Rio Tinto Limited

Career chronology

• 2025-08-25 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. Simon Trott biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before 25 August 2025; exact start date unverified: Rio Tinto — Chief Executive, Iron Ore. Simon Trott biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Earlier role; exact dates unverified: Rio Tinto — Chief Commercial Officer. Simon Trott biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BSc Agriculture with honours is issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications and memberships are not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Simon Trott biography (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

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

Simandou contractor fatality

February 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A contracting-company employee died following a 14 February 2026 incident at the SimFer mine. Rio Tinto suspended work and said it would investigate with authorities and partners.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The relevant chief executive, group safety or iron ore remit overlapped the event; no individual fault is established.

Relevance: Material to safety oversight.

Fatal incident at Simandou project (fatality, suspension and company response); Simon Trott biography (leadership responsibility)

Kennecott contractor fatality

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); Simon Trott biography (current role)

Governance and interests

Workplace review and representative claim

2021–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

An independent 2024 survey review found 39% of respondents reported bullying in the prior 12 months, compared with 31% in 2021. Rio Tinto reported a representative workplace claim commenced in December 2024. On 23 October 2026 the Federal Court struck out specified claims and pleading paragraphs, allowed some repleading, and otherwise dismissed Rio Tinto’s interlocutory application; this was a procedural ruling, not a finding on the merits.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Trott became group CEO on 25 August 2025, after the 2024 survey and case filing. His current group role overlaps the ongoing proceeding; the sources do not allege personal misconduct by him.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace culture and governance.

Everyday Respect progress review (printed pp. 27–28, survey results); Federal court claim (company response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders 4–7 and reasons [1]–[9], 23 October 2026); Rio Tinto appoints Simon Trott as Chief Executive (15 July 2025 announcement, effective 25 August 2025)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports he became chief executive on 25 August 2025 after leading Iron Ore and the commercial function; he joined in 2000 and held salt, uranium, borates and diamonds roles.

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.

Simon Trott biography (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.

• The final outcome of the representative workplace claim remains unresolved as at the evidence cutoff.

Career chronology

• 2021-06-17 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Peter Cunningham biography (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: Rio Tinto — Group Controller; Head of Investor Relations; Global Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Communities. Peter Cunningham biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

BA honours and chartered accountancy in England and Wales are issuer-reported.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications and memberships are not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Peter Cunningham biography (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

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)

Governance and interests

Workplace review and representative claim

2021–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

An independent 2024 survey review found 39% of respondents reported bullying in the prior 12 months, compared with 31% in 2021. Rio Tinto reported a representative workplace claim commenced in December 2024. On 23 October 2026 the Federal Court struck out specified claims and pleading paragraphs, allowed some repleading, and otherwise dismissed Rio Tinto’s interlocutory application; this was a procedural ruling, not a finding on the merits.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Cunningham became CFO on 17 June 2021, before the survey and case filing. His finance and board remit overlaps the relevant period; no personal involvement in the alleged conduct is established.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace culture and governance.

Everyday Respect progress review (printed pp. 27–28, survey results); Federal court claim (company response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders 4–7 and reasons [1]–[9], 23 October 2026); Rio Tinto confirms Peter Cunningham as CFO (17 June 2021 appointment)

Historic Guinea controls settlement

2011–2023 · documented · medium materiality

The SEC found Rio Tinto’s records and internal controls deficient in connection with a 2011 consultant’s attempted improper payment in Guinea. In 2023 Rio Tinto agreed a US$15 million civil penalty without admitting or denying the SEC findings.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No involvement by this executive in the 2011 matter is established; the settlement concerned the company.

Relevance: Historical corporate controls context.

SEC charges Rio Tinto with bribery controls failures (SEC findings and corporate settlement); Rio Tinto resolves SEC investigation (issuer response)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports he joined in 1993, became CFO and executive director in June 2021, and held roles as group controller, head of investor relations and global head of health, safety, environment and communities.

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.

Peter Cunningham biography (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.

• The final outcome of the representative workplace claim remains unresolved as at the evidence cutoff.

