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Banco Santander Chile welcomes Andrés Trautmann Buc as the Bank's New CEO and Country Head
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NYSE: BSAC; SSE: Bsantander). Andrés Trautmann Buc was officially welcomed as the new CEO and Country Head of Banco Santander Chile (“Santander Chile” or the “Company”), an appointment previously announced last February, in the presence of Héctor Grisi, CEO of Banco Santander. Trautmann thus replaces Román Blanco, who is leaving the Chilean subsidiary after a successful tenure with the bank. At the meeting, which was attended via streaming by a
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