Ernie Thrasher

Ernie Thrasher has over 40 years of experience in the coal industry. His coal experience began in 1974 working for a family-owned mining company with operations in Maryland.

Mr Thrasher is the founder, chief executive and chief marketing officer of Xcoal, a global coal products supplier and the largest exporter of US origin coal to Asia. whose activities also include the financing and development of mining and related infrastructure projects in West Virginia and in the anthracite coalfield in North eastern Pennsylvania. Prior to forming Xcoal, he spent 22 years in various global marketing positions at Primary Coal and AMCI. In 2015, he founded XLNG Energy & Resources, which plans to market natural gas from reserves in the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins in the US to customer in Europe and Asia.

Mr Thrasher serves on the board of the President's Leadership Council-Boy Scouts of America, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a director on the National Committee on US China Relations, and a director of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum.