2024 - Rio Tinto: two arrivals on the board of directors

(CercleFinance.com) – Rio Tinto announces the appointments of Martina Merz and Sharon Thorne to the positions of non-executive directors.

Martina Merz will join the Board of Directors on February 1, 2024 while Sharon Thorne will join the Board of Directors on July 1, 2024.

Martina Merz, a German national, brings extensive leadership and operational experience, including as Managing Director of industrial engineering and steel production conglomerate ThyssenKrupp. She currently serves on the board of directors of AB Volvo and on the supervisory board of Siemens AG.

For her part, Sharon Thorne, a British national, is a chartered accountant and had a 36-year career at Deloitte. She became an audit partner of Deloitte in 1998, held numerous senior positions until becoming deputy managing director of Deloitte North West Europe in 2017 and global president from 2019, before retiring at the end of November 2023.

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