Rio Tinto Co., Ltd. decided to replace Simon Thompson, the Canadian ambassador to China in China on Monday to serve as the chairman of this world's second largest mining company.Bao Damin will step down at the position of ambassador to China at the end of this year.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Lituo said that Bao Damin has been the Canadian ambassador to China since 2019. Before that, he has worked in McKinsey for more than 30 years.The person in charge of Asia.
Rio Tinto said that Bao Damin will join the Lito Board on April 4, 2022, and will be appointed as the chairman after the Australian shareholders meeting on May 5.
Lituo said that Thompson will leave the board on May 5.Thompson has become a member of Lito's board in 2014 and has been the chairman for four years.
Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that Bao Damin issued a statement on the 6th of this month that he was outgoing as the position of Canadian ambassador to China.It is regarded as the honor of his life.
Bao Damin was in a period of Sino -Canadian relations and took over as the ambassador to the Ambassador to China in September 2019.Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada in December 2018. In Beijing, Beijing arrested Kangmingkai and Spaf on the grounds of suspected activities to endanger China's national security.
After Meng Wanzhou reached a suspension agreement with the US Department of Justice, he was released and returned to China in Canada on September 24 this year. After Kangmingkai and Spava, they were also released and left China.
