Management & Governance

Paul Tellier

Paul Tellier age 68

Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited effective October 2007. Paul will stand for election at the 2008 annual general meetings (notes a, b and e).

Skills and experience: Paul was Clerk of the Privy Council Office and Secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of Canada from 1985 to 1992 and was president and chief executive officer of the Canadian National Railway Company from 1992 to 2002. Until 2004, he was president and chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc.

External appointments (current and recent):
Director of Bell Canada since 1996
Director of BCE Inc since 1999
Member of the Advisory Board of General Motors of Canada since 2005
Trustee, International Accounting Standards Foundation since 2007
Co-chair of the Prime Minister of Canada�s Advisory Committee on the Renewal of the Public Service since 2006
President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. from 2003 to 2004
Non executive Director of Alcan Inc. from 1998 to 2007
Director of McCain Foods since 1996

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