Wesfarmers Ltd

Wesfarmers Ltd is a diversified company with interests in rural services, liquefied natural gas distribution, hardware and building products, the coal mining company Premier Coal, insurance and, in November 2007, acquired the national retail chain operated by Coles Myer.

They are a business member of the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network.

Coal interests
Wesfarmers, through its subsidiary Wesfarmers Resources, operates the Curragh mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin and a 40 per cent interest in the Bengalla mine in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. For further details on the company's coal intertests see Wesfarmers Resources).

Directors
Accessed March 2008:


 * Trevor Eastwood, AM - Non-executive Chairman
 * Richard Goyder - Managing Director
 * Colin Carter, OAM - Non-executive Director
 * Patricia Cross - Non-executive Director
 * Bob Every - Non-executive Director
 * James Graham - Non-executive Director
 * Anthony (Tony) Howarth, AO - Non-executive Director
 * Dick Lester - Non-executive Director
 * Charles Macek - Non-executive Director
 * Gene Tilbrook - Finance Director
 * David White - Non-executive Director


 * Former Managing Director, Michael A. Chaney

PR advisers and lobbyists

 * Alan Carpenter, former Premier of Western Australia, is a spokesperson for Wesfarmers.

Contact
11th Floor, Wesfarmers House 40 The Esplanade Perth 6000 Western Australia Telephone: (61 8) 9327 4211 Facsimile: (61 8) 9327 4216 Contact us: info@wesfarmers.com.au Web: http://www.wesfarmers.com.au

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