Designing a high-performing comms team at Rio Tinto: An Interview with Jess Lonsdale - Kademy - chunk 3

comms team at Rio Tinto: An Interview with Jess Lonsdale by Isabel Hull | Apr 23, 2024 Jess Lonsdale, Global Director, Employee Communications, Rio Tinto When Jess Lonsdale joined Rio Tinto as Global Director of Employee Communications in 2023, she quickly embarked on the lofty task of restructuring the company’s global comms team. With employees spread across Australia, Canada and London, Jess aimed to establish an agile, “glocal” structure that would be responsive to the business’s ongoing needs. Jess shared valuable insights from her experience in redesigning her team at Kademy’s recent member roundtable, attended by comms leaders.