Rio Tinto Appoints BP Executive Trudi Charles as Chief Legal, Governance and Corporate Affairs Officer
Rio Tinto names Trudi Charles from BP as new chief legal officer to strengthen governance and corporate affairs leadership
Diversified mining group Rio Tinto has appointed Trudi Charles as its new Chief Legal, Governance and Corporate Affairs Officer, succeeding Isabelle Deschamps. The appointment will take effect on August 1.
Charles joins Rio Tinto from energy major BP, where she currently serves as Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Legal, Supply, Trading and Shipping.
She has spent more than two decades at BP, holding a range of senior legal roles across its downstream operations and global trading and shipping businesses.
Prior to her tenure at BP, Charles worked for nearly eight years at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, a leading international law firm, where she practiced in both London and Hong Kong.
She is qualified to practice law in multiple jurisdictions, including the Law Society of England and Wales, the Law Society of Hong Kong, and the Queensland Law Society in Australia.
Commenting on the appointment, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott said Charles brings “deep legal experience and strong commercial insight,” adding that he looks forward to her joining the executive team to lead the company’s legal, governance, and corporate affairs functions.
