Motswana clinches top CEO job in Canada

Boitumelo has been appointed president and chief operating officer (COO) of Diavik Diamonds, a mining operation in the Canadian remote Northwest region jointly owned by global mining giants, Rio Tinto (60%) and Dominion Diamonds (40%).

Announcing the appointment, Rio Tinto said Boitumelo was chosen for the job due to his extensive operational, stakeholder management and corporate strategy experience at a senior level across a number of businesses in the mining industry, including diamonds, soda ash and salts, nickel, iron ore, copper and copper by-products.