PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified major Rio Tinto has appointed Barbara Levi to succeed Philip Richards as group executive, group general counsel from January 1, 2020.
Richards will retire from Rio on December 31.
Levi has over 20 years’ experience in a number of senior legal roles across Europe and in the US, both in corporate and private practice. She joined Novartis in 2004 and has held a variety of positions including general counsel, Sandoz, from 2016 to 2019 and was previously global legal head, product strategy and commercialisation, Pharma.
She also has significant experience across ethics, integrity and governance having been head of the anti-bribery and corruption practice team, the trade sanctions practice team, and head of legal and compliance in the Africa, Middle East and Asian country region, and for growth emerging markets at Novartis.
Levi is an attorney-at-law, admitted to the US Supreme Court, the New York Bar, and the Italian Bar.