Board of Directors

The Board consists of the Executive Chairman, Eduardo Hochschild, Deputy Chairman, Roberto Dañino, CEO, Ignacio Bustamante, and five Non-Executive Directors, Sir Malcolm Field, Jorge Born Jr., Nigel Moore, Dionisio Romero and Fred Vinton. Sir Malcolm Field is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.

Eduardo Hochschild

Executive Chairman

Eduardo Hochschild joined Hochschild Mining in 1987 as Safety Assistant at the Arcata unit, becoming Head of the Hochschild Mining Group in 1998 and Chairman in 2006. Eduardo has numerous directorships, amongst them, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A., COMEX Peru, Banco de Crédito del Perú and a number of positions with non-profit entities such as the Sociedad Nacional de Minería y Petróleo and the Conferencia Episcopal Peruana.

Roberto Dañino

Deputy Chairman and Executive Director

Roberto Dañino joined Hochschild Mining in 1995, where he remained until 2001 when he left to serve in the Peruvian Government as Prime Minister and later as Peru’s Ambassador to the United States. From 2003 to 2006 he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group and Secretary General of ICSID. Previously, he was a partner of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington DC and founding General Counsel of the Inter-American Investment Corporation. Roberto is one of Hochschild’s representatives on the Board of Lake Shore Gold Corp and is also a Non-Executive Director of a number of companies including Gold Fields Limited.

Ignacio Bustamante

Chief Executive Officer

Ignacio Bustamante joined Hochschild in 1992 and, prior to his appointment as CEO in April 2010, he served as General Manager of the Peruvian operations and as the Group's COO from January 2008. Between 1998 and 2003 he worked as CFO of Cementos Pacasmayo, a company he subsequently became a director of between 2003 and 2007. Following this, he worked for Zemex Corporation, a subsidiary of Cementos Pacasmayo, based in Atlanta, Georgia, serving first as CFO and Vice President of Business Development and later as its President. Ignacio holds a BSc in Business and a BSc in Accounting from Universidad del Pacifico in Peru and an MBA from Stanford University. Ignacio is also one of Hochschild's representatives on the Board of Lake Shore Gold Corp following his appointment in March 2009.  

Sir Malcolm Field

Senior Non-Executive Director

Sir Malcolm Field is a Non-Executive Director of Petropavlovsk plc and Ray Berndtson. Between 2002 and 2006 Sir Malcolm served as Chairman of Tube Lines Limited, one of the London Underground consortia, and from 2001 to 2006, as an external policy adviser to the UK’s Department of Transport. Sir Malcolm served as Group Managing Director of WH Smith plc between 1982 and 1993 and as Chief Executive from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001 Sir Malcolm served as Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. Sir Malcolm has held non-executive directorships with numerous companies, including Scottish and Newcastle plc and Evolution Beeson Gregory.

Jorge Born Jr.

Non-Executive Director

Jorge Born Jr. joined Bomagra S.A. in 1997 initially as Chief Executive Officer and since 2001, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Jorge is also a Director of Caldenes S.A., a subsidiary of Bomagra. Previously, Jorge served as Head of Bunge’s European operations from 1992 to 1997 and as Head of Bunge’s UK operations from 1989 to 1992. He has been a Director and Deputy Chairman of Bunge Limited since 2001 and a Director of Mutual Investment Limited since 1997 and its Deputy Chairman since 2001. Jorge has also been a Director of Dufry South America S.A. of Rio de Janeiro since 2006. He is currently also President of the Bunge and Born Charitable Foundation.

Nigel Moore

Non-Executive Director

Nigel Moore is a Chartered Accountant. He is currently Chairman of TEG Environmental plc and a Non-Executive Director of The Vitec Group plc, JKX Oil & Gas plc, Ascent Resources plc and Production Services Network Ltd. Nigel was a Partner at Ernst & Young from 1973 to 2003 during which time he served as Managing Partner of the firm’s London office from 1985 to 1987, Senior Partner attached to the Chairman’s Office (Europe) from 1987 to 1989, and Regional Managing Partner for Eastern Europe and Russia from 1989 to 1996.

Dionisio Romero

Non-Executive Director

Dionisio Romero retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the financial services holding company, Credicorp Ltd in April 2009 after more than 13 years. Dionisio is a Director of Banco de Credito e Inversiones de Chile and is President of TECSUP Trujillo, a higher education institution.

Fred Vinton

Non-Executive Director

Fred Vinton holds directorships in a number of companies including European Goldfields plc, Unipart Group of Companies UK, MBA Latin America Opportunity Fund, GP Investments Ltd, Dinamia SCR S.A. and EQMC Europe Development Capital Fund plc. Between 1995 and 2006 Fred served as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Electra Partners Limited and prior to that he was Chief Executive of Quilvest Ltd between 1992 and 1995. Formerly, Fred spent 25 years at J.P. Morgan where he was responsible for the bank’s business in Latin America, the UK and Scandinavia before joining N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd as Chief Operating Officer in 1988. Fred was appointed to the Board from 1 August 2009.