LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell'schief financial officer, Simon Henry, will join miner Rio Tinto as non-executive director from July 1 after heleaves the oil major.
Henry, who has served as CFO for seven years of his 34 yearsat Shell, will hand over to Jessica Uhl on March 9 and leave thecompany on June 30.
"Royal Dutch Shell confirms that Simon Henry, ChiefFinancial Officer of the company, has been appointed anon-executive director of Rio Tinto with effect from July 1,2017," Shell said in a statement on Friday.
Henry was one of the driving forces behind Shell's bumper$54 billion acquisition of BG Group last year. (Reporting by Karolin Schaps; Editing by David Goodman)