Coal promoters in Australia

Identifying the champions of coal

There are people in lobbying, public relations, advertising, journalism, politics, unions, company directorships and industry associations who promote the continued use of coal (perhaps indirectly by refusing to support measures that would limit emissions) in spite of its emissions of greenhouse gasses and its contribution go global warming and associate melting of the arctic ice, melting of Greenland ice caps, sea level rise, bushfires, drought and ultimately starvation, and later climate migration and security issues.

Company directors
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="text-align:center" ! width="100pt"|Company ! Type of Company ! width="200pt"|Director ! Comments Also a non-executive Director of the Energy Supply Association of Australia Limited and the National Generators Forum Limited. Background in mgt of thermal power stations Park, L.P.) & public sectors (has served as Texas Lieutenant Governor Bullock's Chief of Staff and as an Assistant United States Attorney) Background in law. A former assistant administrator for Enforcement at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as director of the Environmental Law Institute. The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie (Non-executive director) || Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd. || Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd & The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd Vernon Francis Moore (Independent non-executive director)
 * + Major Australian Coal Mining Companies)
 * Macquarie Generation || Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW  || Anna Buduls|| Financial background (inc Macquarie Bank.) Also Chair of Tramada Holdings Pty Ltd and Beyond Empathy Limited and director of SAI Global Limited and HJB Group.
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW ||Grant Every-Burns (CEO & Managing Director) ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW ||Grant Every-Burns (CEO & Managing Director) ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW ||Grant Every-Burns (CEO & Managing Director) ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW || John Cahill ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW ||Deborah Page || Background in finance & accountancy
 * Macquarie Generation ||Bayswater Coal fired Power Station,NSW ||Lucio Di Bartolomeo || Background in the transport industry (including Managing Director of FreightCorp). Previously on the boards of, among others, the Australian Defence College Advisory Board & the Australian Industry Group Defence Council
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Ross Bunyon (Chairman)
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Beverley Hoskinson-Green
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Ross Bunyon (Chairman)
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Beverley Hoskinson-Green
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Peter Murray
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Michael Nugent
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Dean Pritchard
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Michael Vertigan
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Peter Jackson
 * Loy Yang Power || Loy Yang Coal fired Power station (A), Vic || Ian Nethercote (CEO) Member of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (esaa) and National Generators Forum.
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Howard E Cosgrove (Chairman)|| Has held various positions with Delmarva Power & Light
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Pastor Kirbyjon H Caldwell || Former director of Reliant Energy Inc
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLDc || John F Chlebowski Jr || Concurrently a director of First Midwest Bankcorp, Inc.
 * NRG || Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Lawrence S. Coben|| Also Chairman and CEO of Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation II. & SAESA Group
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD ||David W Crane (CEO) ||Previously Chief Executive Officer of International Power plc
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Stephen L Cropper || Previously with the WIlliams Companies (an energy company). Also a director of Berry Petroleum COmpany, among others
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| William E Hantke || Previously in executive positions for Premor, Inc & Tosco Corporation- both refining companies. On the board of NTR Acquisition Co & Process Energy Solutions
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Michael Vertigan
 * Eraring Energy ||Eraring Coal fired Power Station, NSW ||Peter Jackson
 * Loy Yang Power || Loy Yang Coal fired Power station (A), Vic || Ian Nethercote (CEO) Member of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (esaa) and National Generators Forum.
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Howard E Cosgrove (Chairman)|| Has held various positions with Delmarva Power & Light
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Pastor Kirbyjon H Caldwell || Former director of Reliant Energy Inc
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLDc || John F Chlebowski Jr || Concurrently a director of First Midwest Bankcorp, Inc.
 * NRG || Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Lawrence S. Coben|| Also Chairman and CEO of Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation II. & SAESA Group
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD ||David W Crane (CEO) ||Previously Chief Executive Officer of International Power plc
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Stephen L Cropper || Previously with the WIlliams Companies (an energy company). Also a director of Berry Petroleum COmpany, among others
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| William E Hantke || Previously in executive positions for Premor, Inc & Tosco Corporation- both refining companies. On the board of NTR Acquisition Co & Process Energy Solutions
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * NRG || Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Lawrence S. Coben|| Also Chairman and CEO of Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation II. & SAESA Group
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD ||David W Crane (CEO) ||Previously Chief Executive Officer of International Power plc
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Stephen L Cropper || Previously with the WIlliams Companies (an energy company). Also a director of Berry Petroleum COmpany, among others
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| William E Hantke || Previously in executive positions for Premor, Inc & Tosco Corporation- both refining companies. On the board of NTR Acquisition Co & Process Energy Solutions
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Stephen L Cropper || Previously with the WIlliams Companies (an energy company). Also a director of Berry Petroleum COmpany, among others
