London, United Kingdom - May 28, 2014, London, United Kingdom - Rio Tinto, a mining company, has appointed Alfredo Barrios as chief executive of its aluminium business, effective June 1, 2014.
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Mr. Barrios will also join the Executive Committee on this date. Mr. Barrios' most recent role was Executive Director and Executive Vice President Downstream at the joint venture TNK-BP, one of Russia's biggest vertically integrated oil and gas companies, where he was responsible for the refining, trading, supply, logistics, and marketing businesses.
He joined BP in 1992 and has enjoyed a varied and distinguished career including senior leadership roles in the United Kingdom, United States, Russia and Continental Europe.
He has a strong track record of successfully delivering sustained safety and business performance, large capital intensive projects and international government relations.
Mr. Barrios joins Rio Tinto after a wide-ranging career in leadership positions with BP. Before his role on the Management Board of TNK-BP he led BP's operations in Spain and Portugal where he was responsible for establishing and developing the Fuels Value Chain organisation, and leading the repositioning of the businesses.
He combined this with the roles of BP Head of Country Spain, President of the Spanish National Oil Industry Association (AOP), and board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of CLH.
He has a broad background in BP's downstream operations having had assignments in Trading, Supply, Logistics, Retail, B2B Marketing, Strategy and Planning and Performance Management, working in the United Kingdom, United States, Russia and Continental Europe.
Mr. Barrios has a first-class degree with honours in Physics from Imperial College, London, and a PhD in Energy Economics from the University of Cambridge. He also has a MSc in Management (Sloan Fellow) from Stanford University. ■
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