Richard Goodmanson

MBA, BEc and BCom, B Eng (Civil), age 62.

Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 2004. He was last re-elected by shareholders in 2008 and is chairman of the Committee on social and environmental accountability (notes b, c, d and e).

Skills and experience: Richard was executive vice president and chief operating officer of DuPont until the end of September 2009. He was responsible for a number of the global functions, and for the non US operations of DuPont, with particular focus on growth in emerging markets. During his career he has worked at senior levels for McKinsey & Co, PepsiCo and America West Airlines, where he was president and CEO.

External appointments (current and recent):
Non executive director of Qantas Airways Limited since June 2008
Economic advisor to the governor of Guangdong Province, China since 2003
Executive vice president and chief operating officer of DuPont from 1999 until September 2009
Director of the United Way of Delaware between 2002 and June 2009 (chairman between January 2006 and June 2007)

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