Board members

 C J S Renwick

BA, LLB (Melb), AM, FAIM, FAIE, FTSE 
Appointed as a non-executive director in September 2004 and chairman since February 2005. Chris is a member of the Audit committee and the Health, Safety and Environment committee. External appointments: Director of Downer EDI Limited, Transurban Group Ltd, Sims Group,  member of the Board of Governors of Ian Clunes-Ross Foundation and chairman of the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund.

 W H Champion

B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering), B.Sc. (Biological Science) Appointed managing director in January 2009. External appointments: director Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd, Newcastle Coal Shippers Pty Ltd and Queensland Resources Council.

  D C W Ritchie

LLB, FAusIMM, FAIM
Appointed as a non-executive director in January 2008. External appointments: Director of Australian Coal Association and Coal Industry Advisory Board. Former director Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd and Queensland Resources Council.

 R B Davis

BSc (Tech), FAusIMM, MAICD
Appointed as an independent director in September 2000. Bryan is the chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment committee, a member of the Audit committee and Independent director's committee. External appointments: Non-executive director of Newcrest Mining Limited and OneSteel Limited. Former non-executive chairman of Bendigo Mining Limited and Indophil Resources NL.

 B G Beeren

BSc, Comm, MBA, FCPA, FAICD
Appointed as an independent director in July 2004. Bruce is chairman of the Audit committee and the Independent directors committee. External appointments: director of Origin Energy Limited, Baycorp, Contact Energy Limited and Equipsuper Ltd. Former non-executive director of Veda Advanatage Limited and Envestra Limited.

 K Yamanaka

BEng (Metallurgy)
Appointed as a non-executive director in October 2008. External appointments: chief executive officer and managing director of Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd.