
	Mr. Michael Barrett has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC since September 2008. Mr. Barrett has been the Chief Financial Officer of Cloud Peak Energy Inc. since September 2008. Mr. Barrett served as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, and Vice President of Finance of Rio Tinto Energy America, Inc. He had been with RTEA in Gillette since 2004 and served as its Director of Finance &amp; Commercial Analysis from November 2004 to April 2007. He served as Principal Business Analyst of Rio Tinto Iron Ore&#39;s new business development group from December 2001 to November 2004. He joined Rio Tinto group in 2001 with Rio Tinto Iron Ore in business development, based in Perth, Australia. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in England, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before transferring to Australia. He served as the Chief Accounting Officer at Cloud Peak Energy Inc. He served as Senior Business Analyst for WMC Resources Ltd. from May 1997 to May 2000. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of Medtech Ltd. and Auxcis Ltd. from May 2000 to December 2001. From August 1991 to May 1997, he served positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers in England and Australia. He holds a joint honours degree in Economics and Accounting from Southampton University and is a Chartered Accountant.
