XVI International Mining Meeting
Iván López
Vice President Value Engineering at BHP
Ivan Lopez is the Vice President Value Engineering at BHP, where he leads the enterprise Value Engineering function with accountability for advancing value-chain optimisation, capital efficiency, and performance improvement initiatives across the company’s global portfolio. In this role, he also oversees the implementation and application of Value Chain Digital Twins, enabling integrated assessment of operational performance, investment decisions, and long-term value outcomes. Ivan joined BHP in 2016 to support the establishment of the Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence, where he led the development of the Asset Management and Maintenance Strategy capabilities, helping shape enterprise approaches to support asset performance, reliability and engineering excellence across operations. He subsequently lead the creation of the Value Engineering function, which now leads as Vice President, focused on improving end-to-end value delivery through integrated technical, operational, AI and Digital Twin approaches. Prior to joining BHP, Ivan was Global Director of Asset Management at Hatch, where he led advisory programs spanning asset performance, maintenance transformation, operational readiness, commissioning and ramp up, as well as the validation of greenfield and brownfield projects, supporting system capacity verification to strengthen confidence in major capital investments for mining and industrial clients worldwide. Ivan has extensive experience across operations, maintenance, engineering, and large-scale transformation programs, supporting organisations in improving operational outcomes while strengthening long-term asset performance. Ivan holds degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and has more than 25 years of experience across the global mining, industrial and engineering sectors.