Members of Board and Management

Management
Roque Benavides G.		President & CEO		Since 3/25/11
Raúl Benavides G.		Vice President Business Development		Since 7/01/97
Carlos Gálvez P.		Vice President & CFO		Since 2/22/01
Francois Muths C.		Vice President Operations		Since 2/02/07
Alejandro Hermoza M.		Vice President Social & Environmental Affairs		Since 9/02/08
César Vidal C.		Vice President Explorations		Since 1/02/96
Leandro García R.		General Comptroller		Since 1/07/11
Jaime Ayllón B.		IT Manager		Since 1/01/02
Percy Baraybar B		Accounting Manager		Since 1/03/06
Luz Campodónico A.		Internal Audit Manager		Since 8/01/08
Isaac Galarza C.		Logistics Manager		Since 1/01/94
Miguel Angel de la Flor M.		Administration and Human Resources Manager		Since 10/01/08
Mario Palla P.		Planning Manager		Since 8/08/07
Eduardo Sabastizagal V.		Explorations Manager		Since 10/01/11
Carlos Rodríguez V.		Environmental Manager		Since 9/19/05
Jorge Wilson M.		Concentration Plant Manager		Since 6/01/12
Pedro Solís P.		Commercialization and Treasury Manager		Since 1/01/06
Julio Meza P.		Chief Geologist		Since 7/01/04
Luis de la Cruz R.		North Regional Manager		Since 7/01/11
Edgar Córdova M.		Communities and Properties Director		Since 1/01/07
Gulnara La Rosa R.		Legal Counsel		Since 5/01/12
César Hinostroza R.		Mining Unit Manager – Procesadora Industrial Rio Seco
Ricardo Huancaya D.		Project Manager –Tambomayo Project
Richar Regalado V.		Project Manager –El Faique Project
Félix Lewandowsky M.		Mining Unit Manager – Colquirrumi Project
James León V.		Central Regional Manager
Luis Velazco P.		South Regional Manager
Mario Calderón Salas		Explorations Director
Pedro Condori Benavides		Process Manager
Daniel Domínguez Vera		Treasury Director & I.R.
Vanessa Farah Chávez		Legal Director
Félix Guerra Rivas		Security Director
José Malca La Fuente		Legal Director
Alejandro Merino Tassara		Director of Labor Affairs
Percy Montoya Vargas		Director of Social and Environmental Affairs
Miguel Angel Pérez Fernández		Projects Director
Percy Ponce Beoutis		Director of Metallurgical Projects
Esaud Saleh Vergara		Properties Director
Julcani
Orlando Quintanilla R.		Mining Unit Manager
Raúl Goicochea F.		Plant Superintendent
Heider Montoya		Mine Superintendent
Carlos Montes M.		Geology Superintendent
José Arenazas V.		Accountant
Víctor Orihuela V.		Head of Human Resources
Recuperada
Adan Rivera S.		Mining Unit Manager
Víctor Raúl Traverzo C.		Plant Superintendent
Adan Astocondor F.		Mine Superintendent
Roger Ccahuana F.		Geology Superintendent
Christian Linares G.		Accountant
Víctor Orihuela V.		Head of Human Resources
Rommer Mendoza R.		Labor Administrator
Uchucchacua
Iván Romero M		Mining Unit Manager
Fredy Espejo Z.		Mine Superintendent
Renán Valenzuela G.		Geology Superintendent
Jaime Díaz Yosa		Plant Superintendent
Julio Delgado Z.		Accountant
José Bandini H.		Head of Human Resources
Germán Garrido S.		Administrative Superintendent
Jose Luis Ilizarbe C.		Sub Explorations Project Manager
Mallay
Marco Oyanguren L.		Mining Unit Man
Juan Tejada Ll.		Geology Superintendent
José Bacilio J.		Plant Superintendent
Dante Gavidia C.		Mine Superintendent
Juan Manuel Gutiérrez T.		Head of Human Resources
Héctor Barrionuevo T.		Head of Brownfield Explorations
Orcopampa
José Luis Morán M.		Mining Unit Manager
Gilmar Valenzuela S.		Mine Superintendent
Jorge Olivera A.		Plant Superintendent
César Velarde V.		Accountant
César Barreto N.		Head of Human Resources
Alfredo Bendezú A.		Explorations Project Manager
Andrés Condori B.		Head of Brownfield Explorations
Poracota
Juan Carlos Huarcaya H.		Mining Unit Manager
Jackson Arriola C.		Mine Superintendent
Javier Rendón L.		Geology Superintendent
Pedro Pablo Vizcardo M.		Labor Administrator
Antapite
César Dávila E.		Mining Unit Manager
Ivan Asorza R.		Mine Superintendent
Oscar Guerrero B.		Geology Superintendent
Yakson Figueroa C.		Plant Superintendent
José Carlos Camacho E.		Accountant
Rafael Cárdenas M.		Head of Human Resources
CEDIMIN
Ruben Quispe T.		Mining Unit Manager
Abad Floro Yabar Calamullo		Geology Superintendent
Candelario Blas Cruz Montes		Plant Superintendent
Abidón Feliciano Gutarra Hospina		Mine Superintendent
Oscar Tapia S.		Accountant
Ciro Bruno López Vergara		Head of Human Resources
Ishihuinca
Eduardo Valdivia Ll.		Head of Concentration Plant
Germán Ochoa V.		Mine Chief
La Zanja
Alex Lobo Guillén		Mining Unit Manager
Walter Samaya Alvarado		Geology Superintendent
Mario León Cossi		Mine Superintendent
Freddy Meza Padilla		Plant Superintendent
Freddy Motta Rodríguez		Plant Superintendent
Luis Góngora Cárdenas		Head of Human Resources
Eduardo Pérez Medina		Accountant
Coimolache
Julio Rojas Echenique		Operations Manager
Percy Zamora Diaz		Geology Superintendent
Samuel Chircca Ayesta		Mine Superintendent
Luis Neri Orbegoso		Plant Superintendent
Roni Flores Concha		Accountant
Daniel Diez Hooker		Head of Human Resources
Conenhua
Reynel Aspilcueta		Operations Manager
Julio Montoya Gonzales		Commercial Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

