BOARD MEMBERS
A. Executive Committee
B. Audit Committee
C. Compensation Committee
D. Corporate Governance and Disclosure Committee
E. Sustainability Committee
F. Special Nominating Committee
Committee A, C, D
First Election: 1999
Mr. Larrea has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 1999 and was Chief Executive Officer from December 1999 to October 2004. He has been Chairman of the board of directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Mexico”) (holding) since 1994. Mr. Larrea has been Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Ferroviario Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (railroad company) since 1997. Mr. Larrea was previously Executive Vice Chairman of Grupo Mexico and has been member of the board of directors since 1981. He is also Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Empresarios Industriales de México, S.A. de C.V. (“EIM”) (holding) and Fondo Inmobiliario (real estate company), since 1992. Mr. Larrea presides over every Board meeting and since 1999 has been contributing to the Company his education, his leadership skills, industry knowledge, strategic vision, informed judgment and over 20 years of business experience, especially in the mining sector. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Mexico, of Grupo Ferroviario Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. and of EIM, a holding company engaged in a variety of business, including mining, construction, railways, real estate, and drilling, he brings to the Company a valuable mix of business experience in different industries.
Committee A, C, D
First Election 1999
Mr. González Rocha has been our President since December 1999 and our President and Chief Executive Officer since October 21, 2004. Mr. González Rocha has been Chief Executive Officer and director of Asarco LLC (integrated U.S. copper producer), an affiliate of the Company, since August 2010 and President, Chief Executive Officer of Americas Mining Corporation (“AMC”) a holding company of Grupo Mexico, since 2015. Previously, he was the President, General Director and Chief Operating Officer of Minera Mexico S.A. de C.V. from December 1999 to October 20, 2004. Mr. González Rocha has been a director of Grupo Mexico since 2002. He was General Director of Mexicana de Cobre, S.A. de C.V. from 1986 to 1999 and of Buenavista del Cobre, S.A. de C.V. (formerly Mexicana de Cananea, S.A. de C.V.) from 1990 to 1999. He was an alternate director of Grupo Mexico from 1988 to April 2002. Mr. González Rocha is a civil engineer with a degree from the Autonomous National University of Mexico (“UNAM”) in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. González Rocha is a civil engineer by profession and a businessman with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He has been associated with our Mexican operations since 1976. His contributions to the Company include his professional skills, his leadership, an open mind and a willingness to listen to different opinions. Mr. González Rocha has proven his ability to deal with crises to lessen negative impacts to the Company. His devotion of time to the Company and his hands-on management of the operations in Mexico and Peru contribute to his effective leadership of the Company. Mr. González Rocha has been recognized as Copper Man of the Year 2015 and was inducted into the American Mining Hall of Fame in December 2016 in Tucson, Arizona and into the Mexican Mining Hall of Fame in October 2017 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Comités A,D,F
Primera Elección 2021
Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada has been a director of the Company since May 2021. He joined Americas Mining Corporation on September 10, 2018. He was appointed President of ASARCO in January 2019, Director for Commercial and Supply Chain of Americas Mining Corporation in August 2019, President of IMMSA, a subsidiary of the Company that integrates the underground operations, in August 2020 and CFO of Americas Mining Corporation in January 2022 and General Director of Americas in April 2024. Mr. Contreras Lerdo de Tejada has more than 10 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada founded and worked at Murano Capital in September 2015, a private investment vehicle. Mr. Contreras Lerdo de Tejada holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City and earned an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Contreras Lerdo de Tejada is the son-in-law of Mr. German Larrea Mota-Velasco. Mr. Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada contributes to the Company his expertise in operations, human capital and finance, drawing from over 10 years of experience in private equity, investment banking and entrepreneurship.
Comités B,E,F
Primera Elección 2004
Dr. Palomino is the President of the Peruvian Economics Institute (a think tank) since April of 2022, after having served as Director, Consultant and Chief Executive Officer since April 2009. He is also a director of the Masters in Finance Program at the Pacific University (Universidad del Pacifico) in Lima, Peru since July 2009 and an Associate of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Institute since December 2022 to date. Dr. Palomino is a member of the board of directors of Laboratorios Portugal (medical care products manufacturer) since September 2017, a member of the board of directors of Summa Capital, S.A. (corporate consulting firm) since April 2014, and was a director of Mall Aventura, S.A., from March 2021 to March 2023. Dr. Palomino was a member of the board of directors and Vice-chairman of the Central Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Peru) from September 2016 to October 2021. He was the Chairman of the board of directors of Aventura Plaza, S.A. (commercial real estate developer and operator) from January 2008 to June 2016, Partner of Profit Consultoria e Inversiones (a financial consulting firm) from July 2007 to July 2016, and a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of the Bolsa de Valores de Lima (Lima Stock Exchange) from March 2013 to July 2016. Dr. Palomino was Principal and Senior Consultant of Proconsulta International (financial consulting) from September 2003 to June 2007. He was First Vice President and Chief Economist, Latin America, for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, New York (investment banking) from 2000 to 2002. He was Chief Executive Officer, Senior Country and Equity Analyst of Merrill Lynch, Peru (investment banking) from 1995 to 2000. Dr. Palomino has held various positions with banks and financial institutions as an economist, financial advisor, and analyst. He has a PhD in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Economics Program of the Pacific University (Universidad del Pacifico) in Lima, Peru. Dr. Palomino is a member of our Audit Committee and a special independent director nominee. He is also one of our “Audit Committee Financial Experts,” as the term is defined by the SEC. Dr. Palomino contributes to the Company his education in economics and finance, acquired from extensive academic studies, including a PhD in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his expertise, his wise counsel, and his extensive business experience gained from his past and current activities from serving as a financial analyst, including of the mining sectors in Mexico and Peru.
