Rio Tinto appoints National Grid's Katie Jackson to head copper unit

Rio Tinto has appointed Katie Jackson from National Grid to lead its copper business, succeeding Bold Baatar who is moving up to become chief commercial officer at the mining giant later this year.

Jackson is currently president of National Grid Ventures, responsible for the development and operation of large-scale infrastructure energy assets. She will join Rio on September 1 and be based in London.

She started her career at Shell as a drilling engineer, working in Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the USA, followed by stints at Anadarko, Equinor and BG Group before rejoining Shell.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com