Patrick Meynial

Partner

With more than 30 years of experience, Patrick Meynial acquired solid expertise in the design and implementation of effective business strategies, corporate governance and organization models, and in building successful teams. He has worked in industrial sectors of mining, consumer goods, retail, energy, among others.

With a global culture and experience, he has led organizations and work teams in Europe, the US, Chile and other Latin American countries.

Before founding Montblanc Consulting, he served as COO of the Independent Financial Center of the Americas (IFCA), Director of Booz Allen Hamilton for Chile and Peru, Associate at A.T. Kearney, consultant at Mercer Management, executive at FMC Corporation and French Foreign Trade executive in Chile.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Camanchaca, Loginsa, Nutrabien and Scopix, he actively participates in the Las Rosas Foundation and is a Director of the Endeavor Foundation. He has published several business articles in Chile, Argentina and the United States.

Patrick is an Industrial Civil Engineer from l’Ecole des Mines de Paris and holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago in the United States.

Has knowledge of C, C +, Fortran and basic notions of Python and automation of tasks with RPA.

Cristián Yánquez

Partner

Cristián has 12 years of professional experience; In recent years he has specialized in helping large and medium-sized organizations with productivity issues, generating new reflections on how companies can adopt simple and high-impact practices in this regard.

He has led projects for the design and implementation of business strategy, EBITDA improvement, organizational redesign, optimization of logistics processes, maintenance strategies, supply strategies and execution. He has worked in the mining, retail, life insurance, banking, automotive, consumer goods, agribusiness, energy, telecommunications, technology, transportation and education sectors, among others.

Before joining Montblanc Consulting, he served as Director and General Manager of FTEC, Executive of SAAM, Executive of Agrícola San Clemente and Independent Consultant for Telefónica Chile, AEP S.A, Walmart Financial Services (USA) and Make a Wish Foundation (USA).

Cristián is an Industrial Civil Engineer from the Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM), a Federico Santa María Carrera Award and an Ismael Valdés Valdés Award from the Chilean Institute of Engineers and has an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management Arizona, USA and a Master’s in Management for the Globalization of the University of Chile where he received the full Bicentennial Scholarship of Escondida-BHP. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

He has carried out activities related to teaching, serving as Coordinator of the MITE Innovation Master at the UTFSM and as a professor of Economic Engineering at the UTFSM.

Cristián has basic notions of programming in Python, Matlab and Turbopascal.

Sebastián Rojas

Project Director

Sebastián has more than 10 years of professional experience. He has led projects of strategic planning, organizational design, new business models, operational excellence, maintenance, supply chain, among others. He has worked in mining, industry, logistics, agro-industries, distribution, mass consumption, financial services, e-commerce / tech.

Sebastián is a Commercial Engineer with a mention in Administration from the University of Chile, he has an MBA from IESE Business School of the University of Navarra.

Ignacio Ahumada

Development Manager

Ignacio joined Montblanc Consulting in 2010. He has led projects of organizational design, strategic planning and has helped with the implementation of Lean and S&OP Processes among others.

He studied Industrial Civil Engineering at Adolfo Ibáñez University and has an MBA at Badson University.

Juan Pablo Solari

Project Director

Juan Pablo has more than 5 years of professional experience. He has led projects of strategic planning, organizational design, new business models and operational excellence.

He studied Industrial Civil Engineer with a major in Mining Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has recently finished his MBA at Kellog Business School.

José Juan Bruner

Project Manager

José Juan joined Montblanc Consulting in 2023. Prior to joining, he worked for four years in the Government of Chile as an advisor to the Cabinet of the President of the Republic and the Ministry of Economy, leading projects in Telecommunications, Transportation, and Productive Development, among others. Additionally, he spent five years at Latam Airlines in the areas of Commercial Strategy, Fleet Planning, and Management Control.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Chile and an MBA from Babson College.

Matías Rigoni

Project Leader

Nicolás Di Giovanni

Líder de Proyecto

Prior to joining, he worked as a Process Engineer in the Oil & Gas industry, participating in various projects related to the design, construction, and optimization of chemical plants. Within Montblanc, he has been involved in projects focused on operational excellence, the development and implementation of management systems, and organizational design.

He earned his degree in Chemical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, where he currently serves as a faculty professor in Unit Operations.

Nathaly Ahumada

Líder de Proyecto

Nathaly joined Montblanc in 2021. She has led projects in sales and operations planning. She has also worked on organizational design projects and the optimization of contracts and processes.

She holds a degree in Industrial Civil Engineering with a specialization in Logistics and Freight Transportation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.