The General Meeting of Shareholders of Petroperu (JGA) appointed Luis Alberto Canales Gálvez as new president of the Board of Directors.
The decision is adopted in compliance with the sixth final complementary provision of Law No. 32103, which orders the immediate recomposition of the board of directors to strengthen the company’s governance.
Along with Canales, Elba Rosa Rojas Álvarez de Mares, Jesús Valentín Ramírez Gutiérrez and Oscar Gerardo Zapata Alcázar were appointed as directors. They replace the board headed by Fidel Augusto Moreno Rodríguez, who had temporarily assumed the presidency after the dismissal of Alejandro Narváez, as well as David Quispe Figueroa, José Luis Carlos Balta Chirinos and César Rodríguez Villanueva.
WHO IS LUIS ALBERTO CANALES GÁLVEZ?
Luis Alberto Canales Gálvez comes to the presidency with a career closely linked to Talara and the hydrocarbon sector. He graduated from the Faculty of Petroleum and Petrochemistry of the National University of Engineering (UNI) and participated in the 2010 municipal race as a candidate for provincial mayor for Alianza para el Progreso.
His experience combines public management, business activity and direct links with the industry.
He has held administrative positions in the Provincial Municipality of Talara and has worked in companies such as Petro-tech Peruana SA, Petro Mar and Petroperu. He also presided over the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Tourism of Talara, as well as the Atlético Torino Sports Club, one of the most emblematic sports institutions in the province.
The departure of Alejandro Narváez
Canales’ arrival occurs a month after the removal of Alejandro Narvaezwho was removed from the presidency of the Board of Directors on October 16.
The JGA—made up of the Ministries of Economy and Finance, and of Energy and Mines—executed its departure immediately and communicated it to the Superintendence of the Stock Market. Narváez maintains that he did not receive official documents that support his dismissal and that he was not summoned to the session where the measure was adopted.
In previous statements, the former manager stated that his management had contributed to “recovering part of the financial stability” of the company, with a reduction in losses and projections of a positive EBITDA for 2025 and 2026. He also assured that his departure lacks a technical basis and responded to “a political reason.”
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