Santiago Benedit

Chief Executive Officer at Tigo Honduras

Santiago Benedit joined Tigo Honduras in March 2017 as its CEO.

His international and multicultural professional background, especially in emerging markets, has allowed him to develop a broad business vision.

He has extensive experience in the telecommunications sector with M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions), restructuring, cost reduction, transformation and development of organizations.

Before joining Tigo, Benedit acquired strong management experience at holding level in Alcatel, Zed Worldwide, Avanzit / Ezentis, and at operational structures such as Amena -now Orange-, Proinserga, Djezzy -Orascom / Vimpelcom Group-, and Wananchi Group, serving as CFO and CEO.

Benedit is a Spanish citizen and he speaks four languages. He has a degree in Economic Science and Business, General Economy Branch, with a specialization in Foreign Trade and Development Economy from Complutense University at Madrid. He was Fulbright Scholar and studied a General Management Program (PDG) at IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra.