John Pegler
Non Executive Director
John is very well known in the international coal industry and joined the Board of Bandanna on 1 January 2012. A mining engineer by training, he has worked for 39 years in open-cut and underground resource development, coal mining and processing operations, international and domestic coal marketing, project management and international procurement.
After service with BP and Rio Tinto Groups in NSW, Queensland and Indonesia including roles at Managing Director level, he recently retired as Chief Executive Officer of Central Queensland open cut coal producer Ensham Resources Pty Ltd.
He was twice President and is an elected Life Member of the Queensland Resources Council.
His current roles include Chairman of the Australian Coal Association (ACA), Chairman of ACA Low Emission Technologies Ltd, Foundation Member of the Queensland Clean Coal Council, Director of ERA Ltd, Australia’s largest publicly listed uranium producerand Director of WDS Ltd, a publicly listed contractor to the mining and gas industries. John has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Degree from the University of Melbourne and Coal Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency. He completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.