Jan du Plessis

Chairman

B.Com, LLB, CA(SA)

Appointment: Director of Rio Tinto since 2008. He was appointed chairman in 2009 (notes R, N and C).

Skills and experience: Jan worked in various management positions in the South African Rembrandt Group from 1981, and in 1988 became Group finance director of Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group. In 2004 Jan became chairman of British American Tobacco plc.

External appointments (current and recent): Non-executive director of Marks and Spencer Group plc since 2008 and senior independent non-executive director from 1 March 2012, non-executive director of British American Tobacco plc from 1999 until 2009 and chairman of the board from 2004 until 2009, non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc from 2005 and 2008 respectively until 2009, chairman of RHM plc from 2005 until 2007.

Notes:
(A) Audit committee
(R) Remuneration committee
(N) Nominations committee
(S) Sustainability committee
(C) Chairman's committee
(I) Independent