Marie-Chantal Kaninda joined Glencore DRC 5 years ago as Vice President Corporate Affairs.

Since January 2023, she has been President of Glencore DRC and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kamoto Copper Company-KCC (since July 2022), a partnership between Gécamines and Glencore in the DRC. She has more than 25 years' professional experience in the mining sector with major international groups such as Ashanti Goldfieds, AngloGold Ashanti, Debeers Group in charge of administration, communications and external affairs in Central Africa and Communities in Africa, and Rio Tinto as Director of External Relations. Relations for Africa. Marie-Chantal holds a degree in economics from the University of Liège, Belgium, and was for two years the first African woman to head the World Diamond Council. Married with two daughters, she has long campaigned for better access to training for girls and women, and greater inclusion in the mining sector. She is a mentor to a number of young women entrepreneurs in the DRC, and the founder of a not-for-profit association (the MCKM Foundation), which tackles the issue of girls' education in the DRC. She is a member of several boards of directors, including Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) as PCA. Marie-Chantal has been recognised as one of the most influential women for 3 consecutive years by Forbes Africa.