Comités A,B,E
Primera Elección 2018
Mr. Ariztegui Andreve is the Managing Director and Chairman of Aonia Holding, a privately owned private investment firm he founded in 1989. Aonia has made investments across various industries including gold mining, global commodity trading, retail (e.g., duty-free shops), infrastructure (e.g. airport terminal operation), asset management and real estate. Over the last five years, Mr. Ariztegui has continued to invest in private entities. From 1979 to 1987, Mr. Ariztegui Andreve worked as a Corporate Banker and Vice President of International Operations and Trade Finance at Citibank, based in New York and Mexico City. He later founded MK Metal Trading, a global trading company specializing in metals and minerals, including copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver concentrates. He served as President and CEO of MK Metal Trading until 2012, when sold the company after 18 years of a successful operation to Ocean Partners Holdings Limited, a larger global trader. Currently, Mr. Ariztegui Andreve serves on the Board of Directors of several private companies, including InverCap Holding (pension fund manager), Alvamex (international storage and logistics). He is a former director of several prominent organizations such as Dufry AG (leading global airport duty free retailer), Latin American Airport Holdings (airport infrastructure and terminal operator), Satelites Mexicanos (SATMEX satellite operator in Mexico), Banco Mexicano (banking), Grupo Financiero Inverlat (financial services), Minera Santa Gertrudis (gold mining), University Club of Mexico, Club de Golf Chapultepec. In the past five years, Mr. Ariztegui has not served as a director of any U.S. public company. Mr. Ariztegui Andreve became a member of the Audit Committee on July 22, 2021, and was appointed founding Chairman of the Sustainability Committee on July 21, 2022. He is one of the Company’s Audit Committee Financial Experts, as defined by the SEC. His qualifications include an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania combined with extensive experience in finance (including his tenure at Citibank), as well as expertise in mining, and commercial industries. He also brings valuable leadership experience to the Board from his roles as a director in various other companies.
Comité F
Primera Elección 2004
Mr. Ruiz Sacristán has been the owner and Managing Partner of Proyectos Estrategicos Integrales, a Mexican investment banking firm specialized in agricultural, transport, tourism, and housing projects since 2001 and from January 2022 to December 2024, was a strategic advisor to Sempra Infrastructure, an operating subsidiary of Sempra Energy. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán has held various distinguished positions in the Mexican government, the most recent being that of Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico from 1995 to 2000. While holding that position, he was also Chairman of the board of directors of the Mexican-owned companies in the sector, and member of the board of directors of development banks. He was also the Chairman of the board of directors of Asarco LLC. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán was Chairman of the board of directors and Executive President of IEnova, the Mexican operating subsidiary of Sempra Energy from September 2020 to November 2021. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán was Chief Executive Officer of Sempra North American Infrastructure Group from 2018 until September 2020. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Ruiz Sacristán was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IEnova from 2012 to 2018 and a member of the board of directors of Sempra Energy from 2007 to 2012. He is a member of the boards of directors of Constructora y Perforadora Latina, S.A. de C.V. (Mexican geothermal exploration and drilling company), Banco Ve Por Mas, S.A. (Mexican bank), and Byline Bancorp. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Anáhuac University in Mexico City, Mexico, and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán is one of our special independent director nominees. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán contributes to the Company his extensive business studies, including a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, his investment banking experience and his broad business experience as a former Chief Executive Officer of PEMEX (Mexican oil company), combined with his distinguished career in the Mexican government as a former Secretary of Communications and Transport of Mexico and as a director of Mexican-owned enterprises and financial institutions. Mr. Ruiz Sacristán also brings to the Board of Directors his informed judgment and his diversified business experience gained from serving on the board of directors and of the audit, and environmental and technology committees of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy service company, based in San Diego, California, as the former Chairman of Asarco LLC, and as the Chief Executive Officer of IEnova.
