Jean-Sébastien Jacques
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Jean-Sébastien Dominique Francois Jacques (born October 1971) is a former chief executive officer of Rio Tinto Group. He succeeded Sam Walsh in July 2016.[2] He was succeeded by Jakob Stausholm in early 2021.
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Jean-Sébastien (JS) Jacques | |
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Born | Jean-Sébastien Dominique Francois Jacques October 1971 (age 52) France |
Citizenship | British[1] |
Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand École Centrale Paris |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | CEO of Rio Tinto |
Spouse | Married |
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He resigned as CEO in 2020 following a week of international controversy over Rio Tinto's destruction of Juukan Gorge, a priceless Australian Aboriginal sacred site which had evidence of 46,000 years of continual human occupation.[3]
Jacques had been named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the world's best chief executives prior to his departure of Rio Tinto in 2020.[4]