Roque Benavides Ganoza, Chairman & CEO.

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Nominating Committee . Mr. Benavides has been a director since July 2004 and was our Chief Financial Officer from 1985 to February 2001, when he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that time, he served as Assistant to our Chairman of the Board from 1980 to 1985 and as a Project Engineer from 1977 to 1979. Mr. Benavides also has been an alternate member of the Executive Committee of Yanacocha since 1992. In addition, he is an alternate board member of Cerro Verde and was the General Manager of Recuperada S.A., formerly one of our majority-owned subsidiaries that has since merged into us, from 1981 to 1996. He currently is serving as an executive officer and as a director of several of our related companies. He also has served as a director of the Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía (National Association of Minerals, Petroleum and Energy) since 1988, serving as Chairman of the Board from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Benavides served as chairman of the Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (National Confederation of Private Companies, or CONFIEP) from 1999 to March 2001. In 2001, Mr. Benavides was appointed Vice Chairman of the World Gold Council and Vice Chairman of the Silver Institute in 2007. Mr. Benavides received a B.S. in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) in Lima, Peru in 1977 and an M.B.A. from Henley, The Management College of Brunnel University in 1980, and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1985 and the Advanced Management Program at Templeton College of Oxford University in 1997. He is a board member of Banco de Crédito and Cementos Lima, both Peruvian companies.

Timothy Snider, Director and member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Director and member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee . Mr. Snider was appointed a director in March 2011. He serves as Chairman of Cupric Canyon Capital, LLC., a private equity company seeking investments in copper mining. In addition, he is a director of Compass Minerals International, Inc., and is Chairman of the Institute for Mineral Resources, a research organization sponsored by the University of Arizona. Mr. Snider is also a board member of the Northern Arizona University Foundation. Mr. Snider’s career in the copper business spans 41 years, the vast majority of which were with Phelps Dodge Corporation (now Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold). He began his career in 1970 as an underground mine laborer in the Copper Queen operation in Bisbee, Arizona, and held numerous operational, technical, and exploration positions at several of Phelps Dodge’s operations in the United States and Chile. He led Phelps Dodge in the application of hydrometallurgical processing during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1998, Mr. Snider was appointed President of Phelps Dodge Mining Company and in 2003 was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Phelps Dodge Corporation. In these roles, he led the operational and technical integration of Phelps Dodge’s Cyprus-AMAX acquisition, led several greenfield and brownfield expansion projects, and helped to establish Phelps Dodge as one of the industry leaders in technology development and operational excellence. In early 2007, he assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, Inc. upon Freeport’s acquisition of Phelps Dodge, a position he held until the end of the first quarter of 2008. Mr. Snider holds a B.S. in Geology and Chemistry from Northern Arizona University and is a graduate of the Wharton Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Aubrey Laurence Paverd, Director and member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and Audit Committee.

