Roberto Damasceno was named the Head of Vale’s Newfoundland and Labrador Operations in 2022. He has over 20 years of domestic and international mining experience, particularly in the hydrometallurgical field. He joined Vale in 2010 as a senior engineer before holding various management roles in project, process engineering and operations. Roberto holds a degree in chemical engineering, a post graduate diploma in process engineering and a Masters in Executive Business Administration. He has also completed global leadership training at MIT and Yale.