Jakob Stausholm

Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968)[1] is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.

Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen.[2][1]

Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO).[3] He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.[4]

Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk.[3] Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.[3]

  1. ^ a b Shah, Oliver (11 June 2023). "Mindful miner Jakob Stausholm is trying to dig Rio Tinto out of a hole". The Sunday Times.
  2. ^ "Jakob Stausholm, Rio Tinto PLC: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Jakob Stausholm". www.riotinto.com.
  4. ^ Toh, Michelle. "Rio Tinto's new CEO pledges to 'restore trust' after destruction of sacred Indigenous site". CNN.