Shell CFO Among 3 Directors Named to Rio Tinto Board
February 09 2017 - 5:28PM
Dow Jones News
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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