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The Directors of Bounty Mining Limited ("Bounty" or the "Parent Entity") and its controlled entities (the "Bounty Group"), present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2010.
Information about the Directors & Company Secretary
The names, experience, independence and qualifications of the directors of Bounty during the financial year and up to the date of this report are as set out below.
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| Gary Cochrane |
| Non-executive Chairman |
| Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Grad Dip Mining (Ballarat), MBA (Deakin), GAICD |
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Gary has 25 years experience in the mining, engineering and construction industry in Australia, China, Indonesia and New Guinea. He has had senior management and technical roles at operating mines in Australia and New Guinea. |
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| Gary has spent the last 14 years as an international mining and management consultant to the coal and hard rock mining industries. More recently he has built his own international consulting business which provides a high level advisory service for mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, valuations and mine audits. Gary is a regular commentator on coal industry strategic supply and demand positions and coal investment opportunities and is a regular speaker at international coal conferences in Australia, China, and Indonesia. His clients include banking, investment and mining companies from Australia, India, Japan, Korea, China, UK and Indonesia. |
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| Gary was a founding investor and former director of Millennium Coal which is now a 3 million tonnes per annum operating coal mine in Queensland. He is currently developing several new junior exploration companies with assets in China and Australia, and further investment opportunities in the resources sector. Gary is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Finance. |
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| Gary joined the board on 27 November 2007 and became Chairman on 28 February 2008. |
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| Natalie Forsyth-Stock |
| MAICD |
| Non-executive director |
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| Natalie is an investment professional with over 20 years experience in investment banking and private equity investment. She was previously a Director of Allco Equity Partners Management Limited and Gresham Rabo Management Limited (both private equity managers) and the corporate advisory division of Gresham Partners Limited, where she specialised in mergers and acquisitions, fund raisings and valuations. Natalie has advised and mentored businesses ranging from start ups through to multinationals. She also sat on a number of boards during her private equity career, both in Australia and internationally. |
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Natalie has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Master of Business (Banking and Finance) from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, Securities Institute of Australia. |
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| Natalie was appointed to the Board on 26 August 2010, and will resign and stand for re-election at the next AGM. |
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| Julie Garland McLellan |
| FAICD |
| Non-executive director |
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| Julie is a professional company director with a background in the resources and energy sectors. Julie has a degree in Civil Engineering, an MBA and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance as well as a Diploma and an Advanced Diploma in corporate governance. She has served the boards of listed and unlisted companies. As an executive she has been: Managing Director for Gamesa Energy Australia (a multinational energy company), General Manager Energy and Natural Resources for KPMG and Corporate Planner for BHP. Julie has been a NSW AICD councillor for three years. |
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| Julie joined the board of Bounty on 4th April 2008. |
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| Robert Stewart |
| Non-Executive director |
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| Bachelor of Engineering(Civil), Master of Engineering Science (Mining), FIEAust, MAICD. |
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| Rob has spent 35 years working in the mining and construction industries. He comes to Bounty following executive level experience with mine and infrastructure owners and with mining and construction contractors. Recent appointments have included General Manager with Leighton subsidiary Thiess Pty Ltd responsible for the company's contract mining and construction business in NSW, and subsequently as Chief Executive and Managing Director of Whitehaven Coal Limited. |
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| Rob was appointed to the board on 17 September 2009. |
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| Larry Cook was a Director of Bounty throughout the financial year, and resigned on 26 August 2010. Larry has a degree in Mine Engineering obtained through a Bachelor of Science from West Virginia University. Larry has 35 years of experience in coal mining, particularly in thin seam coal, and has operated in all phases of mining from the coal face to executive management. Notably, Larry has extensive and valuable knowledge with continuous haulage systems. |
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| Eryl Baron |
| Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary |
| BA Politics & Econ (London), ACIS |
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| Eryl Baron commenced her accounting career as a Chartered Accountant with BDO Binder Hamlyn in London. In 1990 Eryl moved to Sydney and worked in accounting and business in financial control positions. She has served as chief financial officer and company secretary of listed and unlisted companies. In March 2009, Eryl received a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from Chartered Secretaries Australia. |
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