Healthcare Magazine December 2014 | Page 73

Empresas SB healthcare global
All experience employees trained new personnel to ensure best practices .

Key People

“ We believe that at the end of the day , the shopping experience is what differentiate us ,” said the CEO .
Conscious Innovation
Empresas SB is now closer to the Chilean consumer with new healthcare stores called Espacio Salcobrand . Espacio Salcobrand provides all beauty , health and personal care items in one place .
Additionally , Salcobrand retains some branches in the neighborhood pharmacy format .
In other locations the infrastructure has been adapted to provide inclusive care , specially tailored to individuals with disabilities by labeling drugs in Braille and creating wider aisles .
In collaboration with municipal authorities , Empresas SB is breaking barriers by introducing mobile pharmacies in isolated areas .
These medical efforts are made possible thanks to partnerships with foundations that provide free medical attention for people living in remote and vulnerable areas . The company also has a Beauty Institute , which offers free courses in hair color , makeup and manicure for lower income females ,
Ing . Matías Verdugo CEO of Empresas SB
Verdugo graduated in 2002 as an Industrial Engineer from Universidad Católica de Chile ; He has taken courses in Lean Enterprise at MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) and Administrative Innovation Strategies at Babson College , also in Massachusetts , United States . His work experience includes working in the Chilean airline LAN as an analyst , in management control processes and supervisor of land processes . He started working in Empresas SB in August 2007 as supervisor of management control . In 2009 , Verdugo was promoted to the management area of administration and finance ; and in August 2013 he was appointed CEO of Empresas SB .
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