas of the Company until 2012. From 2012 through 2019, he was Vice President of Operations, Nitrates and Iodine. In 2019 he became Vice President of Operations, Potassium and Lithium and assumed his current role in December 2021.

Hernan Buchi B., Director. Mr. Buchi earned a degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad de Chile. He served on the SQM Board of Directors for several years until April 2016, before rejoining in 2017. He is currently a Board member of Quinenco S.A., among others. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Universidad del Desarrollo.

Ricardo Ramos R., Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ramos earned an industrial engineering degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. In 1989, he joined SQM as Finance Advisor and served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Services from 1994 until 2018, before assuming his current role in January 2019.

Gerardo Illanes G., Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Illanes earned an engineering degree from the Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University's Goizueta Business School. In 2006, he joined SQM and has served in several positions within the finance area at our headquarters in Santiago, Chile and in subsidiaries around the world. Mr. Illanes is also a member of the Board of Soquimich Comercial. In May 2016, he became Vice President of Finance, and assumed his current role in October 2018.

Gonzalo Aguirre T., General Counsel. Mr. Aguirre earned a degree in law from the Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He joined SQM in April 2016 and has served as Legal Vice President since September 2016. Prior to joining SQM, he worked at SunEdison as Head of Legal for Latin America and at AES Gener, where he served as a counsel on corporate and project matters. Prior to his in-house experience, he worked for Carey y Cia Ltda, Paul Hastings LLP (as an international legal consultant) and Vial and Palma, where his practice focused on corporate and financial matters. He is admitted to practice in Chile and in Washington, D.C., as a special legal consultant.

Pablo Altimiras C., Executive Vice President of Nitrates and Iodine Businesses. Mr. Altimiras earned an engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration from the Universidad Catolica de Chile. In 2007, he joined SQM as Chief of Logistics Projects. In 2009, he was promoted to Regulatory Affairs Director. He was Business Development Vice Manager from 2010 to 2011 and Development and Planning Manager in 2012. In 2016, he became Vice President of Business Development and Planning. In October 2018, he became Vice President of Lithium and Iodine Businesses and assumed his current role in the Company in December 2021.

Gonzalo Guerrero Y., Chairman of the Board and Director. Mr. Guerrero earned a law degree from the Universidad de Chile and a Masters of Business Law from the Universidad Adolfo Ibanez. He was General Counsel and substitute Board member of Integramedica S.A. for more than seven years and was a Director of Inversiones Oro Blanco S.A., Asfaltos Chilenos S.A., VNT S.A. (Vantrust Capital Asset Management) and SMA Clinica Internacional S.A. (Peru), among others. Currently, he is an Executive Board member of Guerrero and Associates, Chairman of the Board of Sanasalud S.A., director of SQM Salar S.A. and Chairman of the Fundacion para el Desarrollo Social y Patrimonial de Maria Elena and Dictor of ICARE.

Jose Miguel Berguno C., Vice President of Corporate Services. Mr. Berguno earned an engineering degree and Master of Business Administration from the Universidad Catolica de Chile. In 1998, he joined SQM as Planning Engineer. In 2001, he served as Supply Chain Manager, and in 2006 he was Human Resources Manager. From 2010 to 2011, he was the National Director of Science under the Minister of Labor. In 2012, he was Human Resources Manager for Vitamina Work Life. In 2013, he resumed his role as Supply Chain Manager at SQM, and in 2016 took on the position of Vice President of Human Resources and Performance. In 2019, he became Vice President of Operations of Nitrates and Iodine and assumed his current role in December 2021.

Patricio Contesse F., Vice Chairman of the Board and Director. Mr. Contesse is a lawyer with a degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Previously, he was a Board member of SQM from 2013 until 2015. Since 2011, he has held senior executive positions in Pampa Group through 2021, where he is currently Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Pampa Group entities.

Vice President of Operations, Potassium and Lithium. Mr. Diaz earned an engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. In 1996, he joined SQM as Planning Engineer in the Sales Division. He was promoted to Planning Manager in 1998. In 2002, he assumed the position of Deputy Financial Manager of the Commercial Offices. In 2006, he became our Logistics Manager, and in 2019 he became Vice President of Operations, Potassium and Lithium.