Graduate, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris; studies in Civil Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile. Formerly, with: EIM; Companhia de Estanho Minas Brasil. 1980s, with Mantos Blancos, then Rio Tinto Group, Brazil; 1988-96, Chief Executive Officer, Compañía Minera Mantos Blancos; 1996-2001, Chief Executive Officer, Doña Inés de Collahuasi copper mine; 2001-04, Executive Director, Brazilian Vale do Rio Doce; 2004-10, President, BHP Billliton's Base Metals; since 2010, Chief Executive Officer, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile. Recipient of awards, including Copper Man of the Year, Copper Club Incorporated, New York (2010).