Kaisa Hietala to join Rio Tinto Board
December 19 2022 - 2:35AM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto has appointed Kaisa Hietala as a non-executive
director. Ms Hietala, a Finnish citizen, will join the Board on 1
March 2023.
Ms Hietala is an experienced executive with a strong track
record of helping companies transform the challenges of
environmental megatrends into business opportunities and growth.
She began her career in upstream oil and gas exploration and, as
Executive Vice President of Renewable Products at Neste, a
petroleum refining and marketing company, she played a central role
in its commercial transformation into the world’s largest and most
profitable producer of renewable products.
An experienced non-executive director, Ms Hietala serves on the
Boards of Exxon Mobil and Smurfit Kappa Group, a global packaging
company, and is Chair of the Board at Tracegrow, a private Finnish
sustainable fertilisers company. She is a member of the Supervisory
Board of Oulu University and was formerly a Board member of Kemira
Oy, a Finnish specialty chemicals company.
Rio Tinto Chairman Dominic Barton said “I am delighted to
welcome Kaisa to the Rio Tinto Board. She brings a deep
understanding of the resources industry, sustainability and
renewables that will be invaluable as we work to ensure Rio Tinto
thrives in a decarbonising world.
“As part of our continuing refresh of Board capabilities, we are
progressing well with a number of other searches to identify
non-executive directors with expertise in both mining and
sustainability, and expect to announce further appointments in due
course.”
Ms Hietala said “I am excited by the significant opportunity in
front of Rio Tinto. The company demonstrates a real commitment to
cultural change and is progressing with its long-term strategy to
deliver value by supplying the materials needed for the transition
to net zero. I look forward to working with my fellow Board members
to support this ongoing transformation and strengthening of Rio
Tinto.”
Rio Tinto confirms that there are no further matters to be
disclosed pursuant to Rule 9.6.13(1) - (6) of the Listing Rules of
the UK Listing Authority.
LEI: 213800YOEO5OQ72G2R82 Classification: 3.1. Additional
regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a
Member State.
This announcement is authorised for release to the market by
Steve Allen, Rio Tinto’s Group Company Secretary.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221218005040/en/
Please direct all enquiries to
media.enquiries@riotinto.com
Media Relations, UK Matthew Klar M+ 44 7796 630
637 David Outhwaite M +44 7787 597 493
Media Relations, Americas Simon Letendre M +514
796 4973 Malika Cherry M +1 418 592 7293
Media Relations, Australia Matt Chambers M +61 433
525 739 Jesse Riseborough M +61 436 653 412
Investor Relations, UK Menno Sanderse M: +44 7825
195 178 David Ovington M +44 7920 010 978 Clare
Peever M +44 7788 967 877
Investor Relations, Australia Tom Gallop M +61 439
353 948 Amar Jambaa M +61 472 865 948
Rio Tinto plc 6 St James’s Square London SW1Y 4AD United
Kingdom T +44 20 7781 2000 Registered in England No. 719885
Rio Tinto Limited Level 43, 120 Collins Street Melbourne
3000 Australia T +61 3 9283 3333 Registered in Australia ABN 96 004
458 404
riotinto.com
Category: General
Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024