# Katie Jackson Chief Executive Copper ## Career chronology - **2024-09-01 onward: Rio Tinto** — Chief Executive Copper. [Katie Jackson appointment]() (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); [Annual report 2025]() (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries) - **September 2023 to before September 2024: National Grid Ventures** — President. [Katie Jackson appointment]() (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); [Annual report 2025]() (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries) - **Before National Grid; exact dates unverified: Shell** — Executive Vice President, Acquisition, Divestment and New Business Development. [Katie Jackson appointment]() (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); [Annual report 2025]() (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries) - **Earlier roles; exact dates unverified: Anadarko, Equinor and BG Group** — Operational and commercial roles. [Katie Jackson appointment]() (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); [Annual report 2025]() (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Operating output in the first nine months [katie_company_success1] Nine months to September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Rio Tinto reported Oyu Tolgoi copper output increased 29% year-on-year for the first nine months of 2026 and global iron ore sales rose 3%. It reported Simandou’s third-quarter production run rate at about 10 million tonnes a year on a 100% basis, a run rate rather than annual output. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These are corporate results affected by project teams, commissioning and market conditions, not a quantification of individual contribution. **Relevance:** Evidence of current operating delivery. [Third quarter 2026 production results]() (14 October release, introductory operating results) ## Industrial safety ### Kennecott contractor fatality [katie_safety1] March 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality A contracting-company employee died following a 12 March 2026 incident at Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon mine. Rio Tinto suspended surface and underground mining and announced a joint investigation. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive’s group, safety or copper remit overlaps this event; the sources do not establish individual causation. **Relevance:** Material safety oversight context. [Fatal incident at Rio Tinto Kennecott]() (fatality and suspension); [Katie Jackson appointment]() (current role) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to the role [katie_fit] Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Rio Tinto announced she would join on 1 September 2024 after serving as President of National Grid Ventures; her stated earlier roles include Shell, UBS, Anadarko, Equinor and BG Group. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Career claims are sourced to issuer accounts; their relevance to current duties is an analytical inference, not a measured contribution. **Relevance:** Experience relevant to the stated remit. [Katie Jackson appointment]() (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); [Annual report 2025]() (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credential and membership verification remains incomplete. - Prior-employer and person-specific court, regulator, fraud, environment and safety searches are incomplete; documented screening is not a clearance. - Final official investigation outcomes for the 2026 fatal incidents were not located in reviewed records.