# Daniel McGrath Head of Rare Earths ## Career chronology - **Head of Rare Earths by February 2026; exact commencement date not confirmed: Iluka Resources Limited** — Head of Rare Earths. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.39; executive biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported qualifications [mcgrath_education] Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality BSc (Mathematics), as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified. **Relevance:** Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.39; executive biography) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Eneabba budget increased while construction continues [mcgrath_eneabba] 2022–September 2026 · documented · medium materiality Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase. **Relevance:** Directly relevant to current development responsibilities without attributing the outcome to one person. [Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery]() (Capital estimate and company explanation); [Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026]() (p.4, Eneabba project update) ## Industrial safety ### Cataby contractor fatality; exact role overlap unknown [mcgrath_cataby] 2018; 2020 prosecution · documented · medium materiality A subcontracted surveyor died in 2018 after an allergic reaction at Cataby. ABC reported Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 in 2020; it reported that Indus had not conveyed the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. Iluka later identified McGrath as a former general manager of Cataby and Southwest operations, but exact dates of that role have not been verified. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The exact period of McGrath’s Cataby role relative to the incident is unestablished; the guilty plea was by Indus, not the executive. **Relevance:** Historical site safety context, not an allegation of personal fault. [Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death]() (Incident, employer conviction and communications); [2025 Annual Report]() (p.39 prior Cataby role); [Company fined over bee sting death]() (Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience and role fit [mcgrath_fit] Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Joined Iluka in 1993 and has held metallurgy and operational roles, including general manager Cataby and Southwest and chief technology officer before leading rare earths. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding. **Relevance:** Relevant professional experience and documented limitations. [2025 Annual Report]() (p.39; executive biography) ## Evidence gaps - Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified. - Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established. - Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.