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BSc (Hons) Environmental Engineering, M Eng (Environmental Engineering). Age 53.
Skills and experience: Preston was appointed chief executive of the Energy group in September 2003. He heads the Group's climate change and sustainable development leadership panels. He joined the Group in 1991 at Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon mine as vice president, technical services. In 1995 he became vice president and general manager of Boron operations in California. He was chief executive of Rio Tinto Borax from 1999 to 2003.
External appointments (current and recent):
Director of the World Coal Institute since 2003.
Chairman of the Coal Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency since 2004.
Director of Energy Resources of Australia and Coal & Allied Industries Limited between 2003 and 2006.
Director of Rössing Uranium Limited since 2004. | 