Loreto Silva is a partner of the law firm Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados and has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, in infrastructure, energy, mining and regulated industries in general.
In 2012 she was appointed by former President Sebastián Piñera as the first woman to hold the position of Minister of Public Works (MOP).
She has served on the boards of several companies. She currently serves as an independent director of Barrick Gold Corporation, GNL Quinteros and ICAFAL Inversiones. Previously, she was president of the board of Empresa Nacional de Petróleo (ENAP), director of the state-owned electricity generating company ENDESA América S.A., director of two sanitation service companies, Aguas Cordillera S.A. and Aguas Andinas S.A.
She also serves as an advisor to prestigious think tanks in her field and as an arbitrator of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce. She has received the 100 Women Leaders award on four occasions: 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
