“Martin is a very prominent and experienced Queensland director,” chairman Keith De Lacy said.

“He is president of the Queensland division of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and brings to the board significant skills and commercial acumen, as well as his expertise in many areas of commerce and law.

“Terry has extensive experience in the resources and mining sector which will also be invaluable to Macarthur Coal given the assets we own and operate, and our plans to grow production into the future.”

O’Reilly has previously served as managing director of Pacific Coal and managing director of Coal and Allied Industries.

O’Reilly and Kriewaldt will join De Lacy, deputy chairman Roger Marshall, managing director Nicole Hollows, Peter Forbes and Chen Zeng.