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Mr Vince Pendal
Non–Executive Chairman
Mr Pendal was appointed as a director and Chairman on 16 December 2004 and has extensive experience in banking and corporate finance in both the industrial and mining sectors. He is a director and major shareholder of Oakvale Capital Limited, which provides independent advice on both corporate finance and treasury management to a range of leading organisations, government authorities and institutions throughout Australia.
Mr Pendal has previously served as a director and Chairman of Austral Coal Limited and Perilya Limited. In addition, he holds a number of directorships of private trading companies. |
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Mr Ken Perry
Managing Director - Executive Director
Mr Perry joined Brandrill in July 2002 and became a director on 16 August 2002. Mr Perry has a first class honours degree in chemistry from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Mr Perry gained over 20 years experience in senior management roles with the Rio Tinto group before serving as Director General of the Department of Minerals & Energy (WA) between 1994 and 1997. Subsequently he worked with Resource Finance Corporation. |
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Mr John Nicholls
Non Executive Director
Mr Nicholls joined Brandrill as a non-executive director in September 2003 and became chairman in November 2003. On 16 December 2004 Mr Nicholls stepped down as Chairman and was appointed alternate director for Messrs Collins, Withana and Middleton-Jones, all senior executives of Mizuho International plc. On 30 January 2006, Mr Nicholls was re-appointed as a non-executive director
Mr Nicholls has extensive experience on the boards of private and public companies in Asia and Australia. He is currently a director of Harmony Capital, a Singapore based fund whose strategic focus is turnaround investing. He was previously the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of manufacturing companies based in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. He has had a long association with the mining and metals manufacturing industry. |
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Mr Ian Williams
Non Executive Director
Mr Williams was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2006. Mr Williams is Perth based and has a long career in the Australian mining industry, holding senior executive positions with Hamersley Iron and Pasminco. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and of Engineers Australia. Mr Williams is an Adjunct Professor of the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute and chairs the Advisory Board of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining. He is also presently chairman of the Port Hedland Port Authority. |
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Mr Ugo Cario
Non Executive Director
Mr Cario was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 21 February 2007. Mr Cario brings a wealth of coal industry experience to Brandrill having been involved in the industry since 1975. Mr Cario is based in New South Wales. He has been Managing Director of Austral Coal, Chairman of the NSW Minerals Council, Director of the NSW Joint Coal Board and a director of Port Kembla Coal Terminal Limited. He is currently CEO and Director of Rocklands Richfield, a publicly listed Queensland focused coal exploration company. |
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