Rio Tinto Names Simon Thompson to Succeed Chairman Jan du Plessis
December 03 2017 - 5:15PM
Dow Jones News
By Robb M. Stewart
MELBOURNE, Australia--Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) has appointed board
director Simon Thompson to succeed Jan du Plessis as chairman of
the mining company.
Mr. Thompson will take on the role on March 5 when Mr. du
Plessis steps down after almost nine years as chairman, Rio Tinto
said Monday.
Mr. Thompson, who has been chairman of international investment
manager 3i Group PLC (III.LN) since 2015, joined Rio Tinto's board
in 2014. From 2012 until earlier this year he was chairman of
Tullow Oil PLC (TLW.LN).
--Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 03, 2017 17:00 ET (22:00 GMT)
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