Dr. Paverd is currently a private consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been a director since 2002. From 1994 to 2000, he held the position of Group Executive Exploration with North Ltd., a diversified mining company with gold and base metal mines in Australia, Europe and North and South America. His career with Newmont Mining Corporation spanned 21 years. He began as Chief Geologist of South Africa in 1973, rising through the positions of Chief Geologist at Tsumeb Corporation Ltd., Namibia, a subsidiary of Newmont, to assistant to the Vice President of Exploration in New York in 1979, Director of Foreign Exploration in 1981 and ultimately Vice President of Exploration when he left Newmont in 1994. Dr. Paverd was also a lecturer in geology at Rhodes University during 1972 and 1973 and worked as a field and mining geologist in Australia and Zambia during the period from 1962 to 1969. He received B.S. (Hons) and M.S. degrees from Rhodes University in 1961 and 1966, respectively, and a Ph.D. from the University of James Cook North Queensland in 1972. Dr. Paverd is currently also a director of Randgold Resources Ltd., a London-listed West African gold mining company.

José Miguel Morales, Director and member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Morales was our General Counsel from 1973 to 2012 and was appointed a member of the Board in 2012. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Morales served as an alternate member of the Executive Committee of Yanacocha. Mr. Morales has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of Yanacocha since 1995. Mr. Morales currently serves as a director of seven of our nineteen mining and mining-related subsidiaries or affiliates. In addition, he has served as a director of the Instituto Nacional de Derecho de Minería y Petróleo (National Institute of Mining and Petroleum Law), serving as its President from 1989 to 1990 and as a director of the Sociedad de Minería y Petróleo del Perú (Mining and Petroleum Society of Peru) since 1998, serving as its vice chairman since 2000. He has been a director of the following non-mining related companies: Almaceneradel Perú S.A. from 1992, Inversiones Cosepa S.A. from 1979, Hotel Costa del Pacífico S.A. from 1994 and El Pacífico—Peruana Suiza Compañía de Seguros from 1979. Since 1973, he also has been a partner of Estudio Aurelio García Sayán Abogados, a Lima law firm. In February 2003, Mr. Morales was elected president of the Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía (National Association of Minerals, Petroleum and Energy). On January 31, 2005, Mr. Morales ended his tenure as President of Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleoy Energía and was elected on March 16, 2005 President of Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas (National Confederation of Private Companies, or CONFIEP) until 2007. Mr. Morales received his law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católicadel Perú in 1968 and completed the Sloan Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in 1976.

Felipe Ortiz-de-Zevallos, Director and member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Ortiz-de-Zevallos has been a director since August 2003. He was President of the Universidad del Pacífico de Lima from 2004 to 2006 and is the founder and chairman of the Board of Grupo APOYO since 1977. Mr. Ortiz-de-Zevallos received a degree in Industrial Engineering from The National University of Engineering in 1968, received an M.S. in Administration and System Analysis from the University of Rochester in 1970 and completed the Owner/President Management program at Harvard Business School in 1996. He was the Peruvian ambassador to the United States of America from 2006 to March 2009.

Carlos del Solar, Director, member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. del Solar was appointed a director in March 2011. He graduated with degrees in Geology and Geological Engineering from the National University of San Marcos, earned a Master of Science degree from Stanford University, California and completed the Advanced Executive Management Program at the University of Piura. Between 1998 and 2001, Mr. del Solar served as President and General Manager of ARCO for Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Trinidad.  In April 2001, he joined Hunt Oil in Peru as President and General Manager. From January 2005 through January 2007, he served as President of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy and as First Vice President of the Peruvian Confederation of Private Business Associations (CONFIEP) from March 2007 through March 2009. Since March 2010, Mr. del Solar has served as Second Vice President of the Peruvian Exporters Committee (COMEXPERU). He is currently a director and member of the Executive Committees of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, of the Peruvian Confederation of Private Business Associations (CONFIEP) and of COMEXPERU. Mr. del Solar also serves as President of the Advisory Council of the Graduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC).

German Suárez, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Suárez has been a director since March 2005. Mr. Suárez is an economist who was employed by the Central Bank from 1964 to 1990. From 1979 to 1980, he worked at the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, representing Peru, and from 1981 to 1990 he was in charge of different posts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Mr. Suárez served as Chairman of Banco de la Nación from 1990 to 1992 and Chairman of the Central Bank of Peru from 1992 to 2001. He was a member of the board of directors at Bladex, Extebandes and Arlabank, Latin American Reserves Fund, Credicorp Ltd. and Banco de Créditodel Peru. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Suárez served as Governor of the IMF and Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development. For the period from 2000 to 2001, Mr. Suárez was elected Chairman of the G-24 (IMF-World Bank). Mr. Suárez graduated from UNMSM with a B.S. in Economics in 1965 and received an M.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1969.

