# Pol Le Roux Interim Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **From 1 July 2026: Lynas** — Interim Chief Executive Officer. [Appointment of interim CEO]() (p. 1) - **Before July 2026: Lynas** — Chief Operating Officer before interim CEO. [Appointment of interim CEO]() (p. 1) - **Dates not disclosed: Rhodia/Rhône-Poulenc** — Manufacturing, strategy and commercial roles. [Our leadership team]() (Pol Le Roux) ## Personal achievements ### Reported career and responsibilities [pol_le_roux_career] Career prior to and at Lynas · issuer reported · low materiality Lynas reports 26 years at Rhodia/Rhône-Poulenc and degrees from INSEAD, Grenoble and College Naval Brest. Independent qualification and precise tenure evidence remain incomplete. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Past roles and dates are issuer-reported; qualifications not independently verified. **Relevance:** Experience relevant to stated senior position. [FY2026 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (p. 8); [Our leadership team]() (Pol Le Roux) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Operating output and profits increased [pol_results] FY2025–2026 · issuer reported · high materiality Lynas reported FY2026 ready-for-sale rare-earth oxides of 13,089 tonnes versus 10,462 in FY2025; revenue was A$977.9m versus A$556.5m and net profit A$222.4m versus A$8.0m. Higher rare-earth prices and sales mix also contributed. Le Roux was COO during the financial year and became interim CEO on 1 July 2026. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Group-wide results reflect market prices and the contributions of many people; no sole personal attribution. **Relevance:** Shows operating and financial outcomes in the prior COO period. [FY2026 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (pp. 1, 5, 17); [Appointment of interim CEO]() (p. 1) ## Industrial safety ### Safety rates rose on one measure; company figures differ [pol_safety] FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality The FY2026 annual report reports total recordable injuries at 4.1 per million hours versus 3.6 in FY2025 and lost-time injuries improving from 1.8 to 0.9. The later FY2026 sustainability report narrative states 4.2 while its performance table states 4.1; the discrepancy is unresolved. The company reports zero FY2026 fatalities. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Le Roux oversaw group operations and HSE as COO, but company-wide rates do not establish personal causation. **Relevance:** Relevant to group safety oversight and accuracy of safety reporting. [FY2026 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (p. 7); [FY2026 sustainability report]() (pp. 18 and 40) ## Environmental record ### Malaysia licence, waste and disputed water claims [pol_le_roux_malaysia] 2018–October 2026 · disputed · high materiality Malaysia renewed Lynas’s operating licence for ten years from 3 March 2026, with a five-year review and requirements to end radioactive residue generation and treat covered residue below 1 Bq/g. A 2026 media article alleges contamination of Sungai Balok; a 2024 parliamentary report said the environmental agency found no evidence attributing river pollution to Lynas, and Lynas disputed radionuclