Marnie Finlayson has extensive mining experience and across a range of commodities including coal, diamonds and iron ore.
Ms Finlayson has been with Rio Tinto since 2008 and was the managing director of battery minerals until December 2023. Prior to that, she was the managing director of borates and lithium, general manager of Rio Tinto Minerals’ Jadar Operation in Serbia, and held senior operational and executive positions in Rio Tinto’s iron ore business.
Ms Finlayson holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy (Honours) from the Western Australian School of Mines at Curtin University in Kalgoorlie.