Kleber Silva joined ArcelorMittal in April 2024, as executive vice president, executive officer of ArcelorMittal, in the position of chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal Mining. He is also a member of the group management committee.

Kleber has an extensive experience of 35 years in the mining and metal industries, with proven achievements in safety, value creation, growth, turnaround, and operational excellence. He began his career in 1988 at MBR and Vale, and since then has held various senior operation roles within Vale Brazil and at Québec Cartier Mining Company in Canada (later ArcelorMittal Mines Canada).

In 2006, Kleber became vice president of ArcelorMittal, overseeing mining operations and later assumed the role of head of iron ore operations and CTO iron ore mines in August 2008. In May 2012, Kleber was appointed executive vice president of ArcelorMittal and head of iron ore.

Kleber is re-joining ArcelorMittal after leaving the group in 2017 to join Eramet as deputy chief executive officer and chief operating officer responsible for mining and metals, where he was responsible for the global mining, plant and metallurgical activities for manganese, nickel, zircon, titanium, mineral sands, manganese alloys and lithium.

Kleber holds a master’s degree from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France. He is also a mining engineer from “Escola de Minas da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, UFOP.