Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 206

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 206
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 impair their independence. When recruiting gove rnment or former government officials to join the Rio Tinto Board, we comply with any restrictions and obligations existing pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, including with respect to confidentiality, lobbying and conflicts of interest. The key skills and experience of our Board are set out on this page of the report. Diversity The Board recognises that it has a critical role to play in creating an environment in which all contributions are valued, different perspectives are embraced, and biases are acknowledged and overcome. The Board shares ownership with the Executive Committee of the Group’s Respect, Inclusion & Diversity Policy, which can be found at riotinto.com/policies. The proportion of women on the Board is currently 43% (6 women and 8 men). As at the date of this report, we do not currently meet the UK Listings Rules target to have a female Chair, Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer or Senior Independent Director, however effective 1 May 2025 we will meet this target when Sharon Thorne becomes Senior Independent Director. The Group has continued to set measurable gender diversity objectives for the composition of senior leadership and graduate intake and achievement of these targets contributes to the variable remuneration of senior exec utives. Progress on diversity is shown in the Our approach to ESG section on page 34 , whe re we show a breakdown by seniority. The number of Directors who identify themselves as being from an ethnic background is one (Ben Wyatt), aligned to the objectives of The Parker Review in the UK. For further information on the gender and ethnic diversity of the Board and Executive Committee please see page 148 of the Additional statutory disclosure section.

| Progress on diversity is shown in theTalent, diversity and inclusion sectionon pages78-80. |

Skills and experience of the Chair and Non-Executive Directors

| Skills and experience                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Someexperience | Extensiveexperience | Total |
| Chief Executive experienceChief Executive-level experience of a major corporation                                                                                                                                                                                             |              3 |                   5 |     8 |
| Chief Financial Officer and audit experienceExperience in financial accounting and reporting, corporate finance, internal controls, treasury and associated risk management                                                                                                   |              3 |                   2 |     5 |
| Mining and broader industrial operationsSenior executive experience in a large, global mining or industrial organisation                                                                                                                                                      |              1 |                   5 |     6 |
| Major projectsExperience in developing large-scale, long-cycle capital projects                                                                                                                                                                                               |              5 |                   5 |    10