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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Tim Paine

Company Secretary of Rio Tinto Limited

Career chronology

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.