Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
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Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
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 directors of the Brazilian Coca-Cola Institute between 2021-2022. 

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María Francisca Yáñez Castillo 
Appointment: Member of the Board of Directors of the Company since April 2024.
Experience: She holds a civil industrial engineering degree and PhD in Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has completed management programs at Kellogg Executive Education, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad de Chile and the Institute of Directors in London. She is a mentor and strategic advisor to various boards, where she connects digital transformation and artificial intelligence with business strategy. She was National Technology Officer at Microsoft for Chile and Argentina, leading the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative for the region and the national cybersecurity roadmap. Also, at the request of the Parliament, she led the public-private-academia work of the first Artificial Intelligence regulation in Chile, from the perspective of talent development and education. She has represented Chile in international forums such as OECD, UN, APEC and WHO; she was named Young Leader in 2014 and Woman Leader of Chile in 2023 by El Mercurio. She was director of the Chilean National Traffic Safety Commission, where she played a key role in the implementation of policies that save lives, such as the Zero Tolerance Law for alcohol consumption while driving.
Other positions: Director of Orion and Novofarma; member of ICARE’s Innovation Circle and Women Corporate Directors.
Carmen Román Arancibia
Appointment: She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2021. 
Experience: She holds a law degree from the Universidad Gabriela Mistral. She has developed a solid experience in the retail industry, working for 11 years at Walmart, where she served as Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager of Walmart Chile, 7 years at Cencosud and 4 years at Santa Isabel. She has knowledge and experience in risk management, due to her role as Director of Compliance and Ethics at Walmart. In the area of diversity and inclusion, she has knowledge and experience as a mentor and trainer of women’s leadership programs.
Other positions: She is a member of the Legal Sustainability Council of the Universidad Católica, advisor at Comunidad Mujer and Director at Fundación Generación Empresarial. Considering her knowledge and experience in the area of Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Shared Value, she was appointed Co-Chair of the Sustainability and Corporate Governance Committee of SOFOFA.
Executive Officers
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