Team

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We go deep into organizational architecture to secure leaders with real impact.

Lucero de la Puente

Lucero de la Puente

Managing Director

A senior Executive Search professional with more than 17 years of specialized experience across mining and construction, building her career in industries where leadership, execution, and technical expertise have a direct impact on business performance.

Throughout her career, she has interviewed more than 7,000 professionals across Peru, Chile, and Canada, developing deep insight into specialized talent markets and the leadership trajectories that underpin complex projects and operations. Her experience spans mining companies, civil and electromechanical contractors, EPCM firms, and consulting companies across Peru and international markets.

She has led highly specialized searches across multiple stages of mining projects and operations, from exploration and development through operations, decommissioning, and closure. This exposure gives her an integrated perspective on leadership requirements, connecting the demands of each position with the operational, technical, and organizational context in which the executive will deliver results.

As the founder of Altiplano, she brings a perspective grounded in deep knowledge of capital-intensive, asset-intensive, execution-driven industries, together with extensive understanding of specialized leadership markets. Her experience combines industry insight, executive assessment, and judgement to identify leaders capable of meeting the specific demands of each project, operation, and organization.

Alejandra Balarin

Alejandra Balarin

Managing Partner

A senior Executive Search professional with more than 15 years of specialized experience in executive and senior leadership, working across C-level, executive, and middle-management positions in complex, capital-intensive industries.

Her career spans mining, EPC, EPCM, construction, mining contractors, industrial companies, energy, agribusiness, and consumer goods, across Peru and international markets. Within mining, she has led searches across different stages of organizations, including exploration, operations, and expansion, developing a deep understanding of the leadership profiles and capabilities required in each context.

She has led teams of more than 40 professionals and conducted more than 8,000 recruitment processes, building extensive knowledge of Peru’s specialized talent market. Her experience combines assessment expertise, strategic perspective, and a strong understanding of organizational structures, with particular focus on track record, capabilities, potential, and the leader’s fit with the specific context of each organization.

At Altiplano, she brings a specialized perspective on leadership, assessment, and talent, complementing industry knowledge with a deep understanding of the individual who will lead the business. Her approach combines analytical rigor, judgement, and close engagement, connecting executive capabilities with the real demands of the business and the organization.

Rodrigo Florez

Rodrigo Florez

Managing Partner

An Industrial Engineer with more than 15 years of multisector commercial experience and direct exposure to more than 5,000 companies across industries, business sizes, and organizational contexts.

His career combines business development, specialized technical consulting, and Executive Search across complex, capital-intensive industries, including mining, engineering, construction, infrastructure, energy, and oil & gas. He has participated in Oil & Gas projects as well as executive search and selection processes for leadership positions across these industries.

This experience has given him a broad perspective across business, projects, markets, and leadership, allowing him to understand organizations through their commercial objectives, execution challenges, and the capabilities required to move them forward. His Industrial Engineering background further strengthens this perspective with a structured understanding of operations, processes, and decision-making.

At Altiplano, he brings a business perspective built through more than 15 years of direct interaction with companies and decision-makers. He combines industry knowledge, commercial perspective, and executive judgement to understand what an organization needs, what its context demands, and what kind of leadership can turn those needs into execution and results.

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