Laurence Golborne,

Mr. Golborne has longstanding professional experience in the private sector. Currently he develops entrepreneurial activities and he is also member of the board of directors of several companies like Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM, Chilean mining company), Ripley Corporation (Department Stores in Chile), Construmart S.A. (Building supplies stores in Chile), Aventura Shopping Centers (Peru), Tavamay S.A. (Paraguay) and Metalúrgica Arrigoni S.A. (heavy steel structures in Chile).

He also has acted as a board member en other companies like Alsacia (integrated public transportation) and integrated the Advisory Board at the Havas Media Group for Chile, Peru and Bolivia and Grupo Progreso in Central America.

Formerly he was the CEO of Cencosud, a large multiformat retail company, where he led the expansion of this conglomerate from a local retailer into a regional powerhouse operating in five South American countries. Previously, during 10 years, he was CFO of Gener, one of the three most important Chilean electric generation companies.

Among his activities, he acted as director on the board of ICARE, a private nonprofit institution that encourages business excellence in Chile.

With regards to his public service background, Mr. Golborne assumed the Ministry of Mines on March 2010. In January 2011 he took on the additional responsibility of Energy Minister and on July 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Public Works. All of this, under the first Government of President Sebastián Piñera.

As Minister of Mining he oversaw the 2010 Atacama mining accident rescue operations of the 33 miners, and his successful handling of the crisis catapulted him into the international spotlight.

Mr. Golborne graduated from the Instituto Nacional high school in Santiago (public school) and he received his Industrial Civil Engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Afterwards he underwent business studies at Stanford Universities in the United States of America.

Mr. Golborne was born in Santiago, he is divorced and is father of six children.

January 2019

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