Javiera Perales is a Civil Engineer in Geography from the University of Santiago de Chile and holds an MSc in Transport from Imperial College, London and an MBA from the University of Adolfo Ibañez, Chile. With more than 26 years of experience, until her arrival at Puerto Valparaíso, Javiera had developed her entire professional career in the private world for public infrastructure development companies, under the public-private participation model. At Puerto Valparaíso, since 2019, she has been responsible for the development of the business model for the expansion of the port terminals, with a strong focus on awareness processes with the community, seeking the agreements required for the execution of a project that harmonizes port interests and the other vocations of the heritage city of Valparaíso.