About

A highly respected lawyer who has proven herself at the highest level of private and public service, as well as in the world of academia, Gianna Macchiavello has been director of legal services for energy giant Repsol’s Peru operations from February 2008. Since 2004, she has worked as deputy minister of justice for the Peruvian justice department (she was chair of the national human rights commission during this time also), and also as director of institutional development at the Liberty and Democracy Institute. This Lima-based think tank is one of Peru’s most prestigious NGOs, and seeks to promote property rights among developing countries; Macchiavello’s position here highlights the esteem in which she is held by her peers not only within the legal world but in the wider Peruvian business and political community. Since working with Repsol, she has been at the forefront of a number of projects as the company seeks to expand its infrastructure and capabilities in the country. Perhaps the most salient in recent months was the announcement in December 2017 that the company’s Sagari natural gas plant has become operational, a milestone that could see production from the field increase by approximately 25%. Macchiavello’s work in driving forward this complex infrastructure project is just one example of her formidable legal, organisational and business capabilities.