MINING INDABA

CEO Vedanta Resources Tom was formerly the Chief Executive of Rio Tinto from May 2007 to January 2013 . Rio Tinto is the second largest global diversified mining company . He was appointed a member of the Rio Tinto Board in March 2006 . Tom joined Rio Tinto in 1993 when the company acquired Nerco , where Tom was Chief Operating Officer . After joining Rio Tinto , he held a series of management positions before being appointed Chief Executive of the Industrial Minerals group in 2000 , after which he became Chief Executive of the Copper group and head of Exploration in 2004 . In July 2006 Tom was appointed Director , Group Resources . In 2009 , Tom joined the Board of Visitors for the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in North Carolina . In 2010 Tom was elected to the American Mining Hall of Fame . Tom holds a Bachelor ’ s degree in Mineral Economics and a Master ’ s in Mining Engineering from the University of Alaska . He is married to Mary and they have two daughters . Tom Albanese is the CEO of Vedanta Resources plc , a leading global diversified resources company listed on the London Stock Exchange , with metals & mining , oil & gas and commercial power operations primarily in India & Africa . Tom is also the CEO of Sesa Sterlite Limited , a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc . Tom is also on the Board of Directors of Franco Nevada Corporation which he joined in August 2013 , a Toronto-based gold-focused royalty and metal streaming company with assets around the world .

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