What Happened?
Greenwood Village, CO-based Rio Tinto has Retired Preston Chiaro as Group Executive of Technology and Innovation
About the Company
As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress. Aluminium and copper, diamonds, gold and industrial minerals, iron ore, coal and uranium: our materials make up the world around us. You`ll find them in smartphones, planes, cars, hospitals and throughout your home. We operate with pioneering spirit. We`ve developed some of the world`s largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents. We`ve pioneered technological innovations, such as our Mine of the Future™ programme and our low-CO2 aluminium from hydropower. And we`ve paved the way in areas such as safety, tax transparency and legacy management. We continue to pioneer progress for a better future. Through research and innovation, we`re helping meet the needs of society in a growing and changing world. We produce essential materials responsibly. Our activities help economies grow and communities prosper. And it`s all underpinned by an absolute commitment to safety – for our people, contractors, and the communities in which we operate – and to minimising our environmental impact. We partner for human progress. We partner with auto industry leaders in developing alloys that are enabling a new generation of lighter, fuel-efficient vehicles. We partner with peers in organisations like the International Council on Mining & Metals to seek better ways to operate. And we work with NGOs worldwide to address some of mankind`s most fundamental challenges: how to grow more food, make better use of water, extend access to healthcare, and reconcile enhanced living standards while minimising impact on the planet. We also partner with the communities in which we operate, sharing the wealth and benefits of what we do with local people, through employment, skills and education, and local economic development initiatives that aim to build self-sustaining communities long after we`re gone.
About the Person
Preston S. Chiaro, B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Engineering, M.Eng. Environmental Engineering has been a Group Executive of Technology & Innovation at Rio Tinto plc. and Rio Tinto Ltd. since October 2009. Mr. Chiaro served as the Chief Executive of Energy & Minerals Group at Rio Tinto Ltd. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Energy Group of Rio Tinto Group since September 2003. He joined Rio Tinto Group in 1991 at Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon mine as Vice President of Technical Services. Since 1995, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Boron operations in California. He was employed by Rio Tinto Borax from September 1995 to September 2003 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President from 1999 to September 2003. He served as the Chairman of the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Chiaro served as the Chairman of the World Coal Institute from November 2006 to 2008. He has been a Director of the World Coal Institute since 2003. He has been a Member of the Executive board of the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency since 2004. He has been a Director of Rio Tinto Energy America Inc. Since July 2008. He has been a Director of Rossing Uranium Limited since 2004. He served as a Director of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., from July 31, 2008 to January 5, 2011. He served as a Director of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. from October 21, 2003 to September 13, 2006. He served as an Executive Director of Rio Tinto plc. He also served as Non-Executive Director of Coal & Allied Industries Ltd. from September 2003 to September 2006. Mr. Chiaro is an environmental engineer with Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering and Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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