Ken Talbot

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Ken Talbot is the principal shareholder[1] and former CEO of the Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX:MCC) mining company. Mr Talbot temporarily stood down as the CEO of the Macarthur Group Companies when he become embroiled in a controversy involving loans to (now former) Minister of Queensland, Gordon Nuttall[2]. On 19 January 2007, the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission charged Mr Talbot with corruptly making payments totaling close to $300,000 to Mr Nuttall[3].