CLAUDIA SENDER RAMIREZ

Claudia Sender Ramirez became a member of Holcim’s Board of Directors of Holcim in 2019 and served on the Health, Safety & Sustainability Committee until 2025. That year she became Chairwoman of the Nomination, Compensation & Governance Committee. She is considered independent according to the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance. 
 

Background

A Brazilian national born in 1974, Claudia holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, United States.

Claudia started her career as a consultant for Bain & Company, Boston, U.S., working on projects ranging from telecommunications to airlines. She then worked as Marketing Vice President for Whirlpool Latin America for seven years. In 2011, she joined TAM Airlines as Commercial and Marketing Vice President, assuming responsibility for the Brazil Domestic Business Unit after LAN and TAM merged. She went on to become CEO of LATAM Airlines Brazil in 2013, then Senior Vice President for Clients at LATAM Airlines Group until 2019.
 

Other activities and functions

• Member of the Board of Directors of Telefonica S.A., Delegate Commission, Telefonica Hispam and Telefonica Tech Advisory Committees, Madrid, Spain
• Member of the Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the Compensation and Succession Committee and member of the Governance Committee of Gerdau S.A., São Paulo, Brazil
• Member of the Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the People and ESG Committee and Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Embraer S.A., 
São Paulo, Brazil