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All change please, all change

I arrived back in the office last week to the news that Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh is to end his three-year stint in the job on July 1

Carly Leonida
Sam Walsh will retire from the position of chief executive on July 1

Sam Walsh will retire from the position of chief executive on July 1

Walsh who, according to the media reports, collects milk jugs (although God knows why they chose to focus on this quirk – does anyone else find this odd?), will hand the reins to Rio’s Copper & Coal chief...

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