# Justin Laird Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Appointed March 2024; current in selected roster: Boss Energy Limited** — Chief Financial Officer. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, CFO appointment); [Management Team]() (leadership biography, lines 93–99) - **Approximately nine years before Boss appointment; exact dates and sequence not stated: Wesfarmers** — Business-development, transaction, commercial and strategic-finance roles. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, career summary); [Management Team]() (leadership biography, lines 93–99) - **Earlier career; dates not disclosed: Ernst & Young** — Early career; role details not stated. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, career summary) - **Earlier career; dates not disclosed: Vodafone Ireland** — Strategic finance roles, including strategic finance and capital-investment analyst. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, career summary); [Management Team]() (leadership biography, lines 93–99) ## Education and qualifications ### Chartered Accountant qualification [laird_education] By March 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality Boss’s 2024 annual report states Laird is a Chartered Accountant. No register or degree verification was obtained. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Reported professional qualification is relevant to CFO responsibilities; independent membership verification was not performed. **Relevance:** Provides evidence of accounting training for finance leadership. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, CFO appointment and career summary) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### FY2026 revenue and operating cash flow improved [laird_cfo_fy26_results] FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The FY2026 annual report records revenue of A$151.072 million versus A$75.596 million in FY2025, profit after tax of A$2.544 million versus a A$34.168 million loss, and operating cash inflow of A$73.636 million versus A$17.381 million. Laird was CFO through the reporting year; the figures are company-level outcomes, not isolated personal performance. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The CFO role overlapped the results period, but the sources do not isolate Laird’s personal contribution or separate operating/commodity effects. **Relevance:** Relevant evidence of the financial environment overseen by the CFO, but not proof of individual causation. [Annual Report 2026]() (FY2026 annual report, financial highlights and cash-flow discussion); [2026 Annual Report]() (FY2026 annual report, CFO and leadership disclosures) ## Suitability for the current role ### Commercial finance background is relevant to CFO responsibilities [laird_fit] Career through 2026-10-10 · analyst inference · medium materiality Issuer sources describe approximately nine years of Wesfarmers commercial, business-development and transaction experience, earlier EY and Vodafone Ireland finance roles, and a March 2024 appointment as Boss CFO. The record supports relevant exposure but lacks independently verified credentials and person-attributed prior outcomes. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. No individual credit for FY2026 company financial results is inferred from role overlap. **Relevance:** Prior finance and transaction exposure is relevant to capital allocation and reporting; tenure and outcome evidence remain issuer-led. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, CFO appointment and career summary); [Management Team]() (leadership biography, lines 93–99) ### Commercial and strategic finance background before CFO appointment [laird_cfo_appointment] Career through March 2024 · analyst inference · medium materiality The FY2024 annual report records a March 2024 CFO appointment after approximately nine years in business-development, transaction and commercial/strategic positions at Wesfarmers, with earlier audit and finance-analyst work at EY and Vodafone Ireland. The evidence supports relevant exposure but does not independently document specific transactions or outcomes. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The issuer describes career and qualification history; individual outcome attribution was not established. **Relevance:** Relevant to finance, capital allocation and transaction oversight at Boss. [Annual Report 2024]() (printed page 22 / PDF page 23, CFO appointment and career summary); [Management Team]() (leadership biography, lines 93-99) ## Evidence gaps - Specific dates and detailed responsibilities across Wesfarmers, EY and Vodafone Ireland are incomplete; no personally attributable transaction or business outcome was established. - The Chartered Accountant designation is issuer-reported and was not checked against CA ANZ membership records; no university degree record was located. - FY2026 company financial outcomes overlap the CFO tenure, but no source isolates Laird’s contribution or separates operating and commodity effects. - Targeted regulator, court, safety, environmental, ASIC, sanctions and criminal-record searches were incomplete; no clearance is implied.