Senior Management

Peter Morgan, Group Development Director

Peter Morgan is a chartered mineral surveyor and chartered mining engineer who commenced his career in iron ore mining with British Steel before moving to surface coal mining with Miller Mining. In 1982 he moved to South Africa with Gencor in gold mining and then subsequently to Botswana in copper nickel mining and then Angola in surface diamond mining. In 1988 Peter returned to the UK and joined Wardell Armstrong, a leading firm of mining, minerals and environmental consultants. He was appointed as a Partner in the firm in 1990 and Technical Director in 2004. Peter joined the Group in January 2006 as Development Director of its mining subsidiary Aardvark TMC Ltd.

James Wilson, Marketing Director

James joined the Group in October 2005 as Marketing Director of its operating subsidiary Aardvark TMC Limited. James has considerable experience in the preparation and marketing of coal from his time with West of Scotland Fuels Limited and is widely known and respected within the coal industry. He has recently been employed at Network Rail as Senior Route Freight Manager and prior to this at English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (“EWS”) as General Manager of their coal operations.

Derek Pollock, Operations Director

Derek commenced his career as a Junior Engineer with Murphy Bros Ltd in 1981, progressing to Regional Manager with Coal Contractors in 1996. He went on to hold senior positions within the plant hire, surface mining and explosives industry before joining the Group in March 2008 as Operations Director of its mining subsidiary Aardvark TMC Ltd.

David Lancashire, Group Plant Director

David Lancashire is a professional Plant Engineer with 22 years experience in engineering management. Previously the Plant Manager for Miller Mining and General Manager for Castlebridge Plant he has gained over 28 years experience working at all levels within the heavy earthmoving plant industry. He joined Ogden in 2004 and is responsible for controlling and administering the maintenance of their mobile plant fleet utilising an in house team of mobile plant technicians and workshop facilities. David was appointed to Group Plant Director in June 2008.

Michael McNeely, Production Manager

Michael has worked on major mining and civil engineering projects as a plant operator for over 30 years. In 1995 he was promoted to a supervisory position whilst at Coal Contractors Limited and, following a spell as production supervisor at APC Limited, joined the Group in the same role. He was promoted to production manager for the Group in 2003 following the acquisition by the Group of the Garleffan mine.

Lee Weatherall, Development Manager

Lee is a chartered mineral surveyor who graduated in 1991. Since then Lee has held a variety of development, operational and project management positions within British Coal, Blue Circle Industries and most recently Lafarge. Lee has been involved in many international mining projects and spent three years at Lafarge Cements technical centre in Lyon, France before joining the Group in 2004. Lee is a chartered member of the RICS, a member of the Institute of Quarrying and a member of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining.

Robert Haskell, Resources Manager

Robert commenced his career as a site engineer with Coal Contractors in 1984 and progressed to site manager with Parkhill Estates Limited prior to joining Rackwood’s project team in 1995. After a brief period in logistics he joined the Group in 2001 and manages new mine developments from identification and exploration to fully permitted status.

Chris Barber, Projects Manager

Chris is a graduate Mining Engineer with over 23 years experience in opencast coal mining. Chris has a diverse background in all aspects of opencast mining having held a variety of development, technical and operational positions within British Coal and Celtic Energy Ltd. Most recently he was Mine Manager of Nant Helen Opencast Site until 2005 and following a brief spell in health and safety management, joined the Group in April 2006.

Jo Davies, Projects Manager

Jo is a chartered minerals surveyor who graduated in 1993 from Sheffield Hallam University. Since then Jo has been employed in a number of roles in estates and planning within the minerals industry. Most recently she worked for CEMEX as a Senior Planning Officer before joining ATH in 2006.

John Hodgson, Director

John Hodgson commenced his career with the National Coal Board in 1964 as a chemist in the scientific department, from where he progressed to assistant regional marketing and preparation officer in 1975. In 1981 John joined Burnett & Hallamshire Fuels plc as production director responsible for the production and marketing of coal from twelve coal washing operations. In 1984 John transferred to Rushcliffe Fuels Limited and was managing director from 1989 to 1993. John joined British Fuels in 1993 as general manager of the International and Sourcing Division, responsible for sourcing the entire companys solid fuel requirements. John joined the Group in 1998 as its Group Marketing Director.  At the end of October 2007 John retired from the Board and continued as a Director of Aardvark TMC Limited ("Aardvark"), the Group's subsidiary operating company, focussing exclusively on his specialist area of added value domestic and industrial coal sales and marketing on a part-time basis.

 

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