Sir Rod Eddington

B Eng, M Eng, D Phil (Oxon), age 60.

Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 2005. Sir Rod was last re-elected by shareholders in 2009 (notes b, d and e).

Skills and experience: Sir Rod was chief executive of British Airways plc until the end of September 2005. Prior to his role with British Airways, Sir Rod was managing director of Cathay Pacific Airways from 1992 to 1996 and executive chairman of Ansett Airlines from 1997 to 2000.

External appointments (current and recent):
Non executive chairman of JPMorgan Australia and New Zealand since 2006
Director of CLP Holdings since 2006
Director of News Corporation plc since 1999
Director of John Swire & Son Pty Limited since 1997
Chairman Infrastructure Australia since February 2008
Director of Allco Finance Group Limited from 2006 until 2009
Chief executive British Airways plc from 2000 until 2005
Chairman of the EU/Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2002 until 2006

Notes
(a) Audit committee
(b) Nominations committee
(c) Remuneration committee
(d) Committee on social and environmental accountability
(e) Independent