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Sam Walsh appointed to Rio Tinto board

5-June-09 by Rebecca Lawson

Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Sam Walsh has been appointed to the board of the mining group and will lead the Western Australian iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton.

Mr Walsh will take up an executive director position on the board and will be the initial chairman of the entity overlooking the merged Rio and BHP iron ore assets in WA.

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