Jacynthe Cote

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Jacynthe Cote became CEO of Rio Tinto Alcan in 2009, replacing industry veteran Dick Evans. Previously she was plants manager at Alcan's Lynemouth smelter in England and ran the Bauxite and Alumina division of Alcan before they merged with Rio Tinto[1].

Big bonuses

In 2009 Cote recieved a $2.2 million bonus plus $813,000 in base salary, as well as long term and non-monetary benefits.Rio Tinto made $4.872 billion profits in 2009,up from its 2008 figure of $3.67 billion. In the same the company also reduced its workdorce by 14,000 including 1,100 aluminum jobs[2].


Resources

Notes

  1. Lynn Moore The Gazette (Montreal). January 28, 2010 Thursday [ View from above glass ceiling; Jacynthe Côté reflects after a year at the helm of Rio Tinto Alcan Accessed 20/07/10
  2. The Canadian Press, March 15, 2010 Monday Executives shared almost half of $15.7 million of 2009 bonuses Accessed 20/07/10