Simone Niven was appointed Corporate Relations Group executive in January 2017. She joined Rio Tinto in 2008 and has accountability for the Group’s reputation and corporate relations areas: external affairs, communities, media, brand, reputation, and employee communications. She also has responsibility for the leadership of the country and regional office teams including Africa, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Niven spent over 15 years working in senior roles at some of the world’s largest companies across many continents, including Vodafone, the United Technologies group, Smiths Group plc, and Smith & Nephew plc in a range of corporate relations fields.

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Patrick Temple-West is a journalist at the Financial Times in New York covering ESG and sustainability issues. He has written recently about asset managers, rulemakers in the ESG sector—such as the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board—as well as the sustainable investing deals involving biofuels and recyclable coffee cups. Before joining the Financial Times in July, Temple-West was in Washington, D.C., covering financial regulations and he reported internationally from Brazil, Nigeria, Taiwan, and Turkey. Earlier in his career, he was a correspondent for Reuters.

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Amy Harder covers energy and climate change for Axios and writes a weekly column called Harder Line. Previously, she covered similar issues for The Wall Street Journal, based out of its Washington, D.C., bureau. Harder was the inaugural journalism fellow for the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute in the 2018-2019 school year, contributing to the school’s work through events, workshops, and other discussions. She has appeared on PBS NewsHour, MSNBC, CBS, and NPR, among many other media outlets. She is regularly sought out to speak and participate in events, including moderating and participating in panel discussions and giving speeches in Washington and throughout the country.

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Stephen Badger serves as Chairman of Mars, Incorporated’s Board of Directors. He was a key investor in Seeds of Change, an organic seed and food company, and also served as President. As Global Director of Corporate Affairs, Badger led Mars to be the first company among its food and confectionery peers to eliminate marketing its products to children under 12, a move which has since shaped industry-wide practices. Badger also financed and produced the film Muscle Shoals which premiered at Sundance to a standing ovation in 2013.

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