| Mr Mark Armour
| Mark Armour (British) Chief Financial Officer since 1996. Non-executive director of SABMiller plc. Prior to joining Reed Elsevier as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 1995, was a partner in Price Waterhouse. Holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr Armour owns a stake in SABMiller PLC since March 2014. |
| Ms Clara Furse
| Dame Clara Furse is non-executive Board director since 1 September 2014 at Vodafone Group PLC. Dame Clara was the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange Group plc from 2001 to 2009. She also joined the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) in April 2013. She was previously Group Chief Executive of Credit Lyonnais Rouse Ltd and Managing Director, Global Futures and Options at UBS AG. Dame Clara is a non-executive director on the board of Nomura Holdings Inc and Amadeus Holdings IT SA. Her previous non-executive career includes board appointments at Legal & General Group plc (2009 to 2013), Euroclear plc (2002 to 2009), Fortis (2006 to 2008) and LIFFE Holdings plc (1991 to 1999). Dame Clara was appointed to the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England in 2013. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008. |
| Mr Patrick Butler
| Mr. Patrick is a partner of The Resolution Group, a financial services investment firm. Prior to this he spent twenty five years with McKinsey & Co., where he was a senior director and led the firm's UK Financial Services Practice and its EMEA Retail Banking Practice. At McKinsey he advised banks, insurance companies and asset managers in the UK, US, Australia, South Africa, Middle East and several European countries-as well as a range of companies outside financial services-on issues of strategy, operations, performance improvement and organisation. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and Board Member at Hikma Pharmaceuticals and he is board member at Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC |
| Ms Sara Weller
| Ms Sara Weller joined the Board as Independent Director at LLOYDS Banking Group PLC on 1 February 2012 and is aged 51. Sara is currently a Non-Executive Director of United Utilities Group and is Chair of their Remuneration Committee. Sara is the former Managing Director of Argos. She held various senior positions at J Sainsbury including Deputy Managing Director and served on its board between January 2002 and May 2004. She was a Non-Executive Director of Mitchells & Butler and also held senior management roles for Abbey National and Mars Confectionery. |
| Antonio Horta-Osorio
| Mr António Horta-Osório joined the Board in January 2011 and was appointed Group Chief Executive in March 2011 at LLOYDS Banking Group PLC. He is aged 49. António is currently a Non-Executive Director of Fundação Champalimaud and Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos in Portugal and a Governor of the London Business School. Previously António joined Grupo Santander in 1993 and held various senior management positions culminating in Executive Vice President of Grupo Santander and a member of its Management Committee. In November 2004 he was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Santander UK and from August 2006 until November 2010, served as its Chief Executive. António is also a former Non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England. |
| Ms Baroness Shriti Vadera
| Ms Baroness Shriti Vadera has significant experience of emerging markets, and knowledge of global finance and public policy. She is a Non-Executive Director of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited. She advises funds, governments and companies, and has recently undertaken a number of international assignments including advising the Republic of Korea as Chair of the G20, the government of Dubai on the restructuring of Dubai World, Temasek Holdings, Singapore on strategy and Allied Irish Banks on restructuring and European policy. She was Minister in the UK government from 2007 to 2009, most latterly in the Cabinet Office and Business Department, working on the government's response to the financial crisis. From 1999 to 2007, she was on the Council of Economic Advisers, HM Treasury focusing on business and international economic issues. Prior to that she spent 14 years in investment banking with S G Warburg/UBS in banking, project finance and corporate finance specialising in emerging markets. Ms Baroness Shriti Vadera is Non-Executive Director at AstraZeneca PLC. |
| Mr Bruce Burlington
| Mr Bruce Burlington is a pharmaceutical product development and regulatory affairs consultant and brings extensive experience in those areas to the Board. He is also a non-executive board member of Cangene Corporation and the International Partnership for Microbicides, and a member of the scientific advisory boards of the International Medical Foundation and H. Lundbeck A/S. Previously he spent 17 years with the FDA, serving as director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health as well as holding a number of senior roles in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. After leaving the FDA he served in a series of senior executive positions at Wyeth (now part of Pfizer). Mr Bruce Burlington is Non-Executive Director at AstraZeneca PLC. |
