{"id":24699,"date":"2026-01-08T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/?page_id=24699"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:32:43","slug":"javier-targhetta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/en\/editions\/speakers\/javier-targhetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Targhetta"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24699\" class=\"elementor elementor-24699 elementor-24698\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a05b3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a05b3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlantic Copper SLU and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Freeport-McMoRan Inc.<\/h3><p><span dir=\"auto\">Javier Targhetta (Madrid, 1948) is a Mining Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1971) and holds a diploma from IESE in Senior Management (University of Navarra, 1987). After completing his studies with internships in Germany and England, he began his professional career in the metallurgical field, joining the AIPSA project in Huelva, jointly sponsored by the Rio Tinto Explosives and Tharsis groups.<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\">In late 1973, he joined the engineering consulting firm Sereland, where he remained for eight years, serving as Vice President of the Industrial Division. In 1981, he began what would become a nine-year period in the shipping sector, joining the company Ruiz de Velasco, where he became Managing Director in 1983. In 1985, he was appointed President of Empresa Nacional Elcano, SA, at that time Spain&#8217;s leading shipping company. Between 1988 and 1990, he simultaneously led the container shipping company Compa\u00f1\u00eda Trasatl\u00e1ntica Espa\u00f1ola, also as President and CEO.<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\">In 1990, he was appointed CEO of Atlantic Copper. In 1993, Freeport-McMoRan (USA) acquired 100% of the company, and Javier Targhetta was confirmed in his current position. Since July 2005, he has served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, assuming responsibility for Freeport-McMoRan&#8217;s global copper concentrate sales. Since April 2025, Targhetta has held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlantic Copper.<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\">Among other responsibilities, Javier Targhetta is currently Vice President-Commissioner of PT Smelting (Indonesia), Vice President of Fortia, one of the largest electricity distributors in Spain, and an\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><em><span dir=\"auto\">honorary<\/span><\/em><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0professor \u00a0at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Between 2004 and 2014, he was an associate professor at the same university.<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\">Until June 2008, Javier Targhetta chaired the Spanish Association of Large Energy Consumers (AEGE), and from 2007 to November 2011, he was President of Eurometaux (European Association of Non-Ferrous Metal Producers). Between 2008 and 2010, he chaired the European Copper Institute (ECI).<\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\">Javier Targhetta has also served on the Boards of Directors of several companies, including Uni\u00f3n Asturiana Estibadora, The Britannia Steamship Protection &amp; Indemnity Club Ltd, Fertiberia, Duro Felguera, Compa\u00f1\u00eda General de Carbones, and Asturiana de Zinc (a Glencore subsidiary), among others. 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