XVI International Mining Meeting
Luis Rivera
Chief Operations Officer LATAM for Glencore
Luis Rivera, Chief Operations Officer LATAM for Glencore, with 32 years of experience in the mining industry. A geological engineer who graduated from the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, he has completed leadership programs at Kellogg and Columbia Business School. He was Executive Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Gold Fields Ltd. for South America, in 2013 he was General Manager and Vice President of Operations at Minera Las Bambas, in 2011 he was Chief Executive Officer of Glencore Copper in Peru, in 2008 he became General Manager of Minera Tintaya & Antapaccay in Peru, and between 1997 and 2007, he was Chief Engineer and Senior Geologist at Minera Alumbrera in Argentina. He has been Chairman of AMCHAM Peru, where he serves as Director, and has also been President of the Institute of Mining Engineers of Peru, Director of the National Society of Mining and Petroleum of Peru, and Director of the Mining Council of Chile.