# Steve Fewster Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **From 4 December 2023: BCI Minerals** — Chief Financial Officer. [Leadership]() (Steve Fewster biography); [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (p.18 leadership biography) - **2021–2023; exact departure date not established: APM Human Services International** — Group Chief Financial Officer. [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table); [Leadership]() (Steve Fewster biography) - **Almost six years; exact dates not established: Fortescue Metals Group** — Multiple roles including procurement, planning and non-process infrastructure. [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table) - **Dates not established: WesTrac; iiNet; Southern Cross Electrical Engineering; EY** — CFO/company-secretarial and corporate-finance roles. [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Mardie financing remained available through the commissioning phase [fewster_funding] December 2023–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality BCI's syndicated facility was established before Fewster joined. During his BCI tenure, the company drew A$706m under the facility by September 2026 and reported A$316m of available funds. The funding position supports the project but does not establish Fewster's individual role in facility origination or project returns. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CFO tenure overlaps implementation and drawdowns; the reviewed documents do not attribute the facility or drawdowns specifically to him. **Relevance:** Relevant financing and liquidity oversight while the project remains pre-revenue. [September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report]() (pp.1 and 6–7); [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (pp.25 and 76) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Fair Work Full Bench granted permission to appeal a Fortescue dismissal decision he made [fewster_fwc] 2016 dismissal; 13 October 2017 appeal-permission decision · documented · medium materiality In 2017 the Fair Work Commission identified Fewster as Fortescue's group manager of procurement and decision-maker in an employee's termination one week into a six-week performance improvement plan. The Full Bench found an arguable error because he was unaware the employee had engaged with the plan and requested more time, and it granted permission to appeal. The reviewed decision is interlocutory; the final appeal result was not located. It is not a criminal or regulatory finding against Fewster. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The decision directly identifies his role in the termination and the procedural knowledge gap; it does not make a finding of personal dishonesty or professional misconduct. **Relevance:** A relevant past judgment decision by a senior manager, with limited bearing on his current CFO remit and unresolved final disposition. [Etienne v FMG Personnel Services Pty Ltd \[2017\] FWCFB 3864]() (paras. 11–16, 37–47 and order); [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table) ## Suitability for the current role ### Broad finance and resources-sector experience [fewster_finance_fit] Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality BCI describes Fewster as CFO from December 2023, with finance oversight across accounting, treasury, investor relations, marketing and IT. APM's 2021 annual report lists earlier CFO/company-secretarial roles, Fortescue operational portfolios and EY corporate-finance experience; it reports a Bachelor of Business, applied-finance postgraduate diploma and Chartered Accountant status. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The source biographies are employer-reported; dates and credentials were not verified against independent registries. **Relevance:** Relevant breadth for a project-finance CFO, with no independent performance series for the prior finance roles. [Leadership]() (Steve Fewster biography); [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (p.18); [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table) ### Qualifications and listed-company finance work match the current remit [fewster_fit] Assessment at cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality BCI and APM report finance leadership in resources and listed companies; the APM report lists his qualifications and CA status. This supports functional fit but is not independent confirmation of credentials, capital-allocation outcomes, or audit-control performance. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role history and qualifications are issuer-reported; no detailed independent audit of prior-company outcomes was completed. **Relevance:** Relevant finance fit; project execution and funding through first revenues remain the main current tests. [Leadership]() (Steve Fewster biography); [APM Human Services International Annual Report 2021]() (management experience table) ## Evidence gaps - The final disposition of the 2017 Fair Work Commission appeal after permission was granted was not located. - Prior finance-role dates, independently measured capital outcomes and current professional registration were not verified. - No comprehensive employer-by-employer safety, environment, litigation or governance record was established.