December 02, 2008

Mr Meintjies joins Peabody Energy

Peabody Energy announced Mr Charles Meintjies would join Peabody Energy as senior VP of operations improvement. Peabody Energy said that Mr Meintjes would be responsible for leading the company’s operations continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of standard operating procedures across Peabody global operations.

Mr Meintjies, former ED of corporate services at resources group Exxaro Resources, was executive VP of support services at predecessor Kumba Resources before the unbundling of the coal and base metals assets from the iron ore assets late last year. He has also held senior management positions with Iscor and Alusaf.