Las Bambas Independent Advisory Group

Luis Barrenechea Martel

Period of Work:
July 2005 to date

Current Position:

• Vice president, Barrenechea y Rosemberg Asociados
• Social development manager, Gestora de Negocios e Inversiones
• Technical secretary, Corridor for Sustainable Development “Oro de los Andes”
• Independent consultant
• Cattle and horse breeder, breeder of fighting bulls and vicunas

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:

• Co-promoter, new Mining Canon Law
• Agent, National Mining and Development Dialogue Group
• Promoter, National Association of Municipalities Affected by Mining
• Participation in various national and international events on social responsibility and development
• Involved in several projects to promote tourism in areas with mining presence

Education:

• Mechanical Engineer from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI)
• Former second lieutenant, Peruvian Navy
• Graduate courses in business administration, non-conventional energy, water treatment, plant automation

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:

• Consultant and advisor for mining companies, municipalities and farming communities
• Member, Advisory Committee of the Association of Voluntary Business Agents for Development (COFIDE - Development Finance Corporation)
• Member, Mining Dialogue Group for Sustainable Development
• President, Association of Municipalities Affected by Mining (ANMIN, in Spanish)
• Organiser, first national meeting of local governments (“Mining, Canon and Development”) and first and second National Congress of Mining Municipalities in Cerro de Pasco and Lima
• Mayor of Huallanca – Ancash (1999 - 2002), near Antamina
• Project manager, Industrias Pacocha and Unilever
• Promoter and general coordinator, Corridor for Sustainable Development “Oro de los Andes”, which comprises 20 towns in five provinces in Ancash and Huanuco.

Assheton Stewart Carter PhD

Period of Work:
July 2005 to date

Current Position:
Chief Advisor, Environmental Leadership - Center for Environmental Leadership in Business - Conservation International

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:
Carter has advised mining projects on their environmental and social strategies for the last 14 years in South America, Africa and Asia and established successful partnerships between mining companies, NGOs and communities. He has designed risk management tools at the forefront of business sustainability now widely adopted by the mining industry. He has served on committees and advisory groups of a number of international dialogues, including:

• the Sponsor Group and Biodiversity Working Group of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development report of the Global Mining Initiative
• the Biodiversity Working Group of the Global Reporting Initiative
• Speaking a Common Language - a project setting the standard for protected area management objectives convened by the IUCN and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre and mining companies
• the IUCN Working Group on Extractive Industries and Biodiversity reporting to Achim Steiner (former Secretary General of the IUCN)
• the Equator Principles
• the International Council of Mining and Metals advisory group on biodiversity
• the Insight Investment Protecting Shareholder and Natural Value report on corporate biodiversity performance
• the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
• the advisory to the ICMM, IUCN and Post Mining Alliance International Roundtable on Restoration of Mining Legacy Sites

Education:

• Doctorate – University of Bath – School of Management (PhD thesis and academic research in the environmental and social strategies of mining companies)
• Member of the Royal Agricultural College – UK (first class honours degree)

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:
His career has been focused on sustainability in the mining and energy working with international development institutions such as:

• the IFC
• World Bank
• USAID
• the IDB

and advising international companies including:

• Alcoa
• AngloAmerican
• BG
• BHP Billiton
• BP
• Chevron
• ConocoPhillips
• De Beers
• ExxonMobil
• Newmont Mining
• RioTinto
• Xstrata
  His expertise and strategic thinking has also been in demand from brand companies such as:
• Wal-Mart
• Disney
• Royal Caribbean
• United Airlines

Carroll Douglas Dale Salinas

Period of Work:
April 2007 to date

Current Position:
Rector, Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas of Apurímac
Member and former regional coordinator of the Agreement Table on Poverty Reduction (MCLCP, in Spanish) in Apurímac

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:

• Worked on projects for small business support and environmental management improvement in mining areas
• Taught strategic planning courses for social management in two graduate schools in Lima. Has written documents on social responsibility and conflict resolution in the mining sector
• Currently participates in the Agreement Table on Poverty Reduction in Apurimac

Education:

• Doctorate in development sociology, Paris La Sorbonne University in France
• Master’s degree in agricultural development and planning (IEDES), Paris, France
• Master’s degree in regional analysis and land management (IEDES), Paris, France
• Diploma of higher education in agronomy (INA), Paris, France
• Bachelor’s degree in sociology, Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:

• Consultant for international aid institutions (UN, UNFPA, World Bank, FAO and others)
• Director, centre for socio-economic research of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima
• Executive Director and technical advisor responsible for supervising training and business management programs in the public (COOPOP-MIMDES) and private (two NGO consortia) sector.

Rory Sullivan

Period of Work:
July 2005 to date

Current Position:
Head of Investor Responsibility, Insight Investment

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:
Over the past 15 years, Rory has worked on environmental and social issues in Australia, South-East Asia, Africa and Europe. 
Much of this experience relates to the extractives – oil, gas, mining – and energy industries, including evaluating tri-sector partnerships for the World Bank’s Business Partners for Development program and assisting companies with the development and implementation of environmental and risk management systems.

Rory has written over 300 articles, book chapters and papers on human rights, environmental policy and development issues.  He is the author/editor of five books on these issues.

Education:

• Doctorate in Law - Queen Mary - University of London (United Kingdom)
• Master in Environmental Science - University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
• Master in Environmental Law - University of Sydney (Australia)
• Electrical Engineering - University College Cork (Ireland)

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:

• Member of the Amnesty International (UK) Business Group
• Convenor of the Amnesty International (Australia) Business Group
• Member of the International Alert Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice Toolbox project
• Board Member of the Minerals Policy Institute.

Jaime Mario Urrutia Ceruti

Period of Work:
2006 to date

Current Position:
General Director for the Centro Regional para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de América Latina (CRESPIAL, Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Latin America)

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:
Research coordinator on conflict management and decision-making processes in Andean rural communities (including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile) for the Participatory Community Revegetation Project, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Quito, Ecuador.
Responsible for the following research:

• Validation of the training methods for revegetation projects
• Indigenous societies and NGO’s survey
• Labour relations and rural employment in Peru
• Title to land in farming communities
• Regional History of Political Violence 1980-2000
• Impact of Antamina mining company on communities in the province of Huari, Ancash
• Institutionality and rural development in the Peruvian mountains, FAO-WB, 2001
• Educational Material for Amazon ethnic groups

Education:

• Degrees in history and anthropology from the Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Ayacucho)
• Master’s degree in history from the Université de Paris I in Pantheon-Sorbonne, France

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:

• Technical Secretary, Follow-up Committee on Government Policies for National Reconciliation
• Member, Management Committee of the Peruvian Centre for Social Studies (CEPES)
• Member, "José María Arguedas" Institute of Regional Studies - Ayacucho
• Member, Education and Rural Support Services SEPAR (Huancayo)
• Member, Institute of Peruvian Studies
• Member, Management Committee of the ongoing Agrarian Research Seminar (SEPIA)
• Leader, Technical Division of Indigenous Matters – PROMUDEH
• Professor, Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Ayacucho)
• Professor, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Leader, Huamanga Provincial Council (Ayacucho).

Nicole Bernex

Period of Work:
2007 to date

Current Position:

• Academic Director, Applied Geography Research Centre of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (CIGA-PUCP)
• Vice president, Regional Water Partnership – South America
• Chairman of the Board, Peruvian Forum for Water– GWP Peru
• Full member, National Academy of Sciences
• Principal professor, PUCP Department of Humanities
• Independent consultant

Summary of Experience in Mining Issues:

• Co-promoter, Peruvian-German Mining and Environment Program (PALMA) at the IDEA-PUCP
• Coordinator of the covenant between the Social Action Episcopal Commission (CEAS) and the PUCP for environmental issues faced by Peruvian communities in mining areas (2003 to date)
• Evaluator of numerous Environmental Impact Assessments
• PUCP representative at the CONAM Environmental Citizenship table (2003-2006)
• Organiser and co-organiser of various national and international events on territoriality, ecosystems, basins and sustainable development
• Involved in several participatory socio-environmental baseline programs, participatory community information system and community environmental monitoring system in areas with mining presence, for mining companies and communities

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Montpellier (France)
• Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Montpellier (France)
• Doctorate in Geography. University of Montpellier (France). Majored in Urban Planning. Land and Environment Management. Certified and registered in Peru through Resolution No. 1120-81-CONAI.

Committee Activities, Memberships and Leadership Positions:

• PAS Consultant (World Bank)
• Coordinator, Cajamarca Development ATLAS Project (GIS Portal – Mapview – Internet)
• Founder and first Director, Institute of Environmental Studies of the PUCP (IDEA-PUCP)
• Member of several institutes, societies and associations, such as the Geographic Society of Lima and the Association of Latin American Geographers.
• Author and co-author of several scientific articles and books, such as the Biography of Raimondi, the Regional Atlases of Piura and Quispicanchi; Amanecer en el bajo Huatanay; Coordinator and co-author of several GIS CDs and Cybernetic Cartography.
• Visiting professor at several U.S. universities (Wisconsin, San Diego – SDSU), Spain (Salamanca, Alcalá and Badajoz), Norway (Bergen), etc.
• PUCP coordinator of the University Network of Southern Pacific (RUPSUR) for urban environmental management research (2003 to date)
• PUCP coordinator of the initiative for Information Access, Participation and Justice in Environmental Affairs (2004)
• National Coordinator, Pan-American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) project on Cybernetic Cartography
• Coordinator, GIS Preparation Project on the nutritional condition in Peru: “Poverty, agricultural production and nutritional condition: a model for food safety in Peru” (FAO-FCPUE-PMA – CIGA; 1996-1998)
• Coordinator of several EU – ALFA Programs
• Full member of the International Geographical Union.