# Ryan Hair

Chief Operating Officer

## Career chronology

- **Current as at cutoff: Liontown Limited** — Chief Operating Officer. [Board and management](<https://www.liontown.com/about/board-management/>) (Ryan Hair biography)

- **Prior to Liontown; exact full tenure and role dates may be incomplete: Covalent Lithium** — Chief Executive Officer. [Mt Holland fire response and restart](<https://covalentlithium.squarespace.com/news/mt-holland-mine-resumes-normal-operations-following-major-bushfire-emergency>) (CEO quote and restart)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### Kathleen Valley production and FY2026 financial result [executive-ryan_operations]

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Liontown reported 391,992 dry metric tonnes of concentrate produced and A$93m net profit for FY2026, including one-off items; underlying profit was A$14m and operating cash flow A$182m. The company attributed better second-half prices as a contributor.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His leadership role overlapped the reported result; personal causation is not established.

**Relevance:** Shows operating delivery and economic conditions during the role.

[FY26 full-year results](<https://www.liontown.com/latest-news/fy26-full-year-results/>) (Highlights and CEO statement)

### Covalent resumed after bushfire [executive-ryan_fire]

January 2025 · issuer reported · low materiality

Covalent said all personnel were safe and Mt Holland resumed normal operations by 31 January 2025 after a serious bushfire; it credited emergency services and its team.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Hair was quoted as CEO; the source attributes the response to the wider team and emergency services.

**Relevance:** Shows an employer-level emergency response during his prior CEO role.

[Mt Holland fire response and restart](<https://covalentlithium.squarespace.com/news/mt-holland-mine-resumes-normal-operations-following-major-bushfire-emergency>) (Headline and CEO statement)

## Industrial safety

### Injury frequency rose during ramp-up [executive-ryan_safety]

June–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The rolling 12-month total recordable injury frequency rate reached 14.16 at September 2026 versus 10.99 at June 2026; Liontown said it started a two-year safety-culture programme in October.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His role overlaps the figures; the disclosures do not attribute individual injury or causation.

**Relevance:** Relevant to operating and safety oversight.

[September 2026 Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report](<https://www.liontown.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/61352263.pdf>) (p.3, health and safety)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant disclosed professional background [executive-ryan_fit]

Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Liontown says Hair previously led Covalent Lithium and Mt Holland development; he signed Covalent’s environmental policy as CEO. Liontown’s FY2026 half-year report records his 11 August 2025 COO appointment. Analyst inference: the experience is relevant to the current role, subject to independent verification.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is inferred from issuer-described experience, not proof of individual performance or credentials.

**Relevance:** Assess skills relevant to the role.

[Board and management](<https://www.liontown.com/about/board-management/>) (Ryan Hair biography); [FY2026 half-year report](<https://www.liontown.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/61315947.pdf>) (Note 14: 11 August 2025 COO appointment); [Covalent Lithium Earl Grey environmental assessment](<https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/Referral_Documentation/Covalent%20Lithium%20ERD%20R0%20Nov%2023.pdf>) (Appendix: environmental policy, Ryan Hair signature)

## Evidence gaps

- Prior-employer role dates, personal contribution and independently verified qualifications are incomplete.

- Targeted web searches are screening-level; complete regulator, court, sanctions and criminal records were not independently obtained.

- Topic searches reused a broad person/employer query; dedicated independent searches across all topics and material employers were not completed. Search log records source-specific findings and unsearched topics as gaps.