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Rio Tinto appoints new Aluminium Chief Executive

5 September 2023

 

 

Rio Tinto has appointed Jérôme Pécresse to lead its Aluminium business,
succeeding Ivan Vella. Jérôme, who was until recently President and CEO of
General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy, will join Rio Tinto on 23 October
2023.

 

Jérôme is a French citizen with over 30 years of business experience,
including senior leadership roles in global companies in the mining and energy
fields. He joined GE in 2015, when GE completed its acquisition of Alstom's
energy activities, as President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy. With 40,000
employees around the world, GE Renewable Energy had the broadest portfolio of
equipment, projects and services in the industry, across hydropower, solar and
storage, onshore and offshore wind, as well as for the electricity
grid.  At Alstom, Jérôme also led the company's Renewable Energy
business.

 

Before joining Alstom in 2011, Jérôme spent 13 years in the mining and
metals processing industry at Paris-based global industrial minerals producer
Imerys in various roles and ultimately as Chief Operating Officer. Jérôme
started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston and is a graduate from Ecole
Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

 

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "Jérôme brings a wealth of
experience across renewable energy, mining, business development and strategy,
ideal for shaping our industry leading aluminium business for a low carbon
future. I look forward to welcoming Jérôme to Rio Tinto and to the diverse
contribution I know he will make to our business at this critical moment for
our industry."

 

Jérôme Pécresse said: "I am thrilled to be joining Rio Tinto to continue
building a stronger and more sustainable global Aluminium business with our
team around the globe. We have a key role to play in delivering on Rio Tinto's
strategy and supplying materials needed in a low carbon world."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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