Rio Tinto PLC
14 October 2003
Appointment of Director
Rio Tinto is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir John Kerr as a
non-executive director of the Company with effect from 14 October 2003.
Sir John has had a long and distinguished career with the UK Diplomatic service,
culminating with his appointment as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign
Office. Earlier appointments included Ambassador to the European Union and the
United States. After retiring from the Foreign Office in 2002, he was Secretary
General of the European Convention, which prepared the draft EU Constitutional
Treaty. Sir John is also a Director of The 'Shell' Transport and Trading
Company p.l.c. and Scottish American Investment Trust plc.
For further information, please contact:
LONDON AUSTRALIA
Media Relations Media Relations
Lisa Cullimore Ian Head
Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2305 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620
Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101
Investor Relations Investor Relations
Peter Cunningham Dave Skinner
Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628
Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 596 570 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309
Richard Brimelow Daphne Morros
Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3639
Mobile: +44 (0) 7753 783 825 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 764
Website: www.riotinto.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.