Eugene Lei was appointed as President and Chief Financial Officer in July 2026. In his expanded role, Mr. Lei has oversight of the operations, development and finance functions of the Company. He has been Chief Financial Officer since October 2022 and has been instrumental in the Company’s significant transformation. Under his leadership, Hudbay diversified its operating platform, generated significant free cash flow, achieved stated balance sheet targets ahead of schedule, and successfully executed the strategic plan to unlock Copper World. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Copper World LLC., the joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation.
Since joining Hudbay in 2012, Mr. Lei has progressed through several senior management roles with increasing executive responsibilities, previously serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy from 2017 to 2022. He has over 25 years of global mining finance, investment banking and corporate development experience. Prior to joining Hudbay, Mr. Lei was Managing Director, Mining at Macquarie Capital Markets, working as an advisor on transformative mining mergers and acquisitions and leading equity capital markets offerings from 2001 to 2012.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Queen’s University. In 2015, Mr. Lei received the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s CIM-Bedford Canadian Young (under 40) Mining Leaders Award. In 2025, Mr. Lei was the recipient of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business 2025 Canada’s Best Executive Award in the Finance category.