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Rio Tinto Group Appoints Trudi Charles as Chief Legal Officer

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Rio Tinto Group (ASX:RIO) has appointed Trudi Charles as chief legal officer, governance and corporate affairs, starting Aug. 1, succeeding Isabelle Deschamps, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.

Charles is currently deputy general counsel and senior vice president, legal, supply, trading, and shipping at BP, where she has spent over 20 years in various senior legal roles across its downstream and supply, trading, and shipping businesses, the filing added.

Before joining BP, Charles spent almost eight years with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in London and Hong Kong, per the filing.

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