# Marie Bourgoin Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **Joined 13 August 2024; COO from 1 January 2026: IGO Limited** — Chief Operating Officer; formerly Chief Development Officer – Lithium. [IGO FY2025 annual report]() (Printed p.19 leadership); [IGO FY2026 annual report]() (PDF p.92, FY26 executive KMP outcomes) - **Newman GM in 2019; complete dates not established: BHP** — General Manager Newman Operations and later senior global logistics positions. [Meet Newman general manager Marie Bourgoin]() (Contemporaneous employer interview); [Executive leadership team appointments]() (Page 1) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications [bourgoin_education] Issuer biography · issuer reported · low materiality IGO reports a Master of Science in Business Management from EDHEC and GAICD. The institutions were not independently checked. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. These are reported qualifications, not independent verification. **Relevance:** Background relevant to the stated role. [Executive leadership team appointments]() (Executive biography / appointment) ## Personal achievements ### Former BHP Newman management role [bourg_newman] 2019 · documented · medium materiality A 2019 BHP profile identifies Bourgoin as Newman Operations general manager and describes responsibilities for team safety, working environment and productivity. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Contemporaneous employer profile identifies her own role and stated responsibilities; outcomes are not independently measured. **Relevance:** Relevant large-scale operating experience. [Meet Newman general manager Marie Bourgoin]() (Newman general manager profile) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Nova exceeded guidance; Kwinana continued below plan [bourg_ops] FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality IGO reported FY2026 Nova nickel production of 15,304t, above guidance, and Kwinana hydroxide production of 8,839t against 9,000–11,000t guidance. It reported a fire at Greenbushes CGP3 in June 2026 and restart in August; Talison is the operator. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Bourgoin became COO on 1 January 2026. Site teams and partners control operations; personal causation is not established. **Relevance:** Mixed operating outcomes are relevant to current COO responsibilities. [IGO FY2026 annual report]() (PDF pp.25–26 operational and financial review); [IGO FY2026 annual report]() (PDF p.92 COO role change) ## Evidence gaps - Original investigations of relevant mining incidents and specific BHP tenure end dates are not fully established. - Reported education and memberships were not independently checked. - Personal contribution to joint venture and mining outcomes is not independently quantified. - A single combined broad name-and-employer query was reused across nine topics; independent topic-specific and complete regulator/court searches remain incomplete.