Dominic Barton has been appointed as the next chair of mining company Rio Tinto.
Barton has been Canada’s ambassador to China since 2019. He is a former global managing partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was also Asia chairman, a former chair of Teck Resources, a non-executive director at Singtel Group and a non-executive director at Investor AB. He has held various public sector leadership positions, including chair of Canada’s Advisory Council for Economic Growth.
He will join the board in April and succeed Simon Thompson following the company AGM in May.
Jakob Stausholm, Rio Tinto chief executive, said: “I am delighted with the choice of Dominic, who I believe brings exactly the skills and experiences that we in Rio Tinto need. I am truly looking forward to working with Dominic in our effort to continue to strengthen Rio Tinto, in particular drawing on his wealth of experience across Asia in both a business and diplomatic capacity.”