Charles Meintjes

Biography

Charles Meintjes is Executive Vice President – Corporate Services and Chief Commercial Officer for Peabody. He has executive responsibility for Sales and Marketing, Corporate Development, Information Technology, Peabody Business Services, Technical Services, and Coal Generation and Emissions Technology. He also has temporary oversight of the Human Resources areas, which includes global travel, aviation, security and corporate office services and has been under interim leadership. Mr. Meintjes has extensive senior operational, strategy, continuous improvement and information technology experience with mining companies on three continents. He also has led financial and technical functions, large re-engineering programs, information technology system implementations and large industrial construction projects. Mr. Meintjes joined Peabody in 2007, and most recently served as President – Australia. Other past positions with the company include Acting President – Americas, Group Executive of Midwest and Colorado Operations, Senior Vice President of Operations Improvement and Senior Vice President Engineering and Continuous Improvement. He is a board member of the Minerals Council of Australia and Queensland Resources Council. Prior to joining Peabody, he served as a consultant to Exxaro Resources Limited in South Africa, and is a former Executive Director and board member for Kumba Resources Limited in South Africa. He also served on the boards of two public companies, AST Gijima in South Africa and Ticor Limited in Australia. Meintjes has senior management experience in the steel and the aluminum industry with Iscor and Alusaf in South Africa. Mr. Meintjes holds dual Bachelor of Commerce degrees in accounting from Rand Afrikaans University and the University of South Africa. He is a Chartered Accountant in South Africa, and completed the advanced management program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Research Interest

Business management