Mr Beatty is presently a director of the three publicly traded companies: Bank of Montreal, First Service, and Inmet Mining where he is the chairman.
He was the former managing director of the Canadian Coalition for good governance, and has held numerous board of director and executive management positions over his career. He is honorary consul to Canada for the government of Papua New Guinea, and in 1993 was awarded the order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).
Robert Chase, lead director of Western Coal, said: “David is recognized as a highly experienced independent director. He brings a wealth of international experience and combined with his strategic insight and corporate governance experience will further strengthen the leadership team at Western. On behalf of the rest of the board of directors we welcome David to the team.”
Mr Beatty, said: “Western is competitively positioned with high quality assets in the global seaborne metallurgical coal markets, and a defined strategy to increase production across the portfolio. Collectively, our focus is to further enhance shareholder value by executing the company’s plans and delivering the growth opportunities safely and efficiently.”
