Garold Spindler has over 30 years of experience in the coal industry.
He has held several executive positions at some of the world's coal companies including as chief executive of UK Coal, president and chief executive of Amax Coal Company (US), and president & chief executive of Pittston Coal Company.
Mr Spindler is the owner and chair of St Cloud Mining.
He was the 2010 recipient of West Virginia University's Distinguished Engineer of Mines, and the 2008 recipient of the Erskine Ramsay Medal Award of the Society of Mining.