Klaus-Dieter Ralf Beck
Executive Director, CEO of OKD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OKD
Klaus-Dieter Beck is a Director of NWR and was appointed on 12 June 2007. He has served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of OKD since 1 July 2007. Mr. Beck has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of OKK Koksovny (formerly OKD, OKK) since 9 February 2009. He acquired significant management experience from his previous jobs in prominent managerial posts in international coal companies in both Europe and the U.S. He gained a doctorate in mining engineering at the Rhine Westphalia University in Aachen, Germany. He started his professional career in 1976. From 1996 to 1998, he was general manager at Friedrich Heinrich Mine at Ruhrkohle Bergbau AG (nowadays called Mine West of RAG-Deutsche Steinkohle). He moved to the U.S. in 1998 to take on the position of Vice-President of Riverton Coal, Inc. Prior to joining OKD, he was Senior Vice-President for Planning and Engineering at Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. His expertise helped the Company achieve strong growth and opened the way to further expansion. (German)
