OREANDA-NEWS. Vale’s Board of Directors approved Murilo Ferreira’s re-election as chief executive officer. The other executive directors were also re-elected. Read about our leaders.

The new management term for these leaders is two years, starting from the end of the current terms (May 22 for the CEO and May 25 for the other leaders).

Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira, who has over 30 years of experience in mining, was appointed Vale’s CEO in May 2011. He joined the company’s Executive Board in 2005, as Executive Director of the Company Stakes and New Business area.

He began his professional career at Vale in 1977, as a financial and economic analyst. He later performed important roles such as CEO of Vale Inco, which currently integrates Vale’s operations in Canada.

He has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, a postgraduate diploma in Administration and Finance from Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, and a specialist Senior Executive diploma from IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.