# Craig Pilcher General Manager, Domestic Operations ## Career chronology - **Joined Bathurst in 2013; after a brief departure, returned in 2019 to manage domestic operations; current title in 2025 report and current profile: Bathurst Resources Limited** — GM Operations; GM Marketing and Sales; current General Manager, Domestic Operations. [Our People]() (Our People, lines 129–134); [Annual Report 2025]() (Senior leadership, p. 22, lines 388–389) - **Joined in 2013; briefly left before returning in 2019; exact dates for each title and departure not published: Bathurst Resources** — GM Operations; GM Marketing and Sales. [Our People]() (Our People, lines 129–134); [Annual Report 2020]() (senior leadership, p. 34, lines 1554–1561) - **Before or alongside Bathurst service; business name and dates not disclosed: Coal supply business** — Owner. [Our People]() (Our People, lines 129–134) - **Listed as director in FY2020 annual report; whether role continued by cutoff not verified: BT Mining Limited** — Director. [Annual Report 2020]() (senior leadership, p. 34, lines 1554–1561) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Domestic-segment EBITDA fell in FY26 [craig_domestic_results] FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Bathurst reported domestic EBITDA of NZ$17.3m in FY26 versus NZ$31.8m in FY25, while group EBITDA remained at NZ$44.7m. The decline is a segment-level result during Pilcher’s domestic-operations remit; the available results identify market and production factors but do not attribute the outcome to his decisions. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Domestic remit overlaps the result; no individual causal finding or performance evaluation is available. **Relevance:** Domestic operational earnings are a direct performance indicator for his remit. [30 June 2026 Results Announcement]() (pp. 1 and 3, domestic segment results); [Our People]() (Our People, lines 129–134) ## Suitability for the current role ### General Manager, Domestic Operations is supported by relevant functional experience [craig_pilcher_fit] Current role as at 10 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Bathurst reports over 30 years’ experience, an engineering background and ownership of a coal supply business; he worked as GM Operations and GM Marketing/Sales before returning in 2019 to manage domestic operations. The profile is relevant to domestic operational leadership, although exact tenures and independent technical credentials are not published. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst assessment of role fit, based on issuer-reported career facts; it is not an independent performance evaluation. **Relevance:** Role fit is relevant to the executive team’s ability to run operating mines, manage growth or deliver company functions. [Our People]() (Our People, lines 129–134); [Annual Report 2025]() (Senior leadership, p. 22, lines 388–389) ## Evidence gaps - Prior employers, exact start/end dates and engineering qualifications are not specified in the reviewed public biography. - FY26 domestic EBITDA is a segment-level result and the cited Canterbury enforcement/closure events do not establish Pilcher’s site remit or personal responsibility. - No exhaustive court, regulator, criminal, sanctions, safety/environment or professional-disciplinary search was completed.