Governance
Jan du Plessis
Jan du Plessis BCom, LLB, CA(SA), age 55
Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited effective 1 September 2008. Jan will stand for election at the 2009 annual general meetings. (notes a and e).
Skills and experience: Jan was appointed chairman of the Board of British American Tobacco plc in July 2004, having been a non executive director since his appointment to that company's board in 1999. He is also a non executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Lloyds Banking Group plc. He was previously Group Finance Director of Richemont and chairman of RHM plc. Jan has degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and is a South African Chartered Accountant.
External appointments (current and recent):
Chairman of the Board of British American Tobacco plc since 2004
Non executive director of Lloyds Banking Group plc since October 2005 and Chairman of its Audit Committee since May 2008
Non executive director of Marks and Spencer Group PLC since November 2008
Notes
(a) Audit committee
(b) Remuneration committee
(c) Nominations committee
(d) Committee on social and environmental accountability
(e) Independent
