Don Mackay-Coghill emigrated from South Africa in 1986 to take up the dual positions of chief executive at GoldCorp Australia and managing director of the Western Australian Mint. Before that, he had a 15-year career with International Gold Corporation (Intergold) as its chief executive, worldwide in 1979. Whilst at Intergold, Mr Mackay-Coghill was responsible for the introduction of the highly successful Krugerrand to world markets, which created the first global market for bullion coins. He retired as the inaugural chief executive of Gold Corporation on 30 June 2003 after leading the corporation for 17 years. He was non-executive director of Gold Corporation from 1 July 2003 until 30 June 2009. During this period, he was also chairman of AGR Matthey, a joint venture between Gold Corporation, Johnson Matthey Australia and Newmont and was a director of the World Gold Council based in London. It was during his tenure as chief executive of Gold Corporation that Mr Mackay-Coghill, in his capacity as joint chief executive of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Programme, planned and managed the Sydney programme which has become the benchmark for all subsequent Olympic coin programmes. In recognition of his achievements, he received the South African Marketing Award of the Year in 1978; the Vreneli-Preis Award for his contribution to Numismatics in 2001; the Australian Institute of Export's Australian Export Hero Award in 2007; and the Juan Antonio Samaranch Medal for his contribution to Olympic coin collecting in 2012.
