Mr. Baasantseren (Baska) Tumurbat is a Specialist for the Board of Directors at Oyu Tolgoi LLC, a joint venture between Rio Tinto Plc. and the Government of Mongolia that is developing and operating a copper-gold mining complex in southern Mongolia. Mr. Tumurbat is responsible for supporting the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining Oyu Tolgoi, Mr. Tumurbat worked as a community and public relations expert at Canada’s SouthGobi Resources Ltd. where he was responsible for community and media relations, community development and corporate social responsibility projects. Mr. Tumurbat has also served as Foreign Relations Manager at Aero Mongolia LLC, one of the leading civil aviation companies in Mongolia. Mr. Tumurbat holds a diploma of Business Administration from the Institute of Finance and Economy, Ulaanbaatar (2009) and holds an MA (2000) and BA (1998) in Pedagogy and Linguistics from the Mongolian University of the Humanities. He has also received certificates for training programs from Queensland University of Australia.