Jan du Plessis

Chairman

B.Com, LLB, CA(SA), age 57

Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited effective 1 September 2008. Jan was last re-elected in 2011. He was appointed chairman at the conclusion of the 2009 annual general meetings. (notes c and e).

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. becoming chairman of British American Tobacco in 2004.

External appointments (current and recent):
Non executive director of Marks and Spencer Group plc since 2008
Non executive director of British American Tobacco plc from 1999 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
(b) Remuneration committee
(c) Nominations committee
(d) Sustainability committee
(e) Chairman's committee
(f) Independent