Paul Shannon

Chief financial officer

Paul Shannon was appointed chief financial officer of Iron Ore in January 2011. 

Paul began his career with the Rio Tinto Group in 1995 with Hamersley Iron in Tom Price, and has subsequently held a variety of financial positions in the Iron Ore product group and the corporate Controllers function in London, including three years supporting Rio Tinto's global Copper group. 

Most recently Paul was general manager Commercial with responsibility for finance, joint venture management, compliance, IS&T, insurance and risk management.  Before joining Rio Tinto, Paul worked for the West Australian Government in the Office of the Auditor General.

Paul is a member of Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Executive Committee (ExCo), holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a member of CPA Australia.