By Rhiannon Hoyle 
 

SYDNEY--Rio Tinto PLC (RIO.LN) named three new members of its board, including Royal Dutch Shell PLC's (RDSA) chief financial officer and the former CEO of South African petrochemicals giant Sasol Ltd. (SOL.JO).

The world's second-largest mining company on Friday said it will appoint three new nonexecutive directors to the boards of its U.K.- and Australia-listed business because existing directors Robert Brown and Anne Lauvergeon plan to step down. Shell chief financial officer Simon Henry will join the board in July, it said, while former Sasol chief executive David Constable and former Centrica PLC (CNA.LN) chief executive Sam Laidlaw will be appointed immediately.

"With diverse expertise across successful international engineering, resources and financial businesses, I have no doubt that their insight and hands-on experience will strengthen the board," Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis said.

 

Write to Rhiannon Hoyle at rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 09, 2017 17:13 ET (22:13 GMT)

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