---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-003940"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODQL"
cik: "0001770561"
company_name: "Coronado Global Resources Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:49:37.919040+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coronado Global Resources announces leadership changes: Spindler to Executive Chair, Thompson promoted to CEO

## Summary
- Garold Spindler, current MD/CEO, appointed Executive Chair effective after 2023 AGM (~May 24, 2023).
- William Koeck, current Chair, becomes Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director effective same date.
- Douglas G. Thompson, current COO Australia, appointed CEO effective same date.
- Group CFO Gerhard Ziems adds sales, marketing, and strategic investment responsibilities.
- Compensation terms for these roles to be determined prior to effective date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-003940
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODQL
- cik: 0001770561
- company_name: Coronado Global Resources Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923003940/0001104659-23-003940-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923003940/tm233274d2_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003940.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William (Bill) Koeck was appointed as Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director at Coronado Global Resources Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director
  source text: the Board appointed William (Bill) Koeck, the current Chair of the Board, to serve as the Deputy Chair and Lead Independent Director of the Board, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923003940/0001104659-23-003940-index.htm
- Executive change
  Douglas G. Thompson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Coronado Global Resources Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Douglas G. Thompson, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer, Australia, to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923003940/0001104659-23-003940-index.htm
- Executive change
  Garold Spindler was appointed as Executive Chair at Coronado Global Resources Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: the Board appointed Garold Spindler, the Company’s current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, to the position of Executive Chair, with such appointment to be effective immediately following the Company’s 2023 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be held on or about May 24, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1770561/000110465923003940/0001104659-23-003940-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.