Information on the Directors and Executives of SouthGobi Resources and Ivanhoe Australia can be found on the companies' respective websites: www.SouthGobi.com and www.IvanhoeAustralia.com
Kay Priestly
Chief Executive Officer
Kay Priestly was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources on May 1, 2012. Ms. Priestly previously was a senior executive at Rio Tinto, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of the company's global Copper product group. She joined Rio Tinto in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer at Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper operations. Ms. Priestly also spent more than 24 years with global professional services firm Arthur Andersen, where she provided tax and consulting services to global companies in the energy and mining sectors and was a member of Andersen's global executive team.
Ms. Priestly is Chairman of SouthGobi Resources, a director of Stone Energy Corporation and previously served as a director of Palabora Mining Company Limited. She was appointed to the Turquoise Hill Resources board in February, 2011.
Chris Bateman
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Bateman was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources on May 1, 2012. Mr. Bateman previously was a senior executive of Rio Tinto and served as Chief Financial & Business Development Officer of the company's Diamonds and Minerals product group since 2010. In 2006, Mr. Bateman was appointed Chief Financial Officer at ASX-listed Energy Resources of Australia. Prior to that, he held both commercial and operational roles at Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper operations. Mr. Bateman also spent eight years at Arthur Andersen's business consulting practice and worked as Financial Planning and Analysis Director at Kaiser Aluminum.
Brett Salt
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development
Brett Salt was appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development of Turquoise Hill Resources on May 1, 2012. Previously, Mr. Salt was with Rio Tinto for 15 years in a variety of senior product group and corporate level commercial roles. Most recently, he was General Manager Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto Marine business.
Stewart Beckman
Senior Vice President, Operations and Technical Development
Stewart Beckman was appointed Senior Vice President, Operations and Technical Development of Turquoise Hill Resources on May 1, 2012. Mr. Beckman has more than 20 years of experience in the mining and minerals processing industry. Previously, he spent 15 years with Rio Tinto working across a number of product groups in senior leadership, minerals processing, mining operations and project development roles. Most recently Mr. Beckman was Regional General Manager, Technology & Innovation Americas. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, he spent seven years in a variety of operational roles at Placer Dome.
Dustin S. Isaacs
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Dustin S. Isaacs was appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Turquoise Hill Resources on January 1, 2013. Mr. Isaacs was previously Legal Counsel with Rio Tinto where he provided strategic advice to various business units on a wide-range of legal issues and held lead roles in certain M&A, divestiture and joint venture projects. Prior to Rio Tinto, he was in private legal practice for eight years in the business law group of a major Canadian law firm.