Marcelo Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Chile

Chile

Chile

Leader and responsible of Finance and Administration role for all Verano Group in Chile, Colombia and Peru offices.• Responsible for Verano Group financial performance. Accounting, AR, Treasury, IT, Legal, Tax, Planning, and Internal Audit.• In charge of budgeting of all Verano Group Business Units.• In charge of finance M&A from a finance perspective (Due diligence – closing transaction deal)• In charge of finance models for 3 different project portfolio (PMGD, Utilities and H2G), inputs andupdates, coordinate with 3rd party modelers and delivery and presentation before banks.• In charge to manage relation with banks and financial institution (credit lines and warranty andperformance bonds)• Responsible for consolidated Cash Flow.• Operating Income Forecast accuracy (Revenue, COGS, Gross Profit, Perex and Opex).• Business Performance Reports for HQ, under a yearly, monthly, and weekly basis.• Tax responsible International and domestic planning and compliance. CIT, VAT refunds (27bis &VAT exemptions), Stamp Tax, Transfer Price regulations, Thin Capitalization and DTA’s.• Leader of Yearly Audit under IFRS.• Monthly reporting to Board of Directors in Chile.• Leader of ERP implementation for Chile operation in 3 entities (Oracle Netsuite)

Leader and responsible of Finance role for all Solek Group in Chile• Responsible for Solek Chile Group performance. Accounting, AR, Treasury, IT, Legal, Tax, Planningand Internal Audit.• Responsible for Financial negotiation of project sales, leader of finance & tax due diligence, and closing figures negotiation.Leader of Chile Project Finance Division ( USD$ 85MM with Natixis Bank)• Responsible for consolidated Cash Flow.• Operating Income Forecast accuracy (Revenue, COGS, Gross Profit, Perex and Opex).• Business Performance Reports for HQ, under a yearly, monthly, and weekly basis.• Construction budget reports per project (45 projects simultaneously)• Tax responsible International and domestic planning and compliance. CIT, VAT refunds (27bis &VAT exemptions), Stamp Tax, Transfer Price regulations, Thin Capitalization and DTA’s.• Leader of Yearly Audit under IFRS.• Weekly reporting to Board of Directors in Europe (Prague - CZ)

Santiago Province, Chile

• In charge of accounting, tax and finance (AP & AR) department performance of Huawei Chile.• Cash Conversion Cycle management and control and KPI control (DIO-DSO-DPO)• Strong orientation to tax performance and compliance, tax asset management, Double Taxation Agreements, International taxation, Transfer Price and Intercompany transactions. • In charge of finance yearly Budget and monthly Rolling forecast.• In charge of financial audit under IFRS.• Monthly, quarterly and semiannual accounting closing.• Compliance and performance control over Carrier, Enterprise, Mobile and Cloud Business BU’s.

Santiago Province, Chile

Reporting to General Manager and Directory. Direct reports:4; indirect reports: 15Responsibilities:" In charge of corporate finance team, including Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Planning and HR." Responsible for finance performance and coordinate all the finance and administrative needs of eleven business units of S&G holding, such as, one Finance Consultant Agency, one Construction Company, six real estate companies, one Building Administration Company and two property brokers." Responsible for finance and administrative compliance for each construction project. Along each stage of the project: Short and Long term debt structure evaluation, Land purchase funding, Construction project evaluation, Bank construction credit line negotiation and management." In charge to maintain good relation with internal and external clients." Direction, planning, and control of short and long term finance strategy of the complete economic group." Responsible for the complete Budget of the holding." In charge of Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and Cash Flow statements for tax and finance purposes." In charge to fully provide of tax planning for the holding." In charge to control and improve the three basics processes of the holding: Purchase to Pay, Order to Cash and Balance Sheet. Key accomplishments:" USD$ 100.000 in Corporate tax reduction, through a Shared Service Center" Monthly accounting closing within the 10 following days." USD$ 2 MM short term debt negotiation with 5% reduction of interest expense

Santiago Province, Chile

FINANCE MANAGER (OUTSOURCING). Reporting to Office Manager.Direct reports: 1; Indirect reports: 2 Responsibilities:" In charge of Accounting, Tax, AR, AP, Planning and IT departments" Responsible for Finance performance, including, Reporting, Planning, AR, Treasury and Accounting & Tax department." To Provide of all local finance support, such as, banking credit lines negotiation, stand by Letter management, Foreign Currency hedging strategies, working capital sourcing and optimizing financial processes." Budget compliance and support commercial department to secure profitability of core business. " KPI reporting control and secure of full cash conversion cycle, EBITDA, GP and OH expenses." P&L control and variance analysis, in order to comply with yearly budget and Rolling Forecast." Yearly Budget Business Plan; Quarterly and Monthly Rolling Forecast of P&L, Balance Sheet and sales allocation." Supervise Annual and quarterly audits under Chilean and US GAAP, IFRS and SOX." SOX and SOD control." In charge of procurement and contract management.

Santiago, Chile

09/09 to 03/11 FINANCE DIRECTOR. • In charge of Accounting, Tax, AR, AP, Planning and IT.• Administration Group performance. Accounting, AR, Treasury, IT, Legal, Tax, Planning, General Procurment and Internal Audit.• Monthly Moving Plan, Rolling Forecast development and budget operation control.• Operating Income Forecast accuracy (revenue, sales deduction, gross profit and O/H rate), O/H reduction, DIO, Long Term Inventory, DSO and Overdue AR control.• Target margin secure, Tax management, Accounting risk mitigation, cash flow management and Accounting accuracy as main KPI’s. • Financial health, cash flow management and profitability performance of the Company as a main.• Business Performance Reports for HQ.• Marketing budget control.Key Accomplishments:• First Finance Director in Latin America region• N°1 subsidiary in forecast accuracy of Latam and regional leader in forecast management.12/08 to 09/09 PLANNING & IT MANAGER. • Yearly Business Plan,budget operation, Monthly Rolling Forecast, FS estimation, allocated by each B.U and performance reports.• To provide with all information tools for performance measurement and to automate all internal process, waste reduction execution plan, software and hardware maintenance.Key Accomplishments:• Successful migration ERP system to Oracle.• Nº 1 subsidiary in forecast accuracy of Latin America region. 02/08 - 12/08 REGIONAL TAX MANAGER - Seoul, South Korea HQ & Mexico City. Key accomplishment:" Successfully set up first Regional Tax Center for Latin America tax in order to control tax performance of 10 subsidiaries from Central and South America region and developing a global tax policy.09/05 to 01/08 ACCOUNTING & TAX MANAGER. Key accomplishments:" USD$ 1MM saving in stamp tax related to imports." VAT System

Santiago, Chile

Tax & Accounting Supervisor• Monthly closing.• Monthly reporting consolidation package and financial statement conversion for reporting purposes.• Tax compliance and tax planning.• In charge of Deferred Tax determination for US GAAP and Chile GAAP purposes.

Santiago, Chile

• To provide advisory in Tax reorganization, mergers & acquisitions and tax planning matter.• Tax audit and Due Diligence.

Tax & Legal Services, Senior Specialist • Chilean Tax regulations compliance advisory in areas such as Income Tax, Value-added Tax, Additional Tax and Stamp Tax, of national and international companies.• Tax audits – Due diligence.• Corporate and individual taxes.• Analysis of financial statements for tax purposes.• Tax templates reporting (Spanish & English).

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, Ingeniero Comercial

High School

Education record

- Ethics management – LGE American Accounting Center- New Jersey/US. - VAT System – LGE Mexico Tax Center. - IFRS course –IFRS.

Education record

• Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency 87 % • TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) - Computer-based Total: 237 pts.