Sharon Thorne
Senior Independent Director @Rio Tinto
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Independent Director @Rio Tinto
Senior Independent Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee.Appointed in July 2024 and became the SID in May 2025 and Audit and Risk Committee Chair in June 2025. The board has dealt with the first substantive transaction in many years, an activist investor and large potential merger, as well as Group CEO succession.
EDUCATION
University of Oxford
BA (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics
SKILLS
ABOUT SHARON THORNE
Senior Independent Director and Audit and Risk Chair of FTSE 10, Rio Tinto plc, £40bn revenues, £103bn market cap. Extensive board experience: Chair, NED and trustee roles on commercial, academic, economic, sports, not for profit and partnership boards including RUSI, Chapter Zero Alliance, the CBI, the London Business School, Prostate Cancer UK together with 14 years of Deloitte Global Board.Former Global Chair of Deloitte,$65bn revenue professional services firm, world’s largest, people across c 150 countries (2023). Oversight of global strategy, budget, transformation, brand, risk, values, purpose, partnership and Global Executive. Led significant firm M&A, growth, globalisation, transformation, and management of large scale workforces, ESG, DEI and geopolitics. 20 years as Signing Audit Partner.
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