About

Antonio Pinilla Cisneros encompasses over 25 years of in-house experience and is highly committed to rendering professional services to all areas of the company. He joined Compañia Minera Antamina (Antamina) in 1999 as legal manager coming from Occidental Peruana, the Peruvian branch of the oil company that operates worldwide. Prior to this role he had the opportunity to work for the Peruvian Tax Authority (SUNAT), in charge of the acquisitions of the different premises for expanding SUNAT operations all around the country. When Pinilla first assumed his role at Antamina, the mine was a project in construction and operated as a non-controlled joint venture, owned at the time by Noranda, (today Glencore), Rio Algom (today BHP Billiton), Teck Cominco (today Teck Resources) and Mitsubishi – it was considered one of the biggest mining projects in Peru and in the world. His initial role as legal manager of the company, was to give legal support to the process of development of the project and concurrently organising the legal department of the company. After completion of the large scale construction, he led the legal completion of the project that allowed the shareholders to recover the guarantees initially granted on behalf of the project. In 2012, Pinilla was promoted to vice president of legal and compliance reporting directly to the president and CEO of the company. He also had the task of developing the corporate compliance organisation of the company, implementing all the internal compliance policies and programs. ‘We have become leaders in the mining practise developing a corporate compliance program inside our organisation’, says Pinilla. From initially only having a single report, Pinilla has been responsible for building the team to 10 lawyers, five trainees, one compliance specialist and two assistants. As part of the executive team of the company he has been able to participate in many of the pivotal decisions of the company. ‘I have learned how the mine, port and tailings operate thus increasing my knowledge in technical aspects. I’m also in charge of the commercial aspects of the insurance which is a great responsibility in a company of this dimension. We have liaised with authorities contributing to the development of the country, supporting the different social programs developed by Antamina’.