NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/
-- Atento S.A. (NYSE: ATTO, "Atento" or the "Company"),
one of the world's five largest providers of customer relationship
and business process outsourcing (CRM / BPO) services and sector
leader in Latin America, announced
today that Hernan van Waveren has
been appointed Investor Relations Director of the Company,
effective immediately.
In his role, Mr. van Waveren will lead Atento's engagement with
institutional and individual investors as well as equity and fixed
income research analysts, among other members of the global
investment community. He brings to Atento extensive experience on
both the Buyside and Sellside of the US and Latin American capital
markets, having held senior positions in asset management and
investment banking.
Mr. van Waveren joined Atento from US-based Believing Capital,
where he was Chief Executive Officer of the firm, a purpose-driven,
ESG-focused Multi-family Office serving clients in the US,
Latin America and Europe. Previously he was CEO of SAH Group
Investments, a US-based Single-family Office where he led liquid
and direct investments across asset classes and consistently
outperformed market benchmarks. Mr. van Waveren began his career in
the global capital markets at JPMorgan, where he was initially a
member of investment banking teams providing M&A, IPO and
Structured Finance advisory, among other areas. Mr. van Waveren
subsequently moved to the bank's asset management area, where he
was a position trader managing approximately $1.5 billion in client assets.
Mr. van Waveren received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Economics (Finance Major) from St. Andrew's University and a
certificate in Compassion Cultivation Training from Stanford University. He previously held FINRA
Series 7 and 63 licenses and is multi-lingual (English and
Spanish).
About Atento
Atento is the largest provider of
customer relationship management and business process outsourcing
("CRM BPO") services in Latin
America, and among the top five providers globally. Atento
is also a leading provider of nearshoring CRM BPO services to
companies that carry out their activities in the United States. Since 1999, the company has
developed its business model in 14 countries where it employs
approximately 139,800 people. Atento has over 400 clients to whom
it offers a wide range of CRM BPO services through multiple
channels. Atento's clients are mostly leading multinational
corporations in sectors such as telecommunications, banking and
financial services, health, retail and public administrations,
among others. Atento's shares trade under the symbol ATTO on the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 2019, Atento was named one of
the World's 25 Best Multinational Workplaces and one of the Best
Multinationals to Work for in Latin
America by Great Place to Work®. Also, in 2021 Everest named
Atento as a star performer Gartner named the company as a leader in
the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant. For more information
visit www.atento.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can
be identified by the use of words such as "may," "should,"
"expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"predicts," "intends," "continue" or similar terminology. In
particular, these forward-looking statements include those about
the refinancing of Atento's existing super senior revolving
credit facility with its new super senior credit facility. These
statements reflect only Atento's current expectations and are not
guarantees of future performance, results or outcomes. These
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, competition in Atento's highly competitive
industries; increases in the cost of voice and data services or
significant interruptions in these services; Atento's ability to
keep pace with its clients' needs for rapid technological change
and systems availability; the continued deployment and adoption of
emerging technologies; the loss, financial difficulties or
bankruptcy of any key clients; the effects of global economic
trends on the businesses of Atento's clients; the non-exclusive
nature of Atento's client contracts and the absence of revenue
commitments; security and privacy breaches of the systems Atento
uses to protect personal data; the cost of pending and future
litigation; the cost of defending Atento against intellectual
property infringement claims; extensive regulation affecting many
of Atento's businesses; Atento's ability to protect its proprietary
information or technology; service interruptions to Atento's data
and operation centers; Atento's ability to retain key personnel and
attract a sufficient number of qualified employees; increases in
labor costs and turnover rates; the political, economic and other
conditions in the countries where Atento operates; changes in
foreign exchange rates; Atento's ability to complete future
acquisitions and integrate or achieve the objectives of its recent
and future acquisitions; future impairments of our substantial
goodwill, intangible assets, or other long-lived assets; Atento's
ability to recover consumer receivables on behalf of its clients;
and the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Atento is also subject to other
risk factors described in documents filed by Atento with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date on which the statements were
made. Atento undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
Media inquiries
press@atento.com
Investor and analyst inquiries
Hernan van Waveren
+1 979-633-9539
hernan.vanwaveren@atento.com
InspIR Group
Ivan Peill
+1 646-452-2335
ivan@inspirgroup.com
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