‘Atomic Anne’ quits Rio Tinto board
Former Sasol head David Constable is one of two new members of the resources giant’s board, along with departing Shell finance chief Simon Henry
Sydney — Controversial Frenchwoman Anne Lauvergeon has stepped down from the board of Rio Tinto just three years after joining the mining giant as a nonexecutive director, the company said Friday. Lauvergeon, also known as "Atomic Anne", was charged by French authorities last year in a case linked to nuclear giant Areva’s disastrous 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium mining firm. French investigators had been questioning Lauvergeon, who ran Areva from 2001-2011, over presenting and publishing false accounts and spreading false information. Lauvergeon and another Rio nonexecutive director, Robert Brown, "indicated their intention to step down from the board at the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting on 4 May 2017", the Anglo-Australian miner said. They would be replaced by two new nonexecutive directors immediately — David Constable, a former head of Sasol, and Britain’s domestic energy provider Centrica’s ex-CE, Sam Laidlaw. Outgoing Royal Dutch Shell’s chief financial officer...
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