Career chronology

• 2024-09-01 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Commercial Officer. Bold Baatar biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before September 2024; exact start date unverified: Rio Tinto — Chief Executive, Copper. Bold Baatar biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before Rio Tinto; exact dates unverified: JPMorgan — Investment banking roles. Bold Baatar biography (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

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)

Business failures and setbacks

Oyu Tolgoi funding reset

2021–2022 · documented · medium materiality

A 2022 Turquoise Hill SEC-filed circular describes higher underground development cost estimates, delays, and a 2021–22 funding reset involving Mongolia; the 2021 agreement addressed about US$2.3 billion of remaining known funding requirements.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Baatar was Copper CEO in this period and commented on the financing; the sources do not isolate his personal responsibility for historic delay or cost.

Relevance: Relevant to project financing and governance.

Turquoise Hill transaction circular (transaction background, project funding and reset); Oyu Tolgoi financing plan (funding plan and Baatar statement)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports he joined in 2013, was copper chief executive before his September 2024 commercial role, and previously spent over a decade at JPMorgan.

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.

Bold Baatar biography (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.

• The full independent 2021 Oyu Tolgoi overrun investigation and any personal responsibility were not independently established.

Career chronology

• 2025-01-01 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief People Officer. Georgie Bezette biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before 1 January 2025; start date unverified: Rio Tinto — Chief Operating Officer, People. Georgie Bezette biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Governance and interests

Workplace review and representative claim

2021–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

An independent 2024 survey review found 39% of respondents reported bullying in the prior 12 months, compared with 31% in 2021. Rio Tinto reported a representative workplace claim commenced in December 2024. On 23 October 2026 the Federal Court struck out specified claims and pleading paragraphs, allowed some repleading, and otherwise dismissed Rio Tinto’s interlocutory application; this was a procedural ruling, not a finding on the merits.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Bezette became Chief People Officer on 1 January 2025, after the 2024 survey and initial court filing. Her people remit overlaps the ongoing proceeding; no personal misconduct is alleged against her in the reviewed records.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace culture and governance.

Everyday Respect progress review (printed pp. 27–28, survey results); Federal court claim (company response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders 4–7 and reasons [1]–[9], 23 October 2026); Rio Tinto appoints new Chief People Officer (19 December 2024 appointment, effective 1 January 2025)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports she joined in 2008, held HR and people-transformation roles, and assumed her current role on 1 January 2025.

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.

Georgie Bezette biography (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.

• The final outcome of the representative workplace claim remains unresolved as at the evidence cutoff.

Career chronology

• 2020 onward; exact appointment date unverified: Rio Tinto — Chief Safety and Technical Officer. Mark Davies biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Joined 1995; dates of subsequent roles unverified: Rio Tinto — Senior mechanical engineer and operations, risk and procurement roles. Mark Davies biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Industrial safety

Simandou contractor fatality

February 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A contracting-company employee died following a 14 February 2026 incident at the SimFer mine. Rio Tinto suspended work and said it would investigate with authorities and partners.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The relevant chief executive, group safety or iron ore remit overlapped the event; no individual fault is established.

Relevance: Material to safety oversight.

Fatal incident at Simandou project (fatality, suspension and company response); Mark Davies biography (leadership responsibility)

Kennecott contractor fatality

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); Mark Davies biography (current role)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports he joined as senior mechanical engineer in 1995 and became an executive committee member in 2020. His current remit covers group-wide safety, technical, communities and major project standards.

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.

Mark Davies biography (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.

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

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

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

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.

Career chronology

• 2025-08-27 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Executive Iron Ore. Matthew Holcz biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before August 2025; exact dates unverified: Rio Tinto — Managing Director, Pilbara Mines. Matthew Holcz biography (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

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

Simandou contractor fatality

February 2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

A contracting-company employee died following a 14 February 2026 incident at the SimFer mine. Rio Tinto suspended work and said it would investigate with authorities and partners.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The relevant chief executive, group safety or iron ore remit overlapped the event; no individual fault is established.