Carlos E. Gálvez, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Gálvez was the Deputy Manager, Finance and Information Systems, from 1985 to February 2001, when he was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  He served as Deputy Manager of our Treasury from 1980 to 1985, and as Treasurer from 1978 to 1980.  Mr. Gálvez has also served as director of Colquirrumi, our subsidiary, and was appointed director of Conenhua in 2000, director of El Brocal in 2002 and director of Contacto S.A. in 2005.  He has served as an alternate member of the Executive Committee of Yanacocha since 2005 and an alternate board member of Cerro Verde since 2005. He also has served as director of the Sociedad de Minería, Petróleo y Energía del Perú (Mining, Petroleum and Energy Society of Peru) since 2000.  Prior to joining us, Mr. Gálvez served as Managerial Adjunct for Finance and Credit from 1971 to 1978 at Banco Minero del Perú (Mining Bank of Peru).  He has also served as a board member of the Comité de Operación Económica del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (Committee of Economic Operation of the National Electric System).  Mr. Gálvez received his B.A. in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal in 1976, his M.B.A. from the Universidad del Pacifico de Lima in 1980 and completed the Program for Management Development, in 1997, and the Advanced Management Program, in 2005, at The Harvard Business School.

Raúl Benavides Ganoza, Vice President Business Development.

Mr. Benavides has been Vice President of Business Development since 1992.  He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Yanacocha and board member of Cerro Verde and several of our related companies. From 1984 to 1996 he was General Manager (CEO) of Compañía de Minas Orcopampa. Prior to that time, Mr. Benavides was Manager of Operations from 1983 to 1984 and Mine Manager from 1980 to 1983 at Colquirrumi. Since 1995, he has been a professor of mining administration at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú .  Mr. Benavides also has served as President of the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas (Institute of Mining Engineering), was also the Founder and President of the Instituto de Seguridad Minera del Perú (Mining Safety Institute of Peru) from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Benavides received a B.S. in Mining Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1980, an M.S. in Mineral Engineering-Management from Pennsylvania State University in 1984 and completed the Advanced Management Program at The Harvard Business School in 2001.

Alejandro Hermoza Maravi, Vice President Community Relations.

A Mechanical Engineer graduated from the University of Maryland, Mr. Hermoza also holds an MSc in Engineering from the same University and an MBA from the Universidad de Ciencia Aplicadas – UPC. He worked as Development Manager for the Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas – CONFIEP, and later joined us in 2003, where he began as Deputy Manager for Administration and Human Resources. In 2011, Mr. Hermoza completed the Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Francois Muths, Vice President of Operations.

Mr. Muths was appointed Vice President of Operations in February 2007. Prior to that time, Mr. Muths served as a director and general manager of Inversiones Mineras del Sur S.A., our wholly-owned subsidiary from 2005 to 2006, general manager from 1985 to 2005 and general superintendent of the Uchucchacua mine from 1981 to 1983. He received a B.S. in engineering from the National Engineering University of Peru and a M.S. in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. In 2005, Mr. Muths completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.

César E. Vidal, Vice President of Exploration.

Dr. Vidal has been our Exploration Manager from 1996 to 2010 and Vice President of Exploration from 2011 onwards. Dr. Vidal received his B.Sc. in Geology from Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (UNI) in 1977, a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Liverpool, UK, in 1980 and certification as an engineering geologist in Peru from UNI in 1984. He was post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, from 1985 to 1986. From 1981 to 1987, he served as a geologist for Buenaventura Ingenieros S.A. From 1987 to 1991, he served as an exploration geologist for Perubar S.A., a Peruvian zinc mining company of the Glencore Group. Prior to rejoining Buenaventura, from 1991 to 1995, he served as an independent consultant to several mining companies. In 2002, he received the “Distinguished Engineering Geologist” award given by the Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Templeton College, Oxford University in 2005 and currently serves as an alternate member of Minera Yanacocha’s Executive Committee.

Leandro Garcia Raggio, General Comptroller and Compliance Officer

Mr. Garcia received his Bachelor in Business Administration and Bachelor in Accounting from Universidad del Pacifico and his M.B.A. from the University of Miami, Florida. Mr. Garcia worked at Buenaventura from 1990 to 1997, where he served as Head of Treasury. He performed as CFO in Sociedad Minera El Brocal until 2000. He was also Manager of BTL Drugstores until 2005 and General Manager of Inkafarma Drugstores until June 2011. He rejoined Buenaventura as General Comptroller in July 2011.

Gulnara La Rosa, General Counsel

Ms. La Rosa has worked at Buenaventura since 1990. She was the Legal Director from 2006 to June 2012 and was appointed as Legal Manager and General Counsel in July 2012. Ms. La Rosa served as Head of the Legal Department from 1997 to 2006 and as a lawyer from 1991 to 1997. Ms. La Rosa received her law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in 1992. She also completed the Corporate Law Specialization Program at Universidad de Navarra, Spain, in 1991 and the High Specialization Program of Finance and Corporate Law at ESAN Graduate School of Business, Perú, in 2001. In addition, Ms. La Rosa attended the Management Program for Lawyers at Yale School of Management in 2005 and the Corporate Governance and Performance Program at Yale School of Management in 2012.

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