Carlos Villagrán is the Director of Compliance at CMPC, a 100 years’ old Chilean-based holding company, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of pulp, paper, packaging, personal care and other forest products.

Carlos discusses the challenges he faced in joining CMPC after a significant crisis — CMPC’s prosecution for antitrust cartel violations in Chile and Peru.

With more than 20,000 employees, CMPC has industrial operations in 9 countries (LatAm and the US) as well as commercial offices in the US, Europe, and China, selling and distributing its products to more than 45 countries around the world.

Carlos is a Chilean attorney who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Georgetown University (US). He has previously served as Compliance Officer for the Chilean operations of Liberty Mutual Insurance and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, as well as Legal Extern at the World Bank’s Integrity Compliance Office.