# Lawrie Conway Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **From 2023-01-01: Evolution Mining** — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. [2026 Annual Report]() (2026 annual report, leadership biography) - **From 2014-08-01: Evolution Mining** — Finance Director and CFO. [2026 Annual Report]() (2026 annual report, leadership biography) - **Dates not fully established: Newcrest Mining** — Executive General Manager, Commercial and West Africa. [2026 Annual Report]() (2026 annual report, leadership biography) - **Dates not fully established to 2022-08-31: Aurelia Metals** — Non-executive director and audit committee chair. [2026 Annual Report]() (2026 annual report, leadership biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Qualifications disclosed [lawrie-conway_education] Qualifications reported in cited sources · issuer reported · low materiality The 2025 company annual report describes Conway as BBus, CPA, GAICD; qualifications and memberships were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Education is reported by cited issuers or the person; records were not independently confirmed. **Relevance:** Evidence of relevant training, subject to verification. [2025 Annual Report]() (Biography and qualifications) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### FY2026 results and Mungari expansion [lawrie-conway_results] FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Evolution reported FY2026 statutory net profit A$1.475 billion versus A$926 million, and Mungari production rose from 135,000 oz to 186,000 oz after expansion commissioning. Group average realised gold price rose about 40%, an important contributor to profit. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. This is a company result; executive-specific causal contributions were not established. **Relevance:** Operating and financial delivery during tenure. [FY26 Full Year Financial Results and Final Dividend]() (FY26 performance and Mungari operations); [2026 Annual Report]() (Financial report, operating results and key metrics) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Ernest Henry flood and operating recovery [lawrie-conway_flood] December 2025–April 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality In December 2025 rainfall led to water entering Ernest Henry’s underground mine and a temporary suspension. The climate report says operations resumed in March 2026; the operating review dates return to full commercial production to 1 April. The company reports an A$320 million impact before insurance, including revenue timing and remediation. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive held a senior role during the event; no evidence of individual causation was found. **Relevance:** Evidence of operational disruption, resilience and management response. [2026 Annual Report]() (Climate report, physical climate risk; operating review, Ernest Henry) ## Industrial safety ### Mungari injury and 2026 company conviction [lawrie-conway_safety] Incident April 2022; sentence August 2026 · documented · high materiality WA WorkSafe reports an Evolution Mungari contractor suffered a crush injury and fractured arm after becoming entangled in a conveyor on 17 April 2022. The operator pleaded guilty to exposing a worker to risk and was fined A$200,000 in August 2026; the prosecution did not allege the company failure caused the injuries. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive held a senior role at the company during the incident; no personal involvement or responsibility was established. **Relevance:** Material company safety management and oversight context. [Mine operator fined over worker exposure to entanglement risk]() (Incident, offence and 14 August 2026 sentence) ### FY2026 injury-rate comparison [lawrie-conway_frequency] FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Evolution reports no fatalities at operations under its control in FY2026, but its total recordable injury frequency rose from 4.98 to 5.85 per million hours and exceeded its 5.0 target. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company metric, not a causal finding about an individual. **Relevance:** Track safety outcomes alongside operational growth. [2026 Annual Report]() (Sustainability report, printed p.165 safety performance table) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Red Lake shareholder class action [lawrie-conway_redlake] Alleged 2021–2022; filed 2024, current court list · alleged · high materiality A Federal Court shareholder action filed in December 2024 against Evolution alleges disclosure failures and misleading conduct concerning Red Lake from July 2021 to June 2022. The company says it complied and will defend the case. The Federal Court list accessed on the cutoff includes Henderson v Evolution; the final outcome was not established. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Conway was Evolution CFO during the alleged period; he is not identified as a defendant in the cited proceedings and no personal wrongdoing is established. **Relevance:** Relevant governance and disclosure context. [2026 Annual Report]() (Financial report, note 18 contingencies, printed p.110); [Evolution acknowledges class action proceedings]() (12 December 2024 notice); [Current class actions: Bruce Henderson v Evolution Mining Limited]() (VID1334/2024, Henderson v Evolution) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience [lawrie-conway_role] Career through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality Analyst inference: Evolution Finance Director and CFO from August 2014; CEO from 1 January 2023; previously Newcrest executive general manager Commercial and West Africa, and prior commercial roles at BHP. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Experience is based on dated issuer material; role fit is an analytical judgment, not proof of individual contribution. **Relevance:** Relevant to execution of the current role. [2026 Annual Report]() (2026 annual report, leadership biographies, printed pp.14–16) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of stated qualifications, licences and memberships was not obtained. - Prior-employer histories, local court and regulator records and individual contributions to company outcomes remain incomplete; this is not a clearance. - Final outcome of the Red Lake shareholder proceeding was not established.