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Rio Tinto appoints B.Bold as Copper Chief Executive
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Ulaaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On January 27, Rio Tinto unveiled its new executive team. With this structural change, Energy and Minerals Chief Executive Bold Baatar has become Copper Chief Executive.
Bold joined Rio Tinto in May 2013 as president of Copper International Operations. And he has been the chief executive of Rio Tinto Energy & Minerals (E&M) product group since 2016. Through the development of new products and markets, a responsive market approach and the successful divestment of the company’s coal business, Bold has helped drive the optimization of the company's portfolio with a focus on a low carbon future and in doing so, helped generate significant shareholder value. He has also re-energized the Group’s focus on Africa and driven the development of Rio Tinto Ventures, which focuses on assessing growth opportunities in the minerals and metals of the future.
The new
leadership team, effective by 1 March, is:
Jakob
Stausholm, Chief Executive
Bold
Baatar, Chief Executive Rio Tinto Copper
Alf
Barrios, Chief Commercial Officer
Peter
Cunningham, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mark
Davies, Group Executive, Safety, Technical and Projects
Sinead
Kaufman, Chief Executive Rio Tinto Minerals
Barbara
Levi, Chief Legal Officer & External Affairs
James
Martin, Chief People Officer (joins 6 April)
Kellie
Parker, Chief Executive Australia
Arnaud
Soirat, Chief Operating Officer
Peter
Toth, Group Executive, Strategy and Development
Simon
Trott, Chief Executive Rio Tinto Iron Ore
Ivan Vella, Chief Executive Rio Tinto Aluminium
Rio Tinto will increase its focus on operational excellence and project development, strengthening the company’s ESG credentials, and rebuilding trust, particularly in Australia, under the new organizational structure.
source: Rio Tinto
