Maria Olivia Recart brings extensive expertise in environmental and social issues in Chile and Brazil, including community engagement, government relations, sustainable supply chains, and social value strategy. She has served as a Director since March 2023. She is an economist with a master’s degree in economics from Georgetown.
From 2019 to 2023, Maria Olivia was Dean of Universidad Santo Tomás. Previously, she spent eight years at BHP as Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Americas, overseeing community engagement, communications, and government relations. During that time, she advised on operational and strategic matters at Escondida mine and held leadership roles in several social impact organizations, including Fundación Chile and Fundación Minera Escondida. Earlier in her career, Maria Olivia served as Chile’s Vice Minister of Finance (2006–2010), leading the country’s entry into the OECD.
She currently sits on the boards of Aclara Resources Inc.(a TSX-listed rare earths company with a development project in Chile), Esval and Essbio (utilities companies governed by OTPP and listed in Chile), Banmco Santander (Chilean Branch, listed in Chile), and Comunidad Mujer, a Chilean non-profit organization advocating for women's issues in public policy.
Committees: Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; and Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee.