Benjamin Coates
Benjamin Coates serves as a Director of Dune Acquisition Corporation. Mr. Coates is an experienced company director, global business manager and chief executive officer. Mr. Coates was a board member of F45 Training Holdings Inc. (“F45”) (NYSE: FXLV), where he served as a member of F45’s Audit Committee until July 2022, when he was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Coates undertook a restructure and turnaround of the company on behalf of the board and shareholders, including a recapitalization. F45 operates over 2,000 fitness franchises in over 60 countries.
Mr. Coates is currently a Director of Coolgardie Investments, a private investment company that he founded in 2006. Mr. Coates has actively worked with companies affiliated with Coolgardie since 2014 including as a partner with Prime Production, a global translation company based in the United Kingdom, a Director with National Civil Group, an Australian civil contracting business, and Glen Eden Pastoral, an Australian rural business, where he currently serves as a Director. Mr Coates is also a board member of Global Gas Corporation, where is serves as a member of the audit and risk committee and chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Coates held various roles at National Australia Bank (“NAB”) at both the Australia and United Kingdom offices. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Coates served as Director of Strategy for NAB Europe Ltd. From 2007 to 2010, he served as an Executive Director at NAB Private Wealth in Australia.
Prior to joining NAB, Mr. Coates spent several years as General Manager, Funds Management at Hanover Group, where he was responsible for developing and managing the retail and wholesale fund raising activities, as well as chairing the compliance and risk management committee. Mr. Coates commenced his tertiary education studying Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney before completing his Master of Applied Finance at Macquarie University, and his Diploma of Financial Planning at Deakin University. He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).
