Meet the Finlaysons: Rio’s lithium star and her gold guru brother
Marnie Finlayson is Rio’s battery minerals boss – her brother Raleigh runs Genesis. They are children of WA’s Goldfields, where lithium mines dot gold and nickel operations.
Marnie Finlayson is the battery minerals boss leading Rio Tinto into the decarbonisation era. Raleigh Finlayson is a precious metal stayer chasing more success in gold, where his sights are set on a 126-year-old mine.
The sister and brother grew up tormenting one another on a dusty sheep station in Western Australia. They embody the old-meets-new reshaping of WA’s resources industry in their vast childhood backyard, the Goldfields.
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