Paul Skinner

Paul David Skinner CBE (born 1944) is a British businessman, and the former chairman of Rio Tinto Group.

Paul Skinner
Born
Paul David Skinner

1944 (age 75–76)
NationalityBritish
EducationCambridge University
Manchester Business School
OccupationBusinessman
TitleFormer chairman, Rio Tinto Group
Term2003–2009
PredecessorRobert Wilson
SuccessorJan du Plessis

Early life

Skinner was born in 1944, and earned a law degree from Cambridge University, followed by Manchester Business School.[1]

Career

He first worked for Shell as a student in 1963, rising to managing director, but lost out to Sir Philip Watts in the contest to become its chairman.[1]

In November 2003, Skinner was appointed chairman of Rio Tinto Group, succeeding Sir Robert Wilson.[1] In 2009, he was succeeded by Jan du Plessis.[2]

Honours

Skinner was appointed CBE in 2014.[3]

Personal life

Skinner is married, with two sons.[1]

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gollark: And then even when it was explained "you can just look up a thing to solve this, it is easy" people just go "AAAA MAFS TOO HARD" still.
gollark: But instead people just decide that anything complicated-looking is obviously impossible?
gollark: I mean, my approach to such a problem would just be to duckduckgo "factorize number" or something, and most of the programmers on the servers potatOS is tested on were fine with it. People could even have just *asked* how to do it.
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References
  1. Macalister, Terry (7 February 2004). "Interview: Paul Skinner, chairman, Rio Tinto". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. Dunkley, Jamie (7 April 2018). "Rio Tinto names Jim Leng to replace Paul Skinner as chairman". Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. "Paul Skinner CBE – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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