Mr Edwards is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience in the mining and manufacturing industries. He has held various executive positions including CFO of Bowen Coking Coal Limited for over 3 years and was previously CEO of private Australian coal explorer Pioneer Coal, and CFO and Head of Corporate Development for Universal Coal plc for over seven years, where he managed the commercialisation of the 4Mtpa Kangala Colliery and the 3.3Mtpa New Clydesdale Colliery. Previously, Mr Edwards was CFO at Asenjo Energy, a Botswana-based coal exploration and development company.