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Leigh Clifford B Eng (Mining), M Eng Sci age 59.
Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc since 1994 and Rio Tinto Limited since 1995, he was appointed chief executive in 2000.
Skills and experience: Leigh graduated from the University of Melbourne as a mining engineer and gained a Master of Engineering Science degree from the same University. He has held various roles in the Group’s coal and metalliferous operations since joining in 1970, including managing director of Rio Tinto Limited and chief executive of the Energy group. He was a member of the Coal Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency for a number of years and its chairman from 1998 to 2000.
External appointments (current and recent):
Director Barclays Bank plc since 2004.
Chairman of the International Council on Mining & Metals since October 2006.
Director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc between 2000 and 2004.
Appointed to Bechtel Board of Counsellors in May 2007. | 