# Tom Plant Incoming Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **2023–2026; departure announced for December 2026: Australian Vanadium Ltd** — Chief Financial Officer. [CFO Appointment]() (Prior CFO appointment and transition biography; ended before Forrestania commencement) - **from 2027-01-05: Forrestania Resources Ltd** — Incoming Chief Financial Officer. [CFO Appointment]() (CFO Appointment release: commencement date) ## Suitability for the current role ### Mining finance executive appointed as incoming CFO [tom_plant_incoming_appointment] announced 2026-09-14; starts 2027-01-05 · analyst inference · medium materiality Forrestania announced on 14 September 2026 that Tom Plant would commence as CFO on 5 January 2027. The appointment release describes an experienced mining finance executive with around 30 years across resources, banking and professional services and expertise in project finance, capital markets, treasury and corporate transactions. This role is announced but had not commenced by the 31 October 2026 cutoff. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Incoming appointment only; no Forrestania performance is attributed to him before commencement. **Relevance:** Relevant finance and capital-markets experience for an expanding development portfolio; role-fit remains provisional until tenure and delivery evidence exist. [CFO Appointment]() (CFO Appointment release: date, commencement and experience) ## Evidence gaps - The incoming CFO has not yet commenced; no Forrestania delivery record exists by the evidence cutoff. - Full employer-by-employer career and credential verification was not possible from the reviewed public material. - Name-based open-web searches are not exhaustive court, regulator, sanctions, safety or environmental checks. - The announced December 2026 departure from Australian Vanadium and January 2027 Forrestania start were future events at the cutoff.