Incitec Pivot Limited announced that Mr. Mauro Neves de Moraes has been appointed as Managing Director of IPL, following a comprehensive search process. Mauro will assume the Managing Director role effective 22 January 2024. Mauro Neves is a global executive with 30 years' industry experience across the resources and logistics sectors.

A mechanical engineer with dual Brazilian Australian citizenship, Mauro has an impressive track record driving operational and strategic business performance for some of the world's biggest mining companies. Mauro joined BHP in 2017 as Asset President for the company's Escondida operations in Chile, accountable for this joint venture between BHP, Rio Tinto and JECO (Japanese consortium led by Mitsubishi). In 2021 Mauro was appointed Asset President for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in Queensland, Australia's producer and supplier of seaborne metallurgical coal (which is a joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development).

From 2014 to 2017, Mauro served as Executive Vice President - Commercial and Marketing at Aurizon Holdings Limited. As a member of their executive committee, he was accountable for managing a portfolio of A$4bn annual sales. Aurizon is one of the rail freight operators in Australia.

Prior to this, Mauro held various roles at Vale S.A. (between 2004 - 2014), a Brazilian multinational miner and logistics operator. During his ten years with Vale, Mauro held the role of Global Coal Director where he led the Vale coal business with operations in Australia, Colombia, Mozambique and China. Mauro holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994) and a Master of Science, Business Logistics and Administration from Pontificia Universidade (1997).