Jakob Stausholm

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Jakob Stausholm is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.

Stausholm earned a degree from the University of Copenhagen. [1]

Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO). [2] He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021. [3]

Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk. [2] Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years. [2]

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References

  1. "Jakob Stausholm, Rio Tinto PLC: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jakob Stausholm". www.riotinto.com.
  3. Business, Michelle Toh, CNN. "Rio Tinto's new CEO pledges to 'restore trust' after destruction of sacred Indigenous site". CNN.