About

Javier Durand Planas boasts over two decades of experience operating internationally throughout Latin America, the US, Canada and the UK, while based in Peru. In addition to this, he has received professional and academic qualifications from a number of highly prestigious institutions including the Yale School of Management, the University of Lima and the University of the Pacific. He has been part of Hochschild Group companies since 1994, holding a succession of senior roles in both Hochschild Mining and Cementos Pacasmayo, culminating in his current role as general counsel of the latter; he assumed this position in late 2008. He has been at the forefront of a number of major transactions during his time with the Hochschild Group, which have included the IPO of Hochschild Mining’s shares on the London Stock Exchange and Cementos Pacasmayo on the New York Stock Exchange, and the most recent of which include the demerger from Cementos Pacasmayo of its phosphate business in 2017. He is or has been member of various corporate and non-profit boards, and he is responsible at Cementos Pacasmayo for four team departments in his current role: the legal and compliance department, the properties and regulatory department, the securities department and the quality, health, safety and environment department. This level of responsibility is emblematic of the high esteem in which his skills are held by the business. In addition to his professional achievements, Durand has carved out an extremely successful extra-curricular niche as a guest speaker and lecturer, speaking on a range of topics including law, business and ethical matters.