Zoe Yujnovich

President and chief executive officer, Iron Ore Company of Canada

Zoё Yujnovich commenced the role of president and chief executive officer of the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) in February 2010.

Zoё has been with the Rio Tinto group since 1996.  Most recently she was president of Rio Tinto Brazil and prior to this she was the executive advisor to Rio Tinto's chief executive based in London.

Zoё has worked for Rio Tinto operations in Australia, United States, United Kingdom and Brazil across our iron ore, aluminium and corporate functions.

She has held a variety of roles from engineering and plant operations to business analysis, procurement and marketing.

Zoё is a member of Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Executive Committee (ExCo).

She holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University of Western Australia.