WORKARTE - Key Persons


Claudia Cornejo Varas

Job Titles:
  • PARTNER
  • Co - Founder & . Administration and Finance Manager
Co-founder and Administration & Finance Manager. Experience in civil, commercial and labour law. She has worked in legal firms and as an independent professional. Advisor and family business manager. Expert in matters regarding business administration focused on commercial, finance, accounting and labour areas.

Ingrid Fuentes Lizana

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant

Karen Marín Velásquez

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant
Associated Consultant. Over 15 years performing executive and consulting roles in the field of finance, labour and accounting auditing, whithin in the competitive "Big Four" industry. She has as well an extensive background as controller in extractive industries such petroleum and cooper mining and in multinationals related to the educational industry. Experience in aplicability of national and international accounting standars. She has developed diagnosis, IFRS conversions and internal controls to asses finance and accounting company performance in the industries of finance, retail, energy, construction and pharmaceutical, among others. Comercial Engineer PUCV. Trilingual English, French and Spanish. Intermediate German. Recently she finalized an actualization in headquorters reporting USA Gap and an actualization in IFRS 202. She lives in Zug, Switzerland.

Lisa Pacholec Amed

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant
Associated Consultant. Extensive executive career in HR management in telecomunications, pharmaceutical and retail Industry. In deep experience in company restructuring, competencies development, talent management, labour relations and employability. Last years she has been involved in digital transformation iniciatives as well, from the HR perspective. IT engineer Universidad de Chile and diplom in strategic HR management UAI. Recent studies in leadership of digital organizational transformation to business digital. Diploma women inclusion in boards. Bilingüal Español-Inglés. She lives in Santiago de Chile.

Lucía Sánchez Varas - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • PARTNER
CEO/General Manager and founder. Vast experience in human capital and sustainability management as consultant and executive. She has worked multinationals companies in the field of mining, transportation, security, financial services, telecoms and academia for more than 25 years. Executive coach and international consultant in strategy and people management. Extensive trajectory in multicultural environments. As expert in collaborative labour relations, she has led more than fifty successful regulated (by fixed procedures) and non-regulated labour agreements. Anthropologist (UACH) and Master in People and organizations (UAI). Global Executive MBA at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Executive Coach (AoEC Zürich). PHD Candidate at Antwerp University (AMS), doing research in the field of Women in Mining. She lives in Belgium, visiting Chile frequently for business and family reasons. Bilingual Spanish-English. Studies in French and German.

Nelson Arriagada Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant
Associated Consultant. Extensive experience as executive and consultant in the fields of operations, logistics, finance and administration, security and transportation. He has developed an extensive career in national and multinational firms, in productive and services areas. Expert in solutions based on technology and automation. Background in collective bargain and labour relations in companies with large headcounts and high unionization. Partner at Móvil Eléctrico and Fellow Professor at UNAB. Industrial and civil engineer (USACH). Mechanical engineer University of Concepción. MBA UAI. Intermediate English and native Spanish. He lives in Santiago de Chile.

Soledad Gazmuri Vieyra

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant
Associated Consultant. Extensive experience in consulting and HR managerial roles related to training, recruitment & selection and competences development. She has supported numerous organizational change process and business transformations from an OD (organizational development) and labour relations point of view in industries such mining, education, telecomunications, construction, and health. She has performed as general manager of a HR consulting firm for several years as well. Anthropologist and Diplomat in HR strategic management UAI. Studies in organizational trauma management. Intermediate level of English and french . Native Spanish. She lives in Santiago de Chile.

Victoria Palma Riquelme

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATE
  • Associated Consultant ( Junior )
Junior Associated Consultant. Experience performing commercial and administrative supporting roles, at University of Santiago, to students of graduate and post graduate programs as well as executive education. She has worked also as coordinator of campaigns and data mining analyst in foundations related to sustainable businesses (B-system). Passionate in regard sustainability management and circular economy. Commercial Engineer USACH. Erasmus Exchange Wiesbaden Business School Bilingual English- Spanish. FCE Cambridge University certificate. German Studies. She lives in Santiago de Chile.