Guillermo Turner to take over Chile's Salmon Council in December, succeeding Loreto Seguel after four years

The Chilean Salmon Council (Salmon Council) has announced that Guillermo Turner will take over as head of the organization starting in December, succeeding Executive President Loreto Seguel. Seguel announced in August that she would step down after four years at the helm of the organization.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Turner is a journalist and also works as a business consultant in strategy, communications, sustainability and community relations. Between 2016 and 2025, he was in charge of corporate affairs and sustainability management at Empresas CMPC. The company is one of the world's leading forestry, pulp and paper companies, with operations in Latin America and the United States.

Turner has more than 25 years of experience in various media organizations, having served as head of La Tercera, Diario Financiero, Capital magazine and Pulso, which he founded in 2011. He has also served as president of Chile's National Press Association (ANP) and the Chilean Federation of Social Communication Media.

The Chilean Salmon Council said that in this role, Turner will face challenges including continuing to develop strategies to strengthen an industry agenda focused on competitiveness, sustainability and regulatory modernization, with emphasis on promoting investment, employment and the conditions for salmon farming expansion.

The council's board thanked Seguel for her dedication and leadership during the council's strategic positioning and institutional consolidation phase, and acknowledged that under her tenure the council strengthened dialogue with government departments, legislators and representatives of different political and productive sectors.

Among the initiatives promoted by the council during Seguel's leadership, the board specifically mentioned the AgroSalmon alliance. Through this alliance, the Chilean Salmon Council aims to strengthen the relationship between the country's agriculture and salmon farming operations by sourcing local agricultural products for use in salmon feed.

Turner is taking over an organization that represents six salmon farming companies — AquaChile, Australis, Cermaq, Mowi, Ventisqueros and Salmones Aysén — which together account for more than half of Chile's farmed salmon production.