Chairman Peter Williamson , a renowned academic and business strategist, is Professor of International Management at Cambridge, UK. Peter is the author of several well-known books and numerous articles on international strategy. He advises large companies and is a member of several boards, including a Chinese company that has recently completed an AIM-listing. He is a recognised expert on doing business in China and Asia.

Peter is one of the leading global experts in the development of appropriate strategies for international organisations of all types.

Martin Bloemendal has over 25 years experience in energy, coal and logistics markets and is well-known for developing market concepts (e.g. "Battle Coal", "Gigajoule deals", etc.) which improve competitive edge. He is an advisor to the European Commission Directorate General for Transport and Energy and is experienced in coal blends and using biomass together with coal. Moreover, he is a member of the investment committee of a greenhouse gas credits aggregation pool. He was the Managing Director of GKE in Holland, responsible for buying all the coal for the Dutch utilities.

In late 2002 Martin formed Bloemendal Consults BV, dealing with energy and strategy; this was followed in 2004 by his role in helping to start the Energy Edge initiative

Graham Chapman has over 25 years experience in coal mining and energy markets, being Vice President Strategy in BHP Billiton after its formation. He has worked in several countries in technical and management roles, including six years leading Billiton’s coal business in Indonesia, where two full joint ventures were formed with Indonesian counterparties. Graham is a Fellow of the Geological Society and past Vice Chairman of the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Development, ad Hoc Group of Experts (Coal).

Graham is an expert on coal geology and mining, supply and demand issues and strategic implications of key developments within the market.

Chris Norval is an experienced business leader with 25 years practice in managing multi-national companies, including Head of Strategy for BHP Billiton and CEO of SUAL, the major Russian aluminium producer. Chris has strong financial skills and specialises in advising on financial re-structuring and development options. He was instrumental in the listing of Billiton plc in London in 1997.

Chris has been responsible for the development of both the strategic process and resultant strategies for major international natural resource companies.

Karl Schultz has been in the environmental protection field for his entire career and since 1994 has worked to promote coal mine methane as an approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Protection Division, managing its domestic and international coal mine methane initiatives for over ten years. Karl is a long-standing member of the International Coal Mine Methane Professional Community and has been involved in numerous industry initiatives as a consultant, committee member, and author.

Karl is a leader in the field of climate change and emissions markets. Working with an array of industry leaders, his knowledge of the market drivers, future plans and the potential impact on coal is unrivalled.

From the early 1990's Michael was instrumental in transforming the processes and culture of the Company to meet the changing business, technical, political and social environments that were emerging.

Consultancy Lead Nigel Yaxley is a leading figure in the European coal industry with experience spanning all key industry milestones of the past thirty years. He was President of Euracoal (European Association for Coal and Lignite) from 2005 to 2007, which brings together producers from across the EU27 and candidate countries, as well as coal importers and those with other coal interests.

Nigel joined the coal industry in 1977 after graduating in Physics from Cambridge University. He moved to UK Coal in 1995 on privatisation of the industry and, as Marketing Director, was responsible for all coal sales, marketing strategy and related policy issues for the company. Since 2006 he has developed his consultancy business in the coal and energy field, and is founder and Managing Director of CoalImp, the Association of UK Coal Importers.

Linus Adler has worked with Energy Edge since 2006 as an Energy Analyst and is also responsible for Energy Edge's databases and modeling development. His background is in economics, and prior to joining Energy Edge he worked for the US Government as a database and support program manager.