Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 205

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 205
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 Wyatt stepped down from the Nominations Committee on 31 May 2024. Length of tenure of Non-Executive Directors

| l | 0-3 years: 7  |
| l | +3-6 years: 3 |
| l | +6-9 years: 2 |

| Annual Report on Form 20-F 2024 | 112 | riotinto.com |

Directors’ report | Nominations Committee report

Our key responsibilities The purpose of the Nominations Committee is to review the composition of the Board. The Committee leads the process for appointments, making recommendations to the Board as part of succession planning for Non-Executive Directors. It also approves proposals for appointments to the Executive Committee. Membership of the Committee The members of the Committee are all independent Non-Executive Directors, and their biographies can be found on pages 102 - 103 . The Chief Executive and the Chief People Officer are invited to attend all or part of meetings, as appropriate. The Committee is chaired by the Chair of the Board, unless the matter under consideration relates to the role of the Chair. The Committee had 2 formal meetings in 2024. Attendance at the formal meetings is included in the table on page 110 . Appointments to the Board –our policy We base our appointments to the Board on merit, and on objective selection criteria, with the aim of bringing a range of skills, knowledge and experience to Rio Tinto. This involves a formal and rigorous process to source strong candidates from diverse backgrounds, and conducting appropriate background and reference checks on the shortlisted candidates. We aim to appoint people who will help us address the operational and strategic challenges and opportunities facing the company and ensure that our Board is diverse in terms of experience, gender, nationality, social background and cognitive style. As such, we engage only recruitment agencies that are signed up to the Voluntary Code of Conduct on diversity best practice. We believe that an effective Board combines a range of perspectives with strong oversight, combining the experience of Directors who have developed a deep understanding of our business over several years with the fresh insights of newer appointees. We aim for the Board’s composition to reflect the global nature of our business - we currently have 8 different nationalities (including dual nationalities) on a Board of 14. The Committee engaged Spencer Stuart to support the search for our new Non-Executive Directors, Martina Merz and Sharon Thorne. The Committee is satisfied that Spencer Stuart does not have any connections with the company or individual Directors that may