| Mr Marcus Wallenberg
| Mr Marcus Wallenberg has international business experience across a broad range of industry sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry from his directorship with Astra prior to 1999. He is the Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, AB Electrolux, Saab AB and LKAB, and a Non-Executive Director of Investor AB, Stora Enso Oyj, Temasek Holdings Limited and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Mr Marcus Wallenberg is Mr Non-Executive Director at AstraZeneca PLC. |
| Mr John Varley
| Mr John Varley was formerly Group Chief Executive of the Barclays Group, having held a number of senior positions with the bank during his career, including that of Group Finance Director. He brings additional international, executive business leadership experience to the Board. He is also a Non-Executive Director of BlackRock, Inc., and Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, Chairman of Business Action on Homelessness and of Marie Curie Cancer Care, President of Business Disability Forum, and Honorary President of the UK Drug Policy Commission. |
| Mr Christopher Lynch
| Chris Lynch, Executive director, BComm, MBA, age 59. Appointment: Director of Rio Tinto since 2011. He was appointed as an executive director and chief financial officer-designate in March 2013. Chris, an Australian citizen, has nearly 30 years' experience in the mining and metals industry and is also a leading figure in the Australian business community. His directorship reflects the significance of Australia to Rio Tinto's global operations. He was chief executive officer of the Transurban Group, an international toll road developer and manager with interests in Australia and North America, until July 2012. His career has included seven years at BHP Billiton, where he was chief financial officer and then executive director and group president - Carbon Steel Materials. Prior to this Chris spent 20 years with Alcoa Inc. where he was vice-president and chief information officer based in Pittsburgh and chief financial officer Alcoa Europe in Switzerland. He was also managing director of KAAL Australia Limited, a joint venture company formed by Alcoa and Kobe Steel. hief executive officer of the Transurban Group Limited from 2008 until July 2012; non-executive director of AMT Management Limited; Citylink Melbourne Limited, Sydney Roads Limited and The Hills Motorway Limited during 2008; and commissioner of the Australian Football League since 2008. |
| Mr Ben Mathews
| Mr Ben Mathews was appointed Group Company Secretary of HSBC Holdings plc on 1 July 2013.He joined from Rio Tinto, where he had been Company Secretary since 2007, managing the dual listings in London and Sydney. Before that, Mr Mathews spent more than five years with BG Group plc, the leading natural gas major. He has extensive experience in international corporates, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and share listing across a range of companies. He qualified as a chartered company secretary with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.He graduated with honours in European Studies and French. After a period of post-graduate study he was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.Ben Mathews BA (Hons), FCIS, age 46. Ben joined the Group as company secretary of Rio Tinto in 2007. Prior to this, he spent five years with BG Group plc, an oil and gas company, as company secretary. He has previously worked for National Grid plc, British American Tobacco plc and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ben is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and has a joint honours degree in French and European Studies. |
| Mr Paul Tellier
| Hon. Paul Tellier, Non-executive director, LLL, BLitt (Oxon), LL.D, C.C. age 73. Director of Rio Tinto since 2007. Paul, a Canadian citizen, entered the civil service in the 1970s. He was clerk of the Privy Council Office and secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of Canada from 1985 to 1992. He became president and chief executive officer of the Canadian National Railway Company from 1992 to 2002. Until 2004, he was president and chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc., the aerospace and transportation company. Chairman of Global Container Terminals Inc. since 2007; director of McCain Foods Limited since 1996; trustee of the International Accounting Standards Foundation since 2007; co-chair of the Prime Minister of Canada's Advisory Committee on the Renewal of the Public Service since 2006; strategic adviser to Société Générale (Canada) since 2005; member of the advisory board of General Motors of Canada since 2005; director of Bell Canada from 1996 to 2010; and director of BCE Inc. (Bell Canada Enterprises) from 1999 to 2010. |
