Minister Marcela Hernando Pérez

Médico cirujano, posee cuatro magísteres. Su trayectoria política comenzó en la región de Antofagasta, ciudad donde vive hace más de treinta años junto a su marido y colega de profesión, Marco González, con quien tiene tres hijos. En la capital regional comienza su carrera en salud pública, destacándose por su participación en el Colegio Médico; así como, por ser parte de los movimientos ciudadanos contra la dictadura cívico – militar.

La Dra. Hernando ha destacado en su carrera por abrir camino para otras mujeres de la región, siendo la primera mujer directora regional de Servicio de Salud; la primera seremi de Salud; la primera intendenta regional y la primera alcaldesa electa de la comuna de Antofagasta, entre 2008 – 2012.

Posteriormente, fue elegida diputada representando región de Antofagasta, siendo la primera militante del Partido Radical en ser electa a nivel nacional en cincuenta años. Como diputada ejerció durante dos periodos, 2014 – 2018 y 2018 – 2022.

Durante su gestión parlamentaria presentó más de 420 proyectos de ley en la Cámara Baja; además integró la Comisión de Minería durante cuatro años, siendo su presidenta en 2019.

André Sougarret

André Sougarret Larroquete is a Mining Engineer from the University of Chile, with an outstanding professional career of 35 years, mostly at Codelco. After working for a few years in other companies, he joined Codelco in 1993 as a Long-Term Planning Engineer in the El Teniente Division. In that operation, his professional development included the positions of Project Manager, Mine Manager and Deputy General Manager of Operations, the latter position between 2011 and 2012.

In this position he was requested to lead the rescue of the 33 miners trapped in the San José mine, in the Atacama region. Regarding this milestone, Sougarret said: "Rescuing the miners marked my life and has been the most important and rewarding job that I have had to face in my professional stage. It was a great personal satisfaction because I had to help a lot of people". For this successful management leading professionals of different nationalities and companies, Sougarret received various awards, as "Mining Engineer of the Year" in 2010 (Institute of Mining Engineers of Chile, IIMCH), "Engineer of the Year" in 2010 (Engineering Council of Chile) and "Engineer Award for Distinguished Actions" in 2011 (Institute of Engineers of Chile, IICH).

Sougarret was also a professor of Mining at the University of Antofagasta. In 2012 he moved to Antofagasta Minerals, first as general manager of Minera Esperanza, and later in the same position at Minera Centinela. In 2017 he returned to the El Teniente Division of Codelco as general manager until 2018, when he became vice president of the National Mining Company, Enami.

In 2019 he moved to Mexico, where he served as Chief Operating Officer at Fresnillo PLC. After this experience, he returned to Codelco as Vice President of Northern Operations, a position from which he led important challenges in the Northern District, including facing the Covid-19 pandemic while maintaining production levels and taking care of the workers’ health. Also, he led important improvements in productivity, including the modernization plans of some of the operations. In May 2022, he took over as Deputy CEO, a period in which the cessation of the Ventanas smelter was defined, the desalination plant for the Northern District was approved, and the agreement by the Ministry of Finance for the reinvestment of up to 30 % of Codelco's profits between 2021 and 2024 was announced. In August 2022 he was appointed as CEO unanimously by the members of the Corporation's board of directors.

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.

Ragnar Udd

Ragnar has more than 20 years’ experience in the global resources industry, including in Australia and North America, and brings strong operational and leadership experience.

He joined BHP in 1997 and has held a number of senior leadership positions across operations, logistics, projects, infrastructure and technology. In 2015, Ragnar was appointed BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) Asset President. He served as president of the Queensland Resources Council from 2016 to 2019.

From late 2018, Ragnar was BHP’s Vice President Technology Global Transformation. He was appointed Acting Chief Technology Officer in December 2019, and in that time has realigned the global technology function, reduced costs and refocused priorities to better support BHP’s operational assets. Prior to joining BHP, he held other roles in the base metals industry.

Bold Baatar

Bold became Chief Executive, Copper in February 2021.

Previously, Bold was the Chief Executive of our Energy & Minerals (E&M) product group. Through the development of new products and markets, a responsive market approach and the successful divestment of our coal business, Bold helped drive the optimisation of our portfolio with a focus on a low carbon future and in doing so, helped generate significant shareholder value. He also re-energised the Group’s focus on Africa and drove the development of Rio Tinto Ventures, which focuses on assessing growth opportunities in the minerals and metals of the future.

Bold joined Rio Tinto in May 2013 as president of Copper International Operations. He earlier held executive positions with a diversified investment management business, a gold mining company in his home country of Mongolia and as an investment banker with JP Morgan in New York and London. He was the chairman of the Mongolian Stock Exchange from 2010-12 and chairman of the Mongolian Mining Association from 2012-14.