People: Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHITF.PK)

WHITF.PK on OTC Markets Group - US Other OTC and Grey Market

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13 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mark Anthony Vaile

2012 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Anthony Haggarty

2013 Non-Executive Director

John Conde

2012 Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board

Austen Perrin

2008 Chief Financial Officer, Joint Company Secretary

Timothy Burt

2009 General Counsel, Joint Company Secretary

Pat Markey

2012 Executive General Manager - Marketing

Steven Bow

2012 General Manager – Narrabri

Brian Cole

2012 Executive General Manager - Projects Delivery

Allan Davies

2012 Executive General Manager - Operations

Peter Kane

Executive General Manager - Business Development

Lance Muir

Executive General Manager - Corporate Services

Jonathan Vandervoort

2013 Executive General Manager, Infrastructure

Peter Wilkinson

2012 General Manager - Open Cut Operations

Philip Christensen

2012 Non-Executive Director

Paul Flynn

2013 Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Director

Rick Gazzard

2012 Non-Executive Independent Director

Christine McLoughlin

49 2012 Non-Executive Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Mark Anthony Vaile

Mr. Mark Anthony James Vaile has been Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in Whitehaven Coal Ltd since May 3, 2012. As leader of the National Party from 2005 to 2007, Mark established a network of contacts throughout regional Australia, particularly in Northern New South Wales. Mark led negotiations for Australia's Free Trade Agreements with the United States, Singapore and Thailand and helped to launch negotiations with China, Japan and ASEAN. Importantly, Mark also acted as Minister for Transport and Regional Services and was instrumental in the establishment of the ARTC as operator of the Hunter Valley Rail Network. Mark was formerly the chairman of Aston Resources Limited. Mark brings experience as a company director and as a former senior government leader, including as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade in the Federal Government. Mark is the Chairman of CBD Energy and an independent director of Servcorp Limited and Virgin Australia Holdings Limited, all of which are listed on the ASX. Mark is also a director of Stamford Land Corporation, which is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, and a non-executive director of HOST-PLUS Pty Ltd.

Anthony Haggarty

Mr. Anthony (Tony) J. Haggarty is Non-Executive Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since March 25, 2013. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Executive Director of the Company. He holds a Masters of Commerce degree. He has over 30 years' experience in the development, management and financing of mining companies, and was co-founder and Managing Director of Excel Coal Limited from 1993 to 2006. Prior to this, Tony worked for BP Coal and BP Finance in Sydney and London, and for Agipcoal as the Managing Director of its Australian subsidiary. Tony was appointed to the Board of Whitehaven on 3 May 2007 and was appointed Managing Director on 17 October 2008. He is also non-executive chairman of King Island Scheelite Limited.

John Conde

Mr. John C. Conde has been Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Whitehaven Coal Limited since May 2, 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Engneering in Electrical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University (Dist). He has over 30 years of broad based commercial experience across a number of industries, including the energy sector and was chairman of the company prior to the merger with Aston Resources. John is chairman of Bupa Australia, Destination NSW and the Sydney Symphony. He is also president of the Commonwealth Remuneration Tribunal and a non-executive director of the Dexus Property Group and The McGrath Foundation. He retired as chairman of Ausgrid (formerly Energy Australia) in June 2012. He was formerly chairman and managing director of Broadcast Investment Holdings, as well as being a former non-executive director of BHP Billiton Limited and Excel Coal Limited.

Austen Perrin

Mr. Austen D. Perrin is Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary of Whitehaven Coal Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and is Chartered Accountant. Austen has been with the Whitehaven Group since October 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. He has over 20 years'experience in the transport and infrastructure industry including senior executive roles with Toll Holdings Limited including the roles of Chief Financial Officer for Toll NZ Limited and Chief Financial Officer for Pacific National Limited. He was also Chief Financial Officer for Asciano Limited.

Timothy Burt

Mr. Timothy (Tim) Burt has been General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since July 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a LLM (Masters of Legal Letters, Hons). He joined Whitehaven as General Counsel and Company Secretary in July 2009. Prior to that, he held senior legal roles at a number of listed Australian companies including Boral Ltd, United Group Ltd and Australian National Industries Ltd.

Pat Markey

Mr. Pat Markey has been Executive General Manager - Marketing of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since July 12, 2012. Mr. Pat joins Whitehaven from Global Coal Limited in Singapore where he has worked for the past 10 years, recently as Chief Operating Officer and previously as Director of Marketing. Pat worked in marketing, development and strategic business planning roles in the oil and related industries over fifteen years. Pat holds a Master of Business degree and a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering degree.