Comités B,C
Primera Elección 2010
Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada is our fourth independent director. From May 2013 to December 2020, Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada was Senior Partner of Ventura Capital Privado, S.A. de C.V. (Mexican financial company). From October 2013 to April 2021, he was Chairman of the board of directors of Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexican telecommunications company). From April 2011 to May 2013, Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada was a senior advisor at Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. (“GF Norte”) a financial holding institution that controls a bank, a broker dealer and other financial institutions in Mexico. From October 2000 to March 2011, Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada was the Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Ixe Grupo Financiero, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican financial holding company that merged into GF Norte in April 2011. In addition, from March 2007 to March 2009, Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada was the President of the Mexican Banking Association (Asociación de Bancos de México). Currently, Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada is an independent Board member of Grupo Financiero Banamex and Banco Nacional de Mexico, one of the largest banks in Mexico, where he serves as a member of the Social Practices Committee, Human Capital Committee and Audit Committee. He serves as an independent director on the board of directors of (i) Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican holding company for the manufacture, sale and distribution of food products; (ii) Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexico-based holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the petrochemical and food processing sectors. Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada also serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Social Practices Committee of (iii) Médica Sur, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexico-based company engaged in the hospital business; (iv) Laboratorios Sanfer, S.A. de C.V., one of the leading companies in the Mexican pharmaceutical market and (v) Flo Networks, a telecommunications company that operates in the United States and Mexico. He is also a Senior Advisor for General Atlantic in Mexico, a private equity firm based out of New York. Mr. Castillo Sánchez Mejorada holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Anáhuac University, in Mexico City, Mexico.
Committees: None
Independent Director
Mr. Javier Arrigunaga Gomez del Campo is our fifth independent director. He is the managing director of Xokan S.C., a financial advisory firm, since 2014 and Chairman of the Board of Grupo Aeromexico S.A. de C.V. since 2015 and a director thereof since 2007. He was Chairman of Aeromexico’s Restructuring Committee through its successful Chapter 11 process during the Covid-19 pandemic until 2022. He is also a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of El Puerto de Liverpool S.A. de C.V., Mexico’s largest department store since 2019 and a director and Chairman of the Nominations and Compensation Committee of Gentera S.A.B. de C.V., the largest microfinance bank of Latin America since 2015. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Dine S.A.B. de C.V. and Kuo S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo DESC), a large real estate, industrial and resort development Mexican conglomerate since 2019 and a member of the technical committee of Casa de Bolsa GBM S.A. de C.V., a leading brokerage house in Mexico, since 2021. He is a member of the governing board of the Universidad Iberoamericana A.C., his Alma Mater (UIAC) since 2012 and a director of the Mexico City Bankers Club (Club de Banqueros) since 2013. Mr. Arrigunaga is on the advisory board of two philanthropies: Fundacion Haciendas del Mundo Maya, a foundation that fosters human and community development in the Yucatan Peninsula since 2018 and La Vaca Independiente, an organization devoted to education and environmental conservation since 2018. He is also a founding partner and director of Prestanomico S.A.P.I. de C.V., a Fintech specialized in lending as a service, since 2016.
Mr. Arrigunaga was also the Chairman of the Mexican Bankers Association from 2013 to 2014. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Citi Banamex from 2010 to 2014, where he also held several senior positions since 2002. He was a member of the Citigroup Management Committee from 2011 to 2014. Additionally, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Mexican Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2010, Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. from 2010 to 2014, Casa de Bolsa Accival S.A. de C.V. from 2010 to 2014 and, the Mexican Banking and Securities Commission from 1993 to 1997. He is a founding member and was Chairman of the governing board of the Interactive Museum of Economy (MIDE) from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Arrigunaga holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico and a Master of Laws (LLM) specialized in Corporate Law and Finance from Columbia University in New York, New York. Mr. Arrigunaga brings to the Board of Directors his informed judgment and his vast experience in business in the financial sector and his diversified business experience gained through his participation as a director of other companies.
Committees: None
Independent Director
Mr. Jose Pedro Valenzuela is the Managing Partner of AB Capita, S.C., a Financial Advisory firm since November 2021. He also acts as a Director of Continental II Trust Investment, participating in investment decisions and overseeing financial reports. Mr. Valenzuela has been a member of the board of directors of Corporacion Actinver, S.A.B. de C.V., a publicly traded financial institution, since 1996, and Alterna Asesoria Internacional, another publicly financial entity, since 2021. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Valenzuela has contributed significantly to various areas and committees within the Actinver Group. His notable roles include President of the Credit Committee and overseer of the Risk Committee at Banco Actinver. President at Actinver Securities (Broker-Dealer), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Corporación Actinver (Holding), CEO at Actinver Casa de Bolsa (Brokerage House) and CEO at Operadora Actinver (Asset Management). From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Valenzuela gained extensive international experience in New York, managing and developing projects at Bancomer Securities, Inverlat International, and Bursamex International. As President of Bursamex International and Actinver Securities he was responsible for overseeing the entire operation. In addition, Mr. Valenzuela has been actively involved in other industries, serving as a board member at Grupo Sports World, a publicly traded wellness & entertainment company, from 2014 to 2022, and at SARE Holding, a publicly traded housing-focused firm, for over two years.
Mr. Valenzuela holds a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico and a Postgraduate degree in Finance from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterey, Mexico. Additionally, he holds multiple certifications from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): a Series 24 General Securities Principal; a Series 7 General Securities Representative; and a Series 63 Uniform Securities and Figure 3 Investment Strategies Advisor from the Mexican Association of Stock Market Institutions (AMIB). Mr. Valenzuela is the nephew by marriage of Mr. German Larrea Mota-Velasco.