Santiago Martinez
About Santiago Martinez
Santiago Martinez is a Financial Manager and Controller at PharmaCielo, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in financial management, having held various roles at Philip Morris International and Auteco S.A.S., and holds multiple degrees in finance and business administration.
Work at PharmaCielo
Santiago Martinez currently serves as the Financial Manager and Controller at PharmaCielo, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he has implemented strategic financial planning initiatives that optimized manufacturing processes. He also developed cost control measures that significantly reduced operational expenses. Additionally, he played a key role in enhancing treasury management systems to improve cash flow efficiency.
Previous Experience at Philip Morris International
Santiago Martinez has extensive experience at Philip Morris International, where he held multiple positions. He worked as a Supervisor Process Improvement from 2015 to 2016 in Medellin, Colombia. He also served as Business Unit Supervisor for Colombia-Ecuador from 2018 to 2019 and as Business Unit Supervisor for Ecuador in 2018. His role as Capacity and Sourcing Executive lasted from 2016 to 2018 in Lausanne, Switzerland, and he was an Operations Planning Analyst from 2011 to 2014 in Medellin.
Education and Expertise
Santiago Martinez holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where he studied from 2005 to 2012. He also earned a Master in Financial Administration from Universidad EAFIT from 2019 to 2021. Additionally, he completed a specialization in Financial Engineering in 2013 and another specialization in Financial Administration from Universidad EAFIT, both contributing to his expertise in finance.
Background in Financial Planning
Before joining PharmaCielo, Santiago Martinez worked as a Financial Planning Analyst at Auteco S.A.S. from 2014 to 2015. His background includes a strong focus on financial analysis and planning, which has been critical in his roles within the pharmaceutical and tobacco industries.