Melbourne-based fertilizer and explosives company Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL) announced on Dec. 12 the appointment of Mauro Neves de Moraes as CEO and Managing Director following a comprehensive search process. De Moraes will assume the role on Jan. 22, 2024.
Paul Victor, IPL’s Chief Financial Officer, has been serving as the company’s Interim CEO since early June after IPL’s former CEO and Managing Director Jeanne Johns stepped down (GM June 9, p. 26). Johns had served as IPL’s CEO and Managing Director since 2017.
IPL said De Moraes has executive leadership experience in the mining and logistics sectors across multiple geographies over 30 years. He joined BHP in 2017 as Asset President at the company’s Escondida operations in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine. In 2021 he was appointed Asset President for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in Queensland, Australia’s largest producer and supplier of seaborne metallurgical coal.
From 2014 to 2017, De Moraes served as Executive Vice President – Commercial and Marketing – at Aurizon Holdings Ltd., one of the largest rail freight operators in Australia.