LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Mining company Rio Tinto plc (RTPPF.PK, RIO.L, RIO, RTNTF.PK) on Thursday said Megan Clark AC will join its board as a non-executive director with effect from November 20, 2014.
Clark is the Chief Executive of Australia's national research agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and had an extensive career in both the private and public sector in Australia, combining expertise in the metals and mining business.
'We are very pleased that Megan has accepted our invitation to join the Rio Tinto board. Her appointment further reinforces the significance of Australia to Rio Tinto's global operations,' said Rio Tinto's Chairman Jan du Plessis in a statement.
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