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Jennifer Maki has been appointed executive director of Vale’s Base Metals division after its previous executive director, Peter Poppinga, was named executive director of Ferrous Minerals for the company.
Maki has worked for Vale since 1993, and since January has been the chief financial and administrative officer for Base Metals. She also participated in the management of Base Metals businesses outside Canada.
Maki has an undergraduate degree in business from Queen’s University and a postgraduate diploma from the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
After working at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 10 years, Maki joined Vale as assistant controller, holding several positions including vice-president, treasurer and chief financial officer.
She has been a member of the board of commissioners of PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (PTVI) since 2007 and recently became its president commissioner.
As executive director of Vale’s Base Metals division, she will be responsible for the company’s operations in Sudbury.
In a news release, Vale said Maki has made major contributions to the business, taking “firm action” in cost management and control, in the implementation of funding strategies, in negotiating joint venture agreements in base metals and in the co-ordination of work to resolve issues related to pension funds of Base Metals group companies.”
Poppinga studied geology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has an undergraduate degree in applied geology from the University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
With more than 20 years’ experience in iron ore, Poppinga began his career in 1984 at Samitri, an iron and manganese mining company, where he held leadership positions in mine planning, iron ore production, and sales and marketing.
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