Bold Baatar

CCO Rio Tinto

Bold became Chief Commercial Officer in September 2024.

Since joining Rio Tinto in 2013, Bold has held leadership positions across operations, Marine, Iron Ore Sales & Marketing, and Copper. He joined the Executive Committee in 2016 as Chief Executive, Energy & Minerals, becoming Chief Executive, Copper in February 2021. Bold leads the Group’s sales and marketing, procurement, marine, and logistics activities. He is also responsible for business development for the Group and Rio Tinto’s relationships with its joint venture partners in the Simandou project in Guinea. Bold brings deep experience across geographies, commodities and markets. A passionate advocate for integrating ESG into decision making, he combines strong commercial and business development expertise with a focus on developing markets and partnerships with our host communities and countries.