Jan du Plessis

Jan du Plessis

"Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 1 September 2008. Jan was elected by shareholders at the 2009 annual general meetings.

"Skills and experience: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 1 September 2008 and became chairman following the 2009 annual general meetings. Upon his appointment as chairman of Rio Tinto, Jan resigned as a member of the Group's Audit committee and was appointed chairman of the Nominations committee."


 * Chairman of the Board of British American Tobacco plc since 2004
 * Non-executive director of Marks & Spencer Group PLC from November 2008
 * Non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Lloyds TSB Group plc from 2005 and 2008 respectively until April 2009