| Mr Jan du Plessis
| Mr Jan du Plessis is Chairman, BCom, LLB, CA(SA), age 59. Director of Rio Tinto since 2008. He was appointed chairman in April 2009. He is the chairman of the Nominations Committee. Jan, a South African and British citizen, worked in various management positions in the South African Rembrandt Group from 1981 and in 1988 became group finance director of Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, before being appointed chairman of British American Tobacco plc (BAT) in 2004, a position which he held until 2009. Jan has been based in Europe for most of his career. Non-executive director and senior independent non-executive director of Marks and Spencer Group plc since 2008 and March 2012, respectively, non-executive director of BAT from 1999 until 2009 and chairman of the board from 2004 until 2009, non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc from 2005 and 2008, respectively, until 2009. He aslo serves as Chairman of SABMiller PLC. |
| Mr Samuel Maurice Cossart Walsh
| Dr. Samuel Maurice Cossart Walsh is the representative of Public Investment Fund at Saudi Arabian Mining as Board Member. He was Chief executive, BCom (Melbourne), age 63. Director of Rio Tinto since 2009. He was appointed chief executive in January 2013. Sam, an Australian citizen, joined Rio Tinto in 1991, following 20 years in the automotive industry at General Motors and Nissan Australia. He has held a number of management positions during his career at Rio Tinto including chief executive of the Aluminium group from 2001 to 2004, chief executive of the Iron Ore group from 2004 to 2009 and chief executive Iron Ore and Australia from 2009 to January 2013. Sam is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Academy of Technical Science and Engineering. In June 2010, he was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Director of Seven West Media Limited, Australia's largest diversified media business, from 2008 until January 2013. |
| Mr Michael Fitzpatrick
| Michael Fitzpatrick, Non-executive director, BEng, BA (Oxon), age 60. Director of Rio Tinto since 2006. Michael, an Australian citizen, contributes wide-ranging investment and local knowledge of Australian business. He is chairman of Treasury Group Limited, a Sydney-based incubator of fund management companies, chairman of the Australian Football League and a former chairman of the Australian Sports Commission. After leaving professional football in 1983 and working for the Treasury of the State of Victoria and with investment banks in New York, Michael founded the pioneering infrastructure asset management company Hastings Funds Management Limited in 1994. He was a Rhodes Scholar in 1975. Non-executive director of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited since November 2012, chairman of Infrastructure Capital Group Limited since 2009, chairman of the Treasury Group Limited since 2005, commissioner and chairman of the Australian Football League since 2003 and 2007 respectively, director of the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research since 2001 and chairman of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation from 2006 to 2008. |
| Mr Guy Elliott
| Mr Guy Elliott is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of SABMiller PLC, Guy Elliott, Chief financial officer, MA (Oxon), MBA (INSEAD), age 57. Director and chief financial officer of Rio Tinto since 2002, Guy will retire at the end of 2013. He remains on the boards until then and has been appointed senior executive director. He will continue in his role as chief financial officer until 18 April 2013 when he will step down as chief financial officer. Guy, a British citizen, has been with Rio Tinto for more than 30 years. He joined the Group in 1980 in the uranium marketing division having previously been in investment banking. He subsequently held a variety of commercial and management positions, including head of Business Evaluation and president of Rio Tinto Brasil, before becoming chief financial officer. on-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Royal Dutch Shell plc since 2010 and 2011 respectively, a member of the Takeover Panel since 2012 and non-executive director and senior independent director of Cadbury plc from 2007 and 2008, respectively, until 2010. Mr Elliott owns a stake in SABMiller PLC since March 2014. |
| Mr Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
| Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, Non-executive director, GCMG, MA (Oxon), age 71. Director of Rio Tinto since 2003. John, a British citizen, was a member of the UK Diplomatic Service for 36 years and headed it from 1997 to 2002 as permanent under secretary at the Foreign Office. He previously served in HM Treasury and in the former Soviet Union and Pakistan, and was ambassador to the European Union and the US. He has been an Independent member of the House of Lords since 2004. (current and recent): Advisory board member of Edinburgh Partners Limited since January 2012; director and vice chairman of Scottish Power Limited since 2009 and April 2012 respectively; chairman of the Centre for European Reform (London) since 2008; vice president of the European Policy Centre (Brussels) since 2007; trustee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland since 2005; director of The Scottish American Investment Company plc since 2002; deputy chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2005 to May 2012; chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College London from 2005 to 2011; advisory board member of BAE Systems from 2008 to 2011; advisory board member of Scottish Power (Iberdrola) from 2007 to 2009; trustee of the National Gallery in London from 2002 to 2010; trustee of the Rhodes Trust from 1997 to 2010; and a Fulbright Commissioner from 2004 to 2009. |
| Mr Richard Goodmanson
| Richard Goodmanson, Non-executive director, MBA, BEc and BCom, BEng (Civil), age 65. Director of Rio Tinto since 2004 and chairman of the Sustainability Committee. Richard, a US citizen, was executive vice president and chief operating officer of DuPont until 2009. Prior to this he was president and chief executive officer of America West Airlines and senior vice president of operations for Frito-Lay, Inc., a North American division of PepsiCo. Richard has worked at senior levels for McKinsey & Co, where he led client service teams on major programmes of strategy development. He spent ten years in heavy civil engineering project management, principally in Southeast Asia, including the construction of the Hong Kong Subway System. Non-executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since 2008; economic adviser to the governor of Guangdong Province, China from 2003 to 2009; executive vice president and chief operating officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Limited from 1999 until 2009; and director of the United Way of Delaware, a charitable organisation, between 2002 and 2009. |
| Ms Vivienne Cox
| Ms Vivienne Cox is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Ms Vivienne Cox Non-executive director, MA (Oxon), MBA (INSEAD), age 53. Director of Rio Tinto since 2005. Vivienne is a British citizen. She was executive vice president of Gas, Power and Renewables at BP and former chief executive of BP Alternative Energy. During her career at BP she served in a variety of positions ranging from supply and trading, to commercial, finance and exploration and renewable energy. Vivienne holds degrees in chemistry from Oxford University and in business administration from INSEAD. on-executive director of BG Group plc, the exploration arm of British Gas, since February 2012; non-executive director and senior independent non-executive director of Pearson plc since January 2012 and January 2013 respectively; non-executive director of the UK Department for International Development since 2010; non-executive director of The Climate Change Organisation since 2010; non-executive director and non-executive chairman of Climate Change Capital Limited from 2008 and 2009 respectively until March 2012; member of the supervisory board of Vallourec, a steel tube maker, since 2010; member of the offshore advisory committee of Mainstream Renewable Power from 2010 until December 2012; and a member of the board of INSEAD business school since 2009.Vivienne has wide-ranging experience as an executive in the energy sector, and also works as a non-executive director with companies from a variety of industries, as well as with a number of philanthropic organisations. She provides valuable perspective to Board debates, and contributes constructively to the Group’s strategic and sustainability discussions. Vivienne has participated in a number of events organised by the BG Group Women’s Network.Vivienne worked for BP from 1981 to 2009, latterly as executive vice president of gas, power and renewables. She was also chief executive of BP Alternative Energy. |
| Mr Michael Rake
| Sir Michael joined the Board in January 2008 as a non-executive Director, and was appointed Senior Independent Director in October 2011 and Deputy Chairman in July 2012. Sir Michael has significant non-executive experience, both as a chairman and board member of listed companies. With over 30 years spent with KPMG, Sir Michael has substantial financial and commercial experience gained in Continental Europe and the Middle East. He was Senior Partner of the UK firm from 1998-2002 and Chairman of KPMG International from 2002-2007. Other principal external appointments: Chairman of BT Group plc since 2007; Chairman of easyjet Plc since January 2010 (Deputy Chairman June 2009-December 2009); Director of the Financial Reporting Council (2007-2011); Director of the McGraw-Hill Companies since 2007; Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2007-2010); Chairman of Business in the Community (2004-2007); and chairman of Majid Al Futtaim Holding since 1 January 2009. He is Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director at Barclays PLC |
