Management Committee
Carlos López-Abadía
CEO
Carlos López-Abadía boasts a long-standing international professional career in the technology, consulting and digital transformation sectors at the global level. Prior to his appointment as Atento’s Chief Executive Officer, he served as DXC Technology’s Vice President and General Manager Consulting, responsible for digital transformation advisory services, including strategic partnerships in the consulting domain. Previously he served as Vice President Global Services for Misys where he led the transformation of the services and software support business and managed a global service delivery network based in major global financial centers and offshore locations. Prior experience also includes, Managing Partner at Accenture and leadership positions at Level 3, McKinsey&Co and AT&T.
Carlos López-Abadía holds an MS in electrical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Washington University, where he was a Charles F. Knight Scholar. He has recently been named to the Hispanic IT Executive Council’s HITEC Top 100, Class of 2017-2018, for his career achievements in the ever-changing global landscape of information technology.
Gustavo Tasner
Chief Operating Officer & South Regional Director
Gustavo Tasner has +25 years career leading business service operations in the North and Latin America regions. Before joining Atento, Mr. Tasner served 14 years at Capgemini, where he drove significant operational transformations, developed digital capabilities and held key positions, such as Head of Business Services Operations for the Americas overseeing 10 delivery centers in the US, Canada, Brazil and Guatemala and servicing 22 countries. Prior to that he was Head of LatAm Operations for Capgemini Business Services and lead Delivery Operations for Capgemini Latin America BPO division among others. Prior to Capgemini, Mr. Tasner spent 17 years in management roles in the financial services and automotive industries mainly, where he was actively involved in the development of high-profile finance and HR projects as well as company start-ups.
Mr. Tasner holds a BA in Economics from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), a Masters in Industrial Business Administration from Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) & EOI (Madrid), and an Advanced Management Program certification from IAE Business School in Argentina.
Cathrine Jooste
Chief Commercial Officer & USNS Regional Director
Prior to joining Atento, Jooste held the positions of Offering General Manager at DXC Technology for both their Consulting and Microsoft Businesses. Prior to these appointments, she also created and managed the Global Sales Organization for the Consulting Organization at DXC allowing the company to grow in strategic areas. Her background is complemented with other Tier-1 integrators such as Cognizant, Avanade and Accenture, giving her the right blend of Consultative, Business Process and Digital Transformation experience.
Jooste holds a degree in Business Administration and Information Systems Management from the University of Central Florida.
José Azevedo
Chief Financial Officer
José Azevedo joins Atento with 15 years of experience managing global financial operations from C-suite and Board positions. He has steered major financial turnarounds and corporate mergers at high-profile organizations while implementing financial and business development strategies that drove value for all stakeholders of these companies. Before joining Atento, Mr. Azevedo served as Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer at Unidas, Brazil’s largest fleet management provider and the country’s second-largest car rental company. From 2016 to 2017, he served as Country Manager Brazil for Softline Group, a leading global IT solutions and services provider focused on emerging markets. Prior to that role, Mr. Azevedo was Chief Executive Officer at Globalweb Data Services in 2015 and Chief Financial Officer at this company from 2014 to 2015. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Estre Ambiental from 2013 to 2014 and held several leadership positions at Latam Airlines from 2008 to 2013.Mr. Azevedo holds an MBA from Hamburg University, a BBA from the Automous University of Lisbon, and has CBA training in finance and management from Harvard University.
Virginia Beltramini
Chief Legal Officer
Virginia has more than thirteen years of experience in management positions in the legal filed, in large companies from different sectors. Prior to joining Atento, she held the position of Director of legal director at Oesia, a multinational consultancy specialized in technology, present in Spain and Latin America, where she was responsible for the legal and corporate governance of the group. Previously, she held management positions at Grupo Lar and Metrovacesa, and worked as a lawyer for 5 years at EY, at its offices in Madrid and New York. She joined Atento in July 2011 and from that date until March 2017 she held the position of Corporate Legal Director. As of March 2017, she was named General Counsel and Secretary of the Board. Virginia has a degree in law and legal practice and holds a master´s degree in legal business from IE Business school and an executive program for women senior management from ESADE business school.
Dimitrius de Oliveira
Brazil Regional Director
Dimitrius de Oliveira has more than 20 years’ experience in the technology and business services sectors leading sales, after-sales and operations functions for multinational companies such as Atento, Avaya, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Genesys and Contax. Most recently he has served as Vice President of Operations for Mutant, former Genesys Prime, a leading provider of digital customer experience solutions in Brazil. Before joining Mutant, de Oliveira served as Atento Global Commercial Director and Brazil Multisector Director from 2015 to 2017. Dimitrius de Oliveira has a degree in engineering, with a specialization in building and leading customer centric organizations, from Harvard Business School, as well as an MBA in Marketing from ESPM School of Advertising and Marketing, a specialization in Leadership from the São Paulo Business School and an electrical engineering degree from Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes in Brazil.
José María Pérez Melber
EMEA Regional Director
José María is a renowned professional with over twelve years’ general management experience in the services industry and the CRM/BPO sector in particular. He joined Atento in 2014 as Director of EMEA to lead all company activities in the region. Prior to joining Atento, Jose María Pérez worked as General Director of Operations and was a member of the Management Committee of Orange Spain, leading customer service, customer loyalty and retention, as well as billing and credit management at the company. José María was previously General Manager for Southern Europe, Latin America and North Africa for Transcom, a BPO/CRM sector company at which he worked for most of his career. Before joining Transcom, José María led marketing and customer relationships departments in the insurance sector for Mapfre and Hannover International. José María holds a degree in Business Administration from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.