Our Board

John V McGuigan, Chairman

Mr. McGuigan has both an accounting and legal background. He has been on the boards of a number of public and private companies. Mr. McGuigan retired as a partner of Baker & McKenzie in June 1998 to co-found Hunter Bay Partners with Mr. Atkinson.

Mr. McGuigan became a director 11 September 1998 and is Chairman of the audit committee and the remuneration / nomination committee. Other current directorships: RHG Limited, Victor Change Cardiac Research Institute.

John C Atkinson, Managing Director

Prior to joining the Company Mr. Atkinson was a solicitor and partner with Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, where he practices principally as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer. He resigned as a partner of Baker & McKenzie in June 1998 to co-found Hunter Bay Partners with Mr. McGuigan.

Mr. Atkinson became a director of the company on 15 February 1999 and is a member of the audit committee and remuneration / nomination committee. On 1 January 2003, Mr. Atkinson was appointed managing director.

Travers W Duncan, Executive Director

Mr. Duncan is a civil engineer with over 35 years of experience in the management of large coal mining and infrastructure development projects in Australia, India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Duncan’s experience includes the successful financing and development of projects such as the Piparwar coal mine in India and the North Goonyella coal project in Queensland.

Mr. Duncan has played a key role in the White Group of companies, most recently as Chairman of White Mining Limited, with a particular focus on advancing White Mining’s New South Wales projects. He leads a team in the development and commercialization of Ultra Clean Coal (UCC) technology, and he identified the Binderless Coal Briquetting process as a means of agglomerating Ultra Clean Coal for transport by conventional transport systems. Mr. Duncan is a major shareholder and Chairman of ASX listed coal company Felix Resources Limited.

Other current directorships: Felix Resources Limited; Ashton Coal Mines Limited; Ultra Clean Coal Council.

Member NSW Government Clean Coal Council

Graham A Cubbin, Non Executive Director

Mr. Cubbin holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash Universtiy and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors. Mr. Cubbin was a Senior Executive with Consolidated Press (CPH) from 1990 until September 2005, including Chief Financial Officer for 13 years.

Prior to joining CPH, Mr. Cubbin held senior finance positions in a number of major companies including Capita Financial Group and Ford Motor Company. He has 15 years experience as a director and audit committee member of public companies in Australia and the United States.

He is also a non-executive director of ASX listed Challenger Financial Services Group Limited, STW Communications Group Limited and Bell Financial Group Limited, and serves on the Audit Committee for each of those companies.

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