21/01/2016
The Samarco Board of Directors accepted the requests made on Wednesday, January 20th, by CEO Ricardo Vescovi and Operations Director, Kleber Terra, for a temporary withdrawal from their current positions.
After the conclusion of the first stages of emergency response to the accident, these executives believe it is important to be temporarily relieved of their corporate functions in order to devote time to working on their defense.
On an interim basis, the CEO’s position will be held by the current commercial director, Roberto Carvalho. Roberto has a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy from the Federal University of São Paulo, and a Master’s in Mineral Technology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He joined Samarco in September 1985 as a process engineer, and was in charge of strategic functions of the pelletizing operations in Ubu, Espírito Santo. In August 2000, he led the development of the Commercial Department, and became Commercial Director in 2001.
As for the function of Operations Director, it will be exercised for the time being by the Director of Projects and Ecoefficiency, Maury de Souza Junior, who will accumulate these two functions. All of the commitments already made and all of the actions in progress will be strictly maintained.
