Francisco Ruiz-Tagle currently serves as CEO of CMPC. For over 30 years he has held leadership positions across the pulp, forestry, packaging and tissue businesses of the company and in multiple countries in South America. 

Under Francisco’s leadership, CMPC has established a robust climate action strategy, with a comprehensive set of science-based CO2 emission reduction goals and more recently a net-zero target by 2040. He has also overseen CMPC’s pioneer role in the green financing space, a journey that has awarded the company several international recognitions. 

In late 2022, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), serving as the only council member from Latin America. He also sits on the board of the Corporate Leaders Group for Climate Change (CLG-Chile), on the board of the Chilean Institute of Rational Business Administration (ICARE) and serves as council member of the Federation of Chilean Industry (SOFOFA). 

Francisco earned an economics degree at the University of Chile and holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is married, has five children, and enjoys hiking in his free time.