Steven Bow

Mr. Steve Bow has been General Manager-Narrabri of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since July 24, 2012. Mr.Bow was the Head of Operations of Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Operations and Manager-Wongawilli Colliery. He has more than 28 years experience in the mining industry and has held various managerial positions covering technical and operational management with BHP Billiton and its coal operations in the Illawarra region.

Brian Cole

Mr. Brian Cole has been Executive General Manager of Projects Delivery of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since May 28, 2012. Mr. Cole Brian joined NCIG in Newcastle where he has been Senior Project Manager for the last five years. Prior to working for NCIG, Brian held senior project and operating management roles, including General Manager-Engineering for Patrick Corporation, Integration and Maintenance Manager for Coal and Allieds Hunter Valley and General Manager of the Loy Yang Power Station in Victoria. Brian holds a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University, along with Master of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Civil Engineering degrees from Melbourne University. As a Project Director for Maules Creek, Brian will be responsible for delivery of the project into production.

Allan Davies

Mr. Allan James Davies is Executive General Manager of Operations of Whitehaven Coal Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining from University of Queensland (1973). Allan is a mining engineer and has over 35 years' experience in the Australian and international coal and metalliferous mining industries. He is a registered mine manager in Australia and South Africa. Allan was a founding Director of Excel Coal Limited and as Executive Director-Operations for Excel Coal Limited, Allan had direct responsibility for operations and construction projects. From 2000 until early 2006, Allan also worked for Patrick Corporation as Director - Operations. Currently, Allan is also a non-executive Director of Qube Logistics Holdings.

Peter Kane

Lance Muir

Jonathan Vandervoort

Mr. Jonathan Vandervoort serves as Executive General Manager, Infrastructure of Whitehaven Coal Ltd effective January 2013. He has 20 years experience in coal industry management roles in New South Wales and Queensland. He has worked with Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator as the Chief Executive Officer.

Peter Wilkinson

Mr. Peter Wilkinson has been General Manager - Open Cut Operations of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since March 12, 2012. His previous role was as Executive General Manager NSW at Idemitsu Australia Resources, with responsibility for the Boggabri Coal operations in the Gunnedah Basin and Muswellbrook Coal in the Hunter Valley.

Philip Christensen

Mr. Philip Christensen has been Non-Executive Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since May 3, 2012. Philip has experience in the mining and energy sector. He has 30 years' experience with law firm Freehills, where his clients included Australian and international coal mining companies. Philip was formerly a director of Aston Resources Limited and Boardwalk Resources Limited. Philip was not considered independent because during the financial year he was employed by companies associated with a shareholder Nathan Tinkler. Those employment arrangements come to an end on September 29, 2012.

Paul Flynn

Mr. Paul Flynn is Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since March 25, 2013. Hehas been a Non-Executive Director of Whitehaven since the merger with Aston in May 2012, prior to which he was Managing Director of Tinkler Group Holdings from April 2011. Before joining Tinkler Group, Mr. Flynn spent 18 years with Ernst & Young, culminating in his appointment as Managing Partner of Ernst & Young’s Sydney business. During this time, he gained experience at senior management level in the resources sector, advising clients including Xstrata, Peabody Energy, Worley Parsons and Downer EDI. He also performed the role of Chief Financial Officer for AGL Energy on secondment from Ernst & Young.

Rick Gazzard

Mr. Rick Gazzard has been Non-Executive Independent Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since May 3, 2012. Rick is a mining engineer with more than 30 years' experience in the coal mining industry and a further 10 years' experience in the iron ore, base metals and gold mining industries. He holds certificates of competency as a mine manager for both the coal and metalliferous mining industries. Rick has previously held senior management positions as President of BHP Qld Coal and as General Manager of Camberwell Coal Pty Ltd and prior to those appointments had more than 10 years' experience as a mine manager/operations manager/chief mining engineer with CSR Limited and BHP. He is a former non-executive director of ASX Listed Carabella Resources, Eastern Corporation and Aston Resources Limited. Since January 2007, Rick has been an independent director of Stracon Holdings Ltd, a privately owned company with contract mining and civil construction operations in Peru and New Zealand.

Christine McLoughlin

Ms. Christine McLoughlin has been Non-Executive Independent Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since May 3, 2012. She is an experienced business executive with more than 25 years' experience working in diverse and regulated sectors in Australia, UK and South East Asian markets. Christine has in strategy, risk and governance, stakeholder engagement and human resources across a range of industries including financial services, telecommunications, health and nuclear science. Christine is currently a non-executive Director of nib Holdings Ltd, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and Westpac's insurance companies in Australia and New Zealand.

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