The Board

Directors

David Port, Non Executive Chairman

David Port qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant whilst with National Freight Company Limited where he rose to become Group Chief Accountant and Divisional Finance Director. Following three years at Northern Foods Plc as Finance Director of the dairy division, he joined British Fuels Limited as Finance Director and rose to Chief Executive and Chairman, leading the management buyout from British Coal during the privatisation process and disposing of the business profitably in a trade sale in 1997. From 1997 to 2001 David was Executive Chairman of Sylvan International Limited, a £200 million turnover timber business with operations in France. David is currently Chairman of Petrol Express Limited, Executive Chairman of GNE Limited, Non-executive Director of Voller Energy plc, Non-executive Chairman of Leach Colour Limited, and Non-executive Chairman of WMT Limited. David has been Non-executive Chairman of the Group since its establishment in 1998.

Tom Allchurch, Chief Executive Officer

Tom Allchurch is a graduate mining engineer and has spent his entire career in the development and operation of surface coal mines. Tom initially trained as a Site Engineer with Shand Mining Limited, a contractor to British Coal, before joining Bayford Mining Limited, a smaller private mining company, in 1986. In 1991 Tom joined Rackwood Colliery Company Limited as Projects Manager and was responsible for the development of a number of UK and French projects including Skares Road. Tom left Rackwood in 1998 leading the management team in acquiring the rights to operate (and subsequently acquire) the Skares Road mine. Tom was Chairman of the coal industry trade association, the Confederation of UK Coal Producers, in 2001 and 2002. From 1998 Tom was Managing Director of the Group and became Chief Executive when the Company listed on AIM.

Alistair Black, Operations Director

Alistair Black commenced his training as a Site Engineer with Coal Contractors Limited in 1986, progressing to Site Manager of the Roughcastle North site in 1994. In 1996 Alistair joined Rackwood as Regional Production Manager responsible for two surface and one underground mine in Scotland. Alistair joined the Group in 1998 as Operations Manager for the Skares Road mine and became Operations Director in 2000. Alistair gained his MBA from Heriot Watt University in 1999. He is also the Health and Safety Director for the Group.

Steven Beaumont, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary

Steven Beaumont is a Chartered Accountant having previously worked for Arthur Andersen and Deloitte Haskins and Sells. Steven joined the Board in October 2006. Prior to joining ATH, he spent the majority of his career with United Utilities where, from 2001, he held the senior positions of both Finance Director, and then Commercial Director of United Utilities' North West Division. As Commercial Director he managed over 1,000 people responsible for the investment delivery programme, front line network customer service, commercial activities, supply chain, legal and business services. He was Group Financial Controller from 1998 to 2001.

Ivana Ridler, Non Executive Director

Ivana is a Vice President of Lexington Partners UK Ltd, where she is responsible for private equity co investments in Europe. Ivana was an investment executive at Alchemy Partners between 2001 and 2006 and previously was the Alchemy Plan's representative on the Board until November 2006. Before that Ivana worked at Bear Stearns in London and New York as an investment banker in the M&A team. She holds a masters degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

Vaughan Williams, Non Executive Director

Vaughan Williams has a degree in politics from Exeter University. Vaughan spent four years at British Steel from 1968 to 1972 before joining a predecessor company of BHP Minerals Europe Limited as Coal Sales Manager, later promoted to Director responsible for coal sales in Europe, CIS, the Middle East and Africa. Vaughan then moved to BHP Coal Australia Pty Limited in 1986 as Manager of their marketing operations. After returning from Australia, Vaughan became Deputy Managing Director at BHP Minerals Europe Limited in 1988 and subsequently Managing Director in 1990. Vaughan then became Vice President Marketing at BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. in 2000 where he remained until 2003. He joined the Group in 2004.

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