Rio Tinto appoints three women as non-executive directors

Mining group had one of the least gender diverse boardrooms of world’s biggest companies

Rio Tinto has appointed three female non-executive directors as the mining group moves to address the lack of diversity on its board.

The company was identified as having one of the least gender diverse boardrooms of the world’s biggest businesses when it was pointed out that it had three times more men called Simon on its board than women.