# Matthew Horgan

Vice President, Corporate Development

## Career chronology

- **Approximately 10 years early career; dates unavailable: Alcoa** — Manager, Global Corporate Development; Business Development and Commercial/Marketing Specialist. [Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Board and executives, p. 7; career)

- **Before Peak Rare Earths; dates not specified: Azure Capital** — Senior Associate. [Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Board and executives, p. 7; career)

- **Before Bannerman; exact dates not specified: Peak Rare Earths** — Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. [Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Board and executives, p. 7; career)

- **Since 28 January 2025: Bannerman Energy Ltd** — Vice President, Corporate Development. [Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Board and executives, p. 7; term of office)

- **Active on the Companies House officers page; appointed 24 September 2026: Bannerman Energy (UK) Limited** — Active director. [Bannerman Energy (UK) Limited officers](<https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08115005/officers>) (Matthew Horgan; active director and appointment date)

## Education and qualifications

### Qualifications and professional designations disclosed by issuer [bmn_matthew-horgan_education]

As reported in FY2026 annual report/current issuer profile · issuer reported · low materiality

BEng (Hons), MBA, GAICD and MAusIMM. The annual report and issuer biography report these qualifications; no direct verification with awarding institutions or professional registers was completed.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer sources state the credentials; independent verification has not been completed.

**Relevance:** Qualifications are relevant to the executive’s disclosed function.

[Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Directors and executives; p. 7; biography and role terms); [Directors and Management](<https://bannermanenergy.com/directors-management/>) (Individual leadership profile)

## Suitability for the current role

### Role fit remains only partly evidenced [bmn_matthew_horgan_rolefit]

Current appointment through 2026-11-02 · analyst inference · low materiality

Bannerman’s FY2026 annual report dates Horgan’s VP Corporate Development appointment to 28 January 2025, reports BEng (Hons), MBA, GAICD and MAusIMM, and summarizes approximately ten years at Alcoa, a Senior Associate role at Azure Capital and Head of Corporate Development/Investor Relations at Peak Rare Earths. These technical, commercial and corporate-development roles are relevant to financing and project development; specific earlier dates and personally attributable outcomes are not established.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

**Relevance:** Relevant to current Vice President, Corporate Development duties at Bannerman Energy Ltd.

[Bannerman Energy Annual Report 2026](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/bannerman-energy-ltd/annual-report/2026/61234427/>) (Directors and executives; p. 7; biography and role terms); [Directors and Management](<https://bannermanenergy.com/directors-management/>) (Issuer leadership profile; individual biography)

## Evidence gaps

- Formal education, professional memberships and credentials have not been independently verified against awarding institutions or registers.

- For company-level operating outcomes, personal contribution is not established unless a source expressly attributes it.

- Logged open-web searches are scoped rather than exhaustive; no comprehensive criminal, sanctions, court, regulator, professional-discipline or credential-register search was completed.

- Specific prior project transactions and measurable individual outcomes at Alcoa, Azure Capital or Peak Rare Earths are not established.

- The 29 October secondary transcript describes unnamed CFO, CTO and Corporate Affairs recruitment for early 2027; no candidate is identified and no transition affecting Horgan is stated.