Robert Hammond

(Chairman)

Rob is a qualified mining engineer with over 40 years’ experience operating and managing coal and metal mines across US, Australia, and South America. Rob was the former Group Executive, Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer of Peabody Energy Australia and has operated various large scale, open cut mining operations. Rob has also held Chief Operating Officer positions at Coal and Allied in the Hunter Valley and for Peabody Energy Australia. Rob has extensive experience in the acquisition and integration of purchased mines as well as new project start-ups.

Wayne Kua

(Chief Financial Officer)

Wayne has over 25 years of experience in the energy, resources and mining sector. A Chartered Accountant and Fellow Certified Practising Accountant, Wayne has worked extensively in finance, taxation, treasury, corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He was the former Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer with ITOCHU Minerals & Energy of Australia and has also held senior finance positions with Energex and Ergon Energy prior to joining Itochu.