Career Summary

Marie-Pierre Paquin

Head of Science and Partnerships, Rio Tinto

Marie-Pierre Paquin - Honorary Co-Chair

​Marie-Pierre is a metallurgical engineer with over 20 years experience in process development, operation/maintenance and project study. ​

Across her various roles in the business, Marie-Pierre has been exposed to most stages of a mining business, from project development, to operation and closure, gaining a holistic view of the field.

Most recently, at Rio Tinto, Marie-Pierre has provided technical and strategic guidance to develop the decarbonization roadmap across different product groups. Her recent work includes new a net-zero process design, asset re-powering and long duration energy storage technologies.​

Her role also allows Marie-Pierre to support Rio Tinto's innovation agenda through strategic academic partnerships.​