Relevance: Material to safety oversight.

Fatal incident at Simandou project (fatality, suspension and company response); Matthew Holcz biography (leadership responsibility)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports he joined in 2007, led Pilbara Mines and became Iron Ore chief executive under the restructuring announced on 27 August 2025.

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.

Matthew Holcz biography (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.

Career chronology

• 2025-08-27 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Executive Aluminium and Lithium. Jérôme Pécresse biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• 2015 to September 2022: General Electric — President and Chief Executive, Renewable Energy. Jérôme Pécresse biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before GE acquisition in 2015; exact dates unverified: Alstom — Renewable Energy leadership. Jérôme Pécresse biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

• Before joining Alstom in 2011; exact dates unverified: Imerys — Operations leadership, including Chief Operating Officer. Jérôme Pécresse biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer reports École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées qualifications; independent confirmation was not obtained.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications and memberships are not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Jérôme Pécresse biography (Named issuer executive biography or dated appointment; role and career); Annual report 2025 (physical pp. 107–108, executive committee and secretaries)

Business failures and setbacks

GE Renewable Energy reported losses

January–September 2022 · documented · high materiality

GE reported a US$1.786 billion renewable-energy segment loss for the nine months ended September 2022, including US$934 million in the third quarter; it cited warranty reserves, lower US volume and inflation. A French regulator-hosted corporate declaration says Pécresse left the segment CEO role at the end of September 2022.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The prior CEO role overlaps the reporting period, but individual responsibility and the effect of market and other external factors are not established.

Relevance: Relevant prior operating and capital-allocation context.

GE third quarter 2022 results (p.4, renewable energy nine-month and quarterly segment results); GE Renewable Management declaration (2022 declaration, departure at end September)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto reports that he joined in 2023 to lead Aluminium; previously he led GE Renewable Energy and held Alstom, Imerys and Credit Suisse First Boston roles. The combined Aluminium and Lithium group was announced on 27 August 2025.

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.

Jérôme Pécresse biography (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.

Career chronology

• 2026-05-18 onward: Rio Tinto — Group Company Secretary and Company Secretary of Rio Tinto plc. Appointment of group company secretary (appointment of group and plc secretary)

Governance and interests

Historic Guinea controls settlement

2011–2023 · documented · medium materiality

The SEC found Rio Tinto’s records and internal controls deficient in connection with a 2011 consultant’s attempted improper payment in Guinea. In 2023 Rio Tinto agreed a US$15 million civil penalty without admitting or denying the SEC findings.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No involvement by this executive in the 2011 matter is established; the settlement concerned the company.

Relevance: Historical corporate controls context.

SEC charges Rio Tinto with bribery controls failures (SEC findings and corporate settlement); Rio Tinto resolves SEC investigation (issuer response)

Suitability for the current role

New group and plc company secretary

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto appointed Whyte group and plc company secretary effective 18 May 2026. His prior career and qualifications could not be independently linked with sufficient confidence; the available record limits a role-fit assessment.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The appointment is documented; the role-fit judgment is limited because earlier experience is not established.

Relevance: Experience relevant to the stated remit.

Appointment of group company secretary (appointment of group and plc secretary)

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.

• Prior career and education cannot be confidently linked from same-name results; no prior-employer role is asserted.

Career chronology

• January 2013 onward: Rio Tinto — Company Secretary of Rio Tinto Limited. Appointment of group company secretary (continuing Limited secretary); Annual report 2025 (physical p.107, Tim Paine biography)

• Before Rio Tinto; exact dates unverified: ANZ Bank — Acting General Counsel and Company Secretary. Appointment of group company secretary (continuing Limited secretary); Annual report 2025 (physical p.107, Tim Paine biography)

• Before Rio Tinto; exact dates unverified: Mayne Group, Symbion Health and Skilled Group — General counsel and company secretary roles. Appointment of group company secretary (continuing Limited secretary); Annual report 2025 (physical p.107, Tim Paine biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

Rio Tinto reports BEc, LLB, FGIA and FCIS; independent qualification and membership checks were not obtained.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications and memberships are not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Appointment of group company secretary (continuing Limited secretary); Annual report 2025 (physical p.107, Tim Paine biography)

Governance and interests

Historic Guinea controls settlement

2011–2023 · documented · medium materiality

The SEC found Rio Tinto’s records and internal controls deficient in connection with a 2011 consultant’s attempted improper payment in Guinea. In 2023 Rio Tinto agreed a US$15 million civil penalty without admitting or denying the SEC findings.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No involvement by this executive in the 2011 matter is established; the settlement concerned the company.

