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Ex Rio Tinto CFO named Shell non-exec director

Guy Elliot served as CFO of Rio Tinto from 2002 until appointment

By Emran Hussain  
Ex Rio Tinto CFO named Shell non-exec director
Ex Rio Tinto CFO named Shell non-exec director
By Emran Hussain  

The board of Shell today announced the appointment of Guy Elliott, as non executive director and member of the audit committee of the board, with effect from 1st September 2010.

Mr Elliott who was chief financial officer of Rio Tinto since 2002 will together with other directors stand for election at the Annual General Meeting in 2011. Prior to becoming CFO of Rio Tinto, Guy occupied a number of positions in marketing, strategy and general management at Rio Tinto and served as president of Rio Tinto Brazil. He has been a non-executive director, chairman of the audit committee and senior independent director of Cadbury plc prior to the acquisition by Kraft. 

The news shortly after the oil giant posted it’s second quarter earnings of US$4.5bn compared to $2.3bn in the same quarter last year.

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