Before joining EMA Partners, Santiago has served for more than 40 years as HR & Operations Senior Manager in pharmaceutical, banking and mining sector, as well as Senior International Consulting Manager (privatization, process improvement and executive search) and Senior Consultant in Executive Search, Coaching and Talent Management Consulting services at local and international consulting companies. Santiago founded HR Latam consulting firm in 2009, leading organizational and talent management projects in top 500 companies, as well as executive search processes, covering operations, sales, logistics, organizational design and human resources. Santiago earned an MBA from EUDE Business School (Spain) and has specialized training in Talent Management, Process Improvement and Strategic Plan design and development. Santiago is also a former post-graduated Professor at Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru