Coronado's Q2 earnings call revealed a leadership transition and operational reset aimed at improving cash generation and reducing debt. The new CEO takes over Aug. 1.
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Coronado Global Resources (CODQL) said it will hand the CEO role to its chief financial officer on Aug. 1, part of a leadership transition the company says will sustain a turnaround in its metallurgical coal operations.
Interim CEO Garold Spindler told investors on a Q2 earnings call that Barend Van Der Merwe, currently CFO, will take over as CEO. Sandeep Deoji, the company's vice president of group financial control, will become interim CFO. Spindler said the change comes from a position of "improving stability and strengthening operational momentum."
Spindler credited Van Der Merwe with concluding new arrangements with Stanwell last year and developing the operational and commercial reset program now underway. The program, Spindler said, focuses on productivity and cash generation, with a goal of reducing debt. The reset is designed to improve margins and lower costs in a challenging met coal market.
Coronado's debt reduction efforts are central to its strategy. Spindler said the company is strengthening its focus on operational discipline. The leadership transition is intended to maintain continuity as the reset program gains traction.
Van Der Merwe becomes CEO on Aug. 1. Deoji will take over as interim CFO at the same time.
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