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    Our members share a unifying goal: to remove systemic barriers and create pipelines that enable Australian women to rise to leadership positions in their communities. This ensures a diversity of women's voices at every decision-making table while supporting both women and men to thrive—at work and home.

    Sinead Kaufman

    Sinead Kaufman

    Sinead first joined Rio Tinto as a geologist in the United Kingdom in 1997. After working across Europe and Africa in various geologist roles, Sinead transitioned into operations, leading mining sites in both underground and open pit environments across copper, aluminium, bauxite, diamonds, coal, salt, uranium and iron ore. And in 2018 she was appointment Managing Director, Copper and Diamonds.

     

    Today, Sinead is Chief Executive, Minerals. In this role, Sinead has accountability for the minerals product group which comprises high grade iron ore from our Iron Ore Company of Canada operation, titanium dioxide from our Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (Canada), Richards Bay Minerals (South Africa) and QIT Madagascar Minerals (Madagascar) operations, borates and lithium from our Boron (California) operation, the Jadar project in Serbia, and diamonds from our Diavik Diamond Mines operation in Canada. Sinead brings to her current role strong operational expertise and asset leadership combined with a track record and commitment to sustainability. Sinead is Rio Tinto’s second female product group Chief Executive, and with a strong focus on empowerment, she is committed to advancing a culture of diversity and inclusion in the mining industry.

     

    Sinead holds a Masters in Mineral Exploration from the University of Leicester and a Degree in Applied Geology with Honours from the University of Birmingham and has attended the Advanced Management Program at Insead through a Chief Executive Women scholarship.


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    sinead.kaufman@riotinto.com