Relevance: Historical corporate controls context.

SEC charges Rio Tinto with bribery controls failures (SEC findings and corporate settlement); Rio Tinto resolves SEC investigation (issuer response)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto identifies him as company secretary of Rio Tinto Limited and reports that he joined in 2012; it says he became joint company secretary in January 2013. Prior roles included Mayne Group, Symbion Health, Skilled Group and ANZ Bank.

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.

Appointment of group company secretary (continuing Limited secretary); Annual report 2025 (physical p.107, Tim Paine biography); Rio Tinto joint Form 6-K, 14 October 2026 (14 October signature block, Rio Tinto Limited)

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.

Career chronology

• 2026-08-01 onward: Rio Tinto — Chief Legal, Governance and Corporate Affairs Officer. Trudi Charles appointment (appointment and previous roles); Operating model and executive team (previous chief legal officer and committee structure)

• Before August 2026; exact dates unverified: BP — Deputy General Counsel and SVP Legal, Supply, Trading and Shipping. Trudi Charles appointment (appointment and previous roles); Operating model and executive team (previous chief legal officer and committee structure)

• Before BP; exact dates unverified: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer — Legal roles. Trudi Charles appointment (appointment and previous roles); Operating model and executive team (previous chief legal officer and committee structure)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

Career background · issuer reported · low materiality

Rio Tinto reports legal admissions in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Queensland; independent register checks were not obtained.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported qualifications and memberships are not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant professional background.

Trudi Charles appointment (appointment and previous roles); Operating model and executive team (previous chief legal officer and committee structure)

Governance and interests

Workplace review and representative claim

2021–October 2026 · documented · high materiality

An independent 2024 survey review found 39% of respondents reported bullying in the prior 12 months, compared with 31% in 2021. Rio Tinto reported a representative workplace claim commenced in December 2024. On 23 October 2026 the Federal Court struck out specified claims and pleading paragraphs, allowed some repleading, and otherwise dismissed Rio Tinto’s interlocutory application; this was a procedural ruling, not a finding on the merits.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Charles joined as Chief Legal Officer on 1 August 2026, after the 2024 survey and initial court filing. Her current legal remit overlaps the ongoing proceeding; the sources do not allege personal misconduct by her.

Relevance: Relevant to workplace culture and governance.

Everyday Respect progress review (printed pp. 27–28, survey results); Federal court claim (company response); KTM24 v Rio Tinto Limited (Strike Out) [2026] FCA 1579 (orders 4–7 and reasons [1]–[9], 23 October 2026); Trudi Charles appointment (14 May 2026 appointment, effective 1 August 2026)

Historic Guinea controls settlement

2011–2023 · documented · medium materiality

The SEC found Rio Tinto’s records and internal controls deficient in connection with a 2011 consultant’s attempted improper payment in Guinea. In 2023 Rio Tinto agreed a US$15 million civil penalty without admitting or denying the SEC findings.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No involvement by this executive in the 2011 matter is established; the settlement concerned the company.

Relevance: Historical corporate controls context.

SEC charges Rio Tinto with bribery controls failures (SEC findings and corporate settlement); Rio Tinto resolves SEC investigation (issuer response)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to the role

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Rio Tinto announced she would join on 1 August 2026 from BP, where she had spent over 20 years in senior legal roles, following almost eight years with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

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.

Trudi Charles appointment (appointment and previous roles); Operating model and executive team (previous chief legal officer and committee structure)

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.

• The final outcome of the representative workplace claim remains unresolved as at the evidence cutoff.