Effective Monday, July 8, 2024, Benchmark Genetics Chile is pleased to announce that Juan Pablo Ramírez Torrealba will assume the role of General Manager, succeeding Berta Contreras Mutis, who will be pursuing new professional opportunities. Juan Pablo Ramírez holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and brings over thirteen years of experience in the aquaculture sector. He has held various management and leadership roles throughout the production chain, from freshwater operations to commercial activities.
Ramírez’s distinguished career in the Chilean salmon industry includes his roles as Production and Operations Manager at Agua Mar and Farming Manager at Cultivos Yadrán (2020-2024). He also served as Manager of Naviera Río Dulce (2019-2020), Regional Manager of Camanchaca Cultivos Sur in Chiloé (2017-2018), and Deputy Manager of Planning and later North American Sales at Camanchaca Salmon in Tomé, Bíobío region (2013-2015). His career began in 2011 as a commercial assistant at Salmones Friosur, where he later became Head of the Processing Plant in Puerto Chacabuco, Aysén region, until the end of 2013.
On joining Benchmark Genetics Chile, Ramírez expressed his enthusiasm for this new professional challenge. He stated, “ I am very excited to join an international leader like Benchmark, renowned for producing Atlantic salmon eggs globally. I believe Chile still has significant potential to share the .