Ruben Alvarado

Ruben Alvarado Vigar became the Chief Executive Officer of Code/co in September 2023. He is a Chemical Civil Engineer who graduated from University of Chile and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Chile and Tulane University from New Orleans, United States. Ruben Alvarado has 20 years of experience linked to El Teniente Division of Code/co, where he became its general manager. A year after graduating from the University of Chile, he joined Code/co as a Smelter Engineer, where he worked for nine years, between 1984 and 1993, participating in technological developments such as the Teniente Converter and the Slag Cleaning Furnace, among others. From 1994 to 2000 he was smelter manager at Caletones Smelter. In 2000 he was appointed general manager of El Teniente Division, where he served until 2004. During this period, Teniente Development Plan was built and launched, a set of mining, technological and management projects, which reversed the expected drop in productivity. Due to the exhaustion of some sectors, they expanded production capacity and maximized divisional surpluses. After his first stage in Code/co, he became CEO of the Empresa Portuaria de San Antonio between 2004 and 2005. E+M VP of LAN Airlines between 2007 and 2012. CEO of Alsacia & Express between 2012 and 2013. He was CEO of Metro of Santiago between 2014 and 2022. He has also been a member of the board at Acci6n Empresas and America Solidaria NGO.

Katie Jackson

Katie was appointed Chief Executive, Copper in September 2024.

Before this, Katie was President of National Grid Ventures responsible for financing, developing and operating large-scale energy infrastructure assets including electricity interconnectors, LNG solutions, renewables, and competitive transmission.

With a career spanning three continents at Shell, UBS, Anadarko, Equinor and BG Group, Katie brings strong operational, commercial and strategy experience with a passion for solving technical, operational and financial challenges to make complex global projects work. Katie is a Non-Executive Director at specialist engineering group IMI since July 2018, and Chair of POWERful Women, the UK’s cross-industry initiative working for a gender-balanced, diverse and inclusive energy sector. 

Kathleen L. Quirk

Kathleen L. Quirk is President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (Freeport). 

Ms. Quirk joined Freeport in 1989 and had responsibility for a broad range of corporate functions, including Tax, Investor Relations, Corporate Development and Treasury before being named Chief Financial Officer in 2003. During that period, she was named Best CFO in Metals and Mining by Extel (formerly known as Institutional Investor Research) on numerous occasions. She was named President of Freeport in 2021 and became a member of the Board of Directors in 2023. As a senior member of the company’s executive team for more than 20 years, she has been instrumental in Freeport’s strategic planning and execution of company goals. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vulcan Materials Company. Ms. Quirk is a graduate of Louisiana State University.

Shaun Usmar

Shaun Usmar is an international mining executive with 30 years of experience working around the globe in some of the world's largest and fastest growing mining companies. Currently, he serves as the CEO of Vale Base Metals. Formerly, Mr. Usmar founded Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. and served as the CEO and a Director until September 2024 and prior roles included Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation, from 2014 to 2016. He joined Xstrata in 2002 as an early senior executive that helped grow the company into one of the world's largest diversified miners at the time of its acquisition by Glencore in 2013. His roles at Xstrata included General Manager of Business Development in London, Chief Financial Officer of Xstrata's global Ferro-Alloys business in South Africa, and Chief Financial Officer of Xstrata's global Nickel business in Canada. Prior to joining Xstrata, Mr. Usmar worked at BHP Billiton in Corporate Finance in London, and started his career in mining in operations in the steel and aluminum industries as a production engineer. Mr. Usmar serves as Chair of Make- A-Wish Canada and as an independent director of Alamos Gold and has served on several other boards in the past, including Peabody Energy and the World Gold Council, where he chaired the Audit Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Science Engineering in Metallurgy and Materials from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, both with distinction.

Artem Volynets

Mr. Volynets is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of ACG Metals Ltd.  He has 27+ years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and senior corporate management roles.  He has led private and public transactions worth more than $30 billion and managed leading businesses in the metals and mining industry.  

Mr. Volynets listed ACG Acquisition Company as a SPAC on LSE in 2022 with a strategy to consolidated the critical metals industry.   The company completed the first $300m transaction in Türkiye in 2024, acquiring producing Copper / Gold Gediktepe mine and was renamed ACG Metals Ltd.   ACG’s near term goal is to build 200-300 ktpa copper producer via a series of roll-up transactions.  

Mr Volynets has previously designed and implemented a similar roll-up strategy in aluminium, having led several high-profile transactions that created UC Rusal, which he listed in Hong Kong in 2010 at a pre-money valuation of over $20 billion.  

Mr. Volynets’ former roles include the CEO of Chaarat Gold, CEO of En+ Group, head of strategy and Board director of UC Rusal.  He also served as an independent non-executive director at Norilsk Nickel and as Chairman of International Aluminium Institute and started his carrier as a strategy consultant with Monitor Group in Boston and London.  

He obtained an MBA from Georgetown University in 1997 (in a joint program with INSEAD in France) and a BA in Economics from The American University in Washington DC in 1994 and previously studied geology and philosophy at Moscow State University.    

Dr. Toralf Haag

Dr. Toralf Haag, born in 1966, has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aurubis AG since September 1, 2024. He began his career in 1994 at Thyssen Handelsunion AG in Düsseldorf. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Director of Finance, M&A, and Corporate Development at The Budd Company in Detroit, USA, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp. In 2000, he was appointed CEO of the Stamping & Frame Division at The Budd Company. Between 2002 and 2005, Dr. Haag was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, now known as Aurubis AG, in Hamburg. He then became CFO of the Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical company Lonza Group AG in 2005. In October 2016, he joined the Corporate Board of Management at Voith Group, initially as CFO, and was appointed Chairman in October 2018. Dr. Haag holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Augsburg and a doctorate from the University of Kiel.

Ivan Arriagada

Iván Arriagada joined Antofagasta Minerals S.A., a Chilean-controlled company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index in February 2015. In April 2016, he was appointed CEO of Antofagasta plc, the holding company of Antofagasta Mining Group. Mr Arriagadais a Commercial Engineer, graduate of the Adolfo Ibañez Business School at Universidad Federico Santa María and holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining Antofagasta Minerals, he held the position of ChiefFinancial Officer at Codelco. Before this, he was President of Pampa Norte at Base Metals BHP Billiton, Vice President of Operations at Base Metals BHP Billiton and Chief Financial Officer for Copper at BHP Billiton. Mr Arriagada previously worked in the oil and gas industry at Royal Dutch Shell International, holding various posts in finance and business development, primarily in England, USA and Argentina.


Iván Arriagada ingresa al Grupo Minero Antofagasta Mineral S.A, empresa chilena inscrita en el London Stock Exchange y constituyente del Indice FTSE 100 en febrero de 2015. En abril de 2016, es designado Presidente Ejecutivo de Antofagasta PLC, empresa controladora del Grupo. Iván es Ingeniero Comercial, graduado de la Escuela de Negocios Adolfo Ibáñez de la Universidad Federico Santa María. Posee un Masters en Ciencias del London School of Economics. Antes de unirse a Antofagasta Minerals, ocupó el cargo de Vice Presidente de Finanzas de Codelco, Presidente de Pampa Norte de BHP Billiton Metales, Vice Presidente de Operaciones de Metales Base de BHP Billiton y Vice Presidente de Cobre de BHP Billiton. Previamente trabajó en la industria del petróleo y gas en el Royal Dutch Shell International, ocupando diversos puestos en finanzas y desarrollo de negocios , principalmente en Inglaterra , EE.UU. y Argentina.