Simon Thompson worked for Lloyds Bank from 1981 to 1985, N M Rothschild & Sons from 1985 to 1994, and S. G. Warburg & Co. from 1994 to 1995. He joined Minorco S.A., a mining company, in 1995, first as its head of finance until 1997, and as the head of its Brazilian subsidiary until 1999, when it merged with Anglo American plc. He subsequently worked for Anglo American, serving as the chief executive officer of its Anglo Base Metals Division from 2001 to 2007.

Thompson was the chairman of the Tarmac Group from 2005 to 2007. He was the chairman of Tullow Oil from 2012 to 2015, when he succeeded Adrian Montague as the chairman of 3i in 2015. Thompson served on the boards of directors of the Newmont Mining Corporation from 2008 to 2014. He also served on the board of Amec Foster Wheeler from 2009 to 2015, and Sandvik AB from 2014 2015. He serves as a non-executive director of the Rio Tinto Group." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Thompson_(businessman)

Remember earlier when I mentioned
"Sir Evelyn de Rothschild serves as Queen Elizabeth II's financial advise"

merry go round and round..


He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris before studying engineering at École Centrale Paris.

Career: Jacques joined Rio Tinto in 2011, and became head of copper and coal businesses. Jacques became deputy CEO in March 2016, and CEO in July 2016.
Jacques was previously group strategy director for Tata Steel. Jacques was the chairman of the International Copper Association from 2014 to 2016. He is a board member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) since 2016.
He is a member of the Global CEO Council (GCC) of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries since 2019. He is a board member of the Business Council of Australia since 2019.
He is a member of the Business Council in the USA since 2020."