Rio Tinto appoints Jakob Stausholm as new CEO
Stausholm to be tasked with reforming the mining company’s oversight after its destruction of sacred Aboriginal rock shelters
17 December 2020 - 19:23
Bengaluru — Rio Tinto named CFO Jakob Stausholm as its next CEO on Thursday, defying expectations it would pick an external candidate to repair its image after its destruction of sacred Aboriginal rock shelters.
The destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters, while legal, sparked public and investor uproar that ultimately led to the resignation of CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques and two deputies...
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