Milpo has appointed Víctor Gobitz as interim head of its Milpo-Atacocha units in Peru. Gobitz, a former executive at Rio Alto, Volcan and Castrovirreyna, replaces Gilmar Caixeta. Also named to the Milpo-Atacocha board of directors were Mario Bertoncini, a former executive at Votorantim, Fibria Celulosa and Banco Itau, and Aparecido Belther, who worked previously at Rio Tinto and Vale.