Jean-Sébastien Jacques

Jean-Sébastien 'JS' Jacques
Born Jean-Sébastien Dominique Francois Jacques
October 1971 (age 45)
France
Citizenship British[1]
Alma mater École Centrale Paris
Occupation CEO, Rio Tinto Group
Salary $3,380,000 (total compensation, 2014)[2]

Jean-Sébastien Dominique Francois Jacques (born October 1971) is the CEO of Rio Tinto Group, having succeeded Sam Walsh in July 2016.

Early life

Jacques was born in France[3] in October 1971.[4][5] He studied engineering at École Centrale Paris.[2]

Career

Jacques joined Rio Tinto in 2011, and became head of copper and coal businesses.[6][7] Jacques became deputy CEO on 17 March 2016 and CEO on 2 July 2016.[8][9]

Jacques was previously group strategy director for Tata Steel.[6]

Personal life

He is married, with children.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "BFM Rio Tinto and Foxtel change leaders - BFM". Businessfirstmagazine.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Jean-Sébastien Jacques M.Sc. "Jean-Sébastien Jacques M.Sc.: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rio Tinto Appoints New Chief Executive". The New York Times. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rio Tinto plc". Companies House. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Executive Profile | Rio Tinto Group | Jean-Sebastien (JS) Jacques | Customer Intelligence". Boardroominsiders.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Rio CEO `Surprise' Signals Pivot From Cost-Cutting to Growth - Bloomberg Business"Paid subscription required. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rio Tinto Appoints Jean-Sebastien Jacques as CEO | Watch the video - Yahoo Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jean-Sébastien Jacques to succeed Sam Walsh as Rio Tinto chief executive".
  9. ↑ "Jean-Sébastien Jacques". Rio Tinto. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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