Everald Compton AM – Chairman

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Compton has been the company chairman since 1997.  He is a founding director of the company and has assisted in all facets of the company growing to its present state.

He was Chairman of National Seniors Australia for twenty two years.  He is currently chairman of two Federal Government entities – the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians and the Forum on Mature Age Participation.

He is a CPA and CPM and lives in Brisbane where he chairs his family company, Compton Australia Pty Ltd and the Everald Compton Charitable Trust.

He was admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia in 1992 for his services to the community and he received the Centenary Medal in 2001 for his services to the Transport Industry. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of the Sunshine Coast.

John Balassis – Managing Director

Managing Director

Mr Balassis was appointed to the ARG Board in 2002. He was made Managing Director in 2011.

He is a corporate advisor, former founding Director of TFG International and a former senior executive of KPMG. His qualifications include a BEc, CA, MICM, MIACD.

Mr Balassis also sits on the Advisory Board of EP & T Global and formerly was a Director of Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd.

Don McDonald AM OBE – Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

Non-Executive Director

Mr McDonald was appointed to the ARG Board in 1997.

He is a Director of MDH Pty Ltd – a family owned Beef Cattle Operation – and a former Director of Australian Agricultural Company Limited, Queensland Industry Development Corporation, Kidston Gold Mines Ltd, and the CSIRO.

He has also chaired the steering committee to oversee the formation of the Australian Institute of Marine Science at James Cook University and the MLA Beef Industry Funding Steering Committee.

John Dornbusch

Non-Executive Director

Mr Dornbusch was appointed to the ARG Board in 2005.

He is the Chairman of Dornbusch Partners, a Toowoomba based financial services business, and a previous senior executive of Macquarie Financial Services, a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank. He is also a State Government appointment to the Council of the University of Southern Queensland and serves as Deputy Chancellor.  

Mr Dornbusch is a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Graduate of the OPM Program at the Harvard Business School

Mark Lochtenberg

Non-Executive Director

Mr Lochtenberg was appointed to the ARG Board in 2008.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from Liverpool University, UK and has been actively involved in the coal industry for more than 20 years.

Mr Lochtenberg is the Managing Director of Cockatoo Coal Limited. Formerly, he was joint Managing Director of Glencore International AG’s worldwide coal division, where he was actively involved in purchasing, managing and aggregating the coal project portfolio which became Xstrata Coal Prior to that, Mr Lochtenberg had established a coal ‘swaps’ market for Bain Refco (Deutsche Bank) after having served as coal marketing manager for Peko Wallsend Limited.

Mr Lochtenberg is also an alternate director of Surat Basin Rail Pty Ltd.

John G. Calvert

Non-Executive Director

Mr Calvert was appointed to the ARG Board in 2011.

He is the Managing Partner of The Energy and Minerals Group. Before that he was Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Securities, a Large-Cap Investment Banking Coverage Group, where he provided strategic counsel and transaction execution advice to global mining and metals clients. Prior to that he was Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston, Global Head of Mining Investment Banking where he had global coverage responsibility for the mining sector, and an Associate for Morgan Stanley & Co, Natural Resources Group where he focused on transaction execution in mergers, acquisitions and financings for the mining sector.

Mr Calvert graduated with First Class Honours from University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Laws.

Stuart F. Feiner

Non-Executive Director

Mr Feiner was appointed to the ARG Board in 2011.

He has an independent consulting business based in New York and is the consultant on mining investments for The Energy and Minerals Group.  He has had broad oversight managerial and operational experience, including legal and administrative functions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, major project development, and innovative financial transactions globally and in a rapidly changing environment.

Mr Feiner graduated with BS in Economics from University of Pennsylvania and a MBA from Columbia University as well as gaining a LLM and PhD from New York University.

Karyn Lilian Mealey

Group Company Secretary

Ms Mealey was appointed Group Company Secretary in 2011.

Karyn was admitted as a solicitor in 1976 and has a Bachelor of Arts and Law (1975) and Masters of Law (1987) from the University of Sydney.  Karyn’s membership of professional bodies includes the Construction & Infrastructure Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia since 1995, the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia and The Commercial Law Association of Australia.

Karyn was a former senior partner of a number of large professional services firms and has worked in industry as well as the NSW government at senior executive level. As a private lawyer Karyn has represented & advised clients across Australia in the private rail industry in their business operations, specialising in this sector for more than 15 years.