Jose Miguel Berguño holds a degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He joined SQM in 1998 as a Research Engineer. Three years later, he became Supply Chain Manager and, in 2006, Human Resources Manager. From 2010 to 2011, he was the National Director of the Sence Program at the Chilean Ministry of Labor and in 2012 HR Manager at Vitamina Work Life. In 2013, he returned as SQM's Performance and Supply Chain Manager. He was appointed VP of Human Resources and Performance in 2016. In March 2019, he assumed the vice- presidency of Nitrates Operations, a position he held until December 2021, when he was named Senior Vice-President of Corporate Services.