Vale Indonesia names new president commissioner
Saturday, February 18 2012 - 01:52 AM WIB
Indonesian-listed nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia, formerly known Inco Indonesia, has appointed Ricardo Rodrigues de Carvalho as the company?s new president commissioner, replacing Peter Proppinga, the company announced.
The appointment of Rodrigues was approved during the company?s extraordinary general shareholders meeting in Jakarta on Friday. During the meeting, the shareholders also agreed to retain Proppinga as a member of the board of commissioners, and at the same time accepted the resignation of Tito B. Martins as commissioner of the company.
Below is the new composition of Vale Indonesia?s new board of commissioners:
President Commissioner Ricardo R. de Carvalho
Vice President Commissioner and Independent Commissioner Arief T. Surowidjojo
Commissioner Takeshi Kubota
Commissioner Harumasa Kurokawa
Commissioner Jennifer A. Maki
Commissioner Gerd Peter Poppinga
Commissioner Arif S. Siregar
Commissioner Mark J. Travers
Independent Commissioner Irwandy Arif
Ricardo Rodrigues de Carvalho became Vale?s Base Metals Director - Asia Pacific & Africa in January 2012. He was previously appointed as Base Metals Director - South Atlantic in June 2010 and before that he was appointed as Vale?s Aluminum Department Director in. He has worked in the Mining and Metals Business for more than 30 years. He also has worked for 5 years for Votorantim Group in Brazil as Nickel Business Director.
He is currently responsible for managing Vale?s operations in New Caledonia and Indonesia and also represents the company in Teal Minerals, a Vale and ARM (African Rainbow Minerals) JV for the Konkola North copper project implementation in Zambia. He was appointed by Vale to be the President of Vale Nouvelle Caledonie. As Vale?s Base Metals Director - Asia Pacific & Africa, Ricardo is based in Vale?s International SA Singapore Branch Office.
Editing by Roffie Kurniawan