Independent non-executive director and Board member since 2009. Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the lead independent director. A company director with 50-plus years senior executive experience in the mining and commodities industries. Mr Coates is currently a non-executive director of Glencore plc and chairman of the Industry Advisory Council for the School of Minerals and Energy Resource Engineering, UNSW. Mr Coates was formerly non-executive chairman of Santos Limited, non-executive chairman of Xstrata Australia Pty Limited and chief executive of Xstrata Coal.

Independent non-executive director, Board member since 2013, and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. Mr Grant is a Chartered Accountant with 25-plus years accounting and finance experience spanning both the accounting profession and the commercial sector. Mr Grant’s executive career included roles with Goodman Fielder Limited and Iluka Resources Limited as well as co-founding a privately held resource exploration venture in New Zealand. Mr Grant is director of Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited, Retail Food Group Limited, and The Reject Shop Limited. Mr Grant was formerly a non-executive director of iiNet Limited.

Independent non-executive director, Board member since 2013, and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. A company director with over 25 years experience. Mrs Mann is a Chartered Accountant and was a former partner of KPMG. She has been a professional non-executive director for over 15 years. Mrs Mann has extensive audit, investigation, risk management and corporate governance experience. Mrs Mann is currently a director of Ridley Corporation Limited, Allianz Australia Limited and Bega Cheese Limited.

Independent non-executive director and Board member since 2008.A company director with 20-plus years senior executive experience in property investment and development, specifically in hotel operations. Mr Newton is also chairman of Capricorn Village Joint Venture, WA, chairman and director of Selpam (Australia) Pty Limited and a director of various companies wholly owned by Selpam (Australia) Pty Limited, and a director of Bonsey Jaden Pte Ltd, a digital advertising agency.