Our Footprint

We are a Vantaztic team – multi-disciplined and specialized in mining with a unique, global culture primed to support the mining industry with the challenges of today and tomorrow.

America

  • Pinto Valley
  • Houston
  • Cobre Panamá
  • Cerro Matoso
  • Cerrejón
  • Antamina
  • Las Bambas
  • Minsur
  • Quellaveco
  • Antapacay
  • Ferreyros
  • Southern Peaks
  • Marcobre
  • Collahuasi
  • Codelco Norte
  • Escondida
  • Spence
  • Albemarle
  • Antofagasta Minerals
  • Angloamerican
  • Finning
  • Komtasu

Asia

  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Singapore
  • BHP Iron Ore
  • South32
  • Covalent Lithium
  • Cannington
  • BMA
  • Olympic Dam

Pinto Valley

Houston

Cobre Panamá

Cerro Matoso
Cerrejón

Antamina
Las Bambas
Minsur
Quellaveco
Antapacay
Ferreyros
Southern Peaks
Marcobre

Collahuasi
Codelco Norte
Escondida
Spence
Albemarle
Antofagasta Minerals
Angloamerican
Finning
Komatsu

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

BHP Iron Ore
South32
Covalent Lithium

Cannington
BMA

Olympic Dam

22

Years

+280

Professionals

+1700

Projects

Our history

2000

Vantaz

2003

Parnés

2007

Vantaz PTY, Australia

2008

Vantaz Perú

2012

Vantaz and Mining

2018

Vantaz Bluefield

2020

VEM

2000

Vantaz

Vantaz was born, with a focus on consulting and upgrading processes.

Our history

Vantaz Team

Juan Cariamo Zerené

Founding Partner and Co CEO – Vantaz

Senior partner with more than 25 years of experience in upgrading mining business, providing a strategic approach that specialises in project management, organisational change, sustainability strategies, process redesign, and talent management. Active participation in professional associations.

jcariamo@vantaz.com

Mauro Mezzano Péndola

Founding Partner and Co CEO – Vantaz

Founding partner of Vantaz, who currently leads the mining market intelligence unit, internationalisation, and the new business area. International enterprise as a platform for growth and teamwork is one of his motivations.

mmezzano@vantaz.com

Andrés Medina Martin

Founding Partner – Director of Productivity

He has participated in multiple projects in different roles and on different levels, adding value through data analysis, organizational effectiveness, autonomy, and digital transformation in Chile and Peru. He specialises in building teams and collaborative workspaces.

amedina@vantaz.com

Pedro Gómez González

Vantaz Partner – Director of Technology

As Director of Technology, he has led a hundred or so projects in information technology (IT) and operation technology (OT) for the mining industry. He specializes in the design, operation, management, implementation, and oversight of technological projects in Chile and abroad.

pgomez@vantaz.com

Ives Mouesca Schröder

Vantaz Partner – Parnés CEO

Partner, whose experience in different industries and areas gives him a comprehensive approach from an economic, administrative, and structural business perspective. One of his primary motivations is the development of new business, and he currently runs our outsourcing team.

imouesca@vantaz.com

Carlos Lobatón Lira

Vantaz Partner – Country Manager Peru

Over 30 years of experience in supply chain management, in logistical and administrative issues as well as consulting areas with local and international business leaders in the mining sector, in operations and in Greenfield and Brownfield projects in Peru and throughout the region.

clobaton@vantaz.com

Daniela Desormeaux

Studies Director – Vantaz Group

Economist focused in natural resources, environment and sustainability. As Studies Director, she carries out various and detailed market trends and benchmarks in various topics related to the metal and non-metal mining industry. Has teached at Entorno Macroecónomico and was Director at CESCO.

ddesormeaux@vantaz.com

Patricio Guzmán Bonet

Director - Vantaz Asset Management

Senior executive with commercial, technical, financial and HSSE orientation, with more than 30 years of experience in metallic and non-metallic mining, with advanced technical knowledge of the integrated mining process and of the mining equipment of mine, plant, port and desalination plants. Experience in international companies (Dutch - UK, Japanese and Australian)

pguzmanbonet@vantaz.com

Gary Warden

Country Manager - Australia

Senior professional with more than 25 years of experience in mining in both Australasia and South America and deep involvement in the selection, design, implementation and operation of OT and IT throughout the value chain and expertise in improvement and transformation and a passion for helping companies on their journeys towards sustainability.

gwarden@vantaz.com

Vanessa Collao

Senior Manager - Sustainability

Senior professional with a vast experience in strategic analysis, direction and management of complex safety, health, environment and community issues projects. She has developed a solid track in Sustainability in the mining industry, and currently leads that area at Vantaz group.

vcollao@vantaz.com

Fabrizio Vergara

Senior Manager - Productivity

Senior professional with extensive experience in the design, management, and implementation of different types of projects, with his focus on productivity management, specifically specializing in Project Management Office issues, Business Cases and Support Processes.

fvergara@vantaz.com

Rodolfo Cáceres

Senior Manager - Operational Technology

Senior professional with a great ability to solve complex problems in IT OT architecture for mining operations. Highly specialized in Midrange Infrastructure services, which includes topics such as Wintel Consulting, Backups, Storage, Business Continuity Plans, Data Centers and IT Audits among others.

rcaceres@vantaz.com

Hector Miño

Senior Manager - Digital Mining

Senior professional whose experience in different technology companies, with a focus on mining, has given him great knowledge in technological architecture for digital systems and solutions. He has dedicated a large part of his career to work in solutions for the geology, loading and transportation, crushing and belts, oxides, concentrate and maintenance areas.

hmino@vantaz.com

Margarita Salgado Vega

Staff Manager

Professional in Administration & Finance with vast experience leading high-performance teams. In her current role, she oversees the Vantaz Group's Sustainability Team, which consists of People and Culture, Operations, Compliance, Management Control, as well as Financial Planning.

msalgado@vantazgroup.com