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| William E Hantke || Previously in executive positions for Premor, Inc & Tosco Corporation- both refining companies. On the board of NTR Acquisition Co & Process Energy Solutions
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Paul W Hobby || Has worked in both private (founding Chairman of Genesis
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD||Gerald Luterman || Currently on the board of Ramsey Industries, among others
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Kathleen McGinty || Background in the US public sector, previously Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) & part of the Clinton Administrationounding. Also a founding partner of Peregrine Technology Partners
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Anne C Schaumburg ||Previously at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Global Energy Group
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Herbert H. Tate||
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Anne C Schaumburg ||Previously at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Global Energy Group
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Herbert H. Tate||
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Herbert H. Tate||
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Herbert H. Tate||
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Thomas H. Weidemeyer || Currently a director of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Waste Management, Inc. and Amsted Industries Incorporated. Prev. worked with United Parcel Service, Inc.
 * NRG ||Gladstone Coal fired Power Station, QLD|| Walter R. Young ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Liddell Coal fired Power Station, NSW|| || Directors as listed above
 * International Power ||Hazelwood Coal fired Power Station, Vic || Tony Concannon (CEO)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Macquarie Generation ||Liddell Coal fired Power Station, NSW|| || Directors as listed above
 * International Power ||Hazelwood Coal fired Power Station, Vic || Tony Concannon (CEO)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||William Elkin Mocatta (Non-executive director)|| Chairman of CLP Power Hong Kong & director of TruEnergy Holdings, director of Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd among others
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Ronald James McAulay (Non-executive director) || Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||John Andrew Harry Leigh (Non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Ronald James McAulay (Non-executive director) || Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||John Andrew Harry Leigh (Non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||John Andrew Harry Leigh (Non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Rudolf Bischof (Non-executive director)||Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Ian Duncan Boyce (Non-executive director): || Directorships include Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd & The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Jason Holroyd Whittle (Non-executive director)||A substantial shareholder of CLP Holdings. Also a director of Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd. and the Chairman of LESS Ltd., which is a general partner of a venture capital fund of funds focused on the environmental sector.
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Lee Yui Bor (Non-executive director)||A chartered engineers, chairman of Longmen Group Ltd. and UPS Consultancy Ltd., and a Director of Metrojet Ltd. and Heliservices (Hong Kong) Ltd
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Paul Arthur Theys (Non-executive director)|| Lead Country Manager for ExxonMobil’s business in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and ExxonMobil Hong Kong Ltd.
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||The Honourable Sir Sze Yuen Chung (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Lee Yui Bor (Non-executive director)||A chartered engineers, chairman of Longmen Group Ltd. and UPS Consultancy Ltd., and a Director of Metrojet Ltd. and Heliservices (Hong Kong) Ltd
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Paul Arthur Theys (Non-executive director)|| Lead Country Manager for ExxonMobil’s business in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and ExxonMobil Hong Kong Ltd.
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||The Honourable Sir Sze Yuen Chung (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||The Honourable Sir Sze Yuen Chung (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Loh Chung Hon Hansen (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Tsui Lam Sin Lai Judy (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Sir Roderick Ian Eddington (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Lee Ting Chang Peter (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Kan Man Lok Paul (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Nicolas Charles Allen (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Andrew Clifford Winawer Brandler (CEO)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Tse Pak Wing Peter (Executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Peter William Greenwood (Executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Neo Kim Teck (Alternate directors)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Richard McIndoe (Australian Managing Director of TruEnergy) ||Previous employment with a major international power developer & a major international bank
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Nicolas Charles Allen (Independent non-executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Andrew Clifford Winawer Brandler (CEO)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Tse Pak Wing Peter (Executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Peter William Greenwood (Executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Neo Kim Teck (Alternate directors)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Richard McIndoe (Australian Managing Director of TruEnergy) ||Previous employment with a major international power developer & a major international bank
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Peter William Greenwood (Executive director)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Neo Kim Teck (Alternate directors)
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Richard McIndoe (Australian Managing Director of TruEnergy) ||Previous employment with a major international power developer & a major international bank
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Richard McIndoe (Australian Managing Director of TruEnergy) ||Previous employment with a major international power developer & a major international bank
 * Tru Energy (CLP Asia) ||Yallourn Coal fired Power Station, Vic ||Richard McIndoe (Australian Managing Director of TruEnergy) ||Previous employment with a major international power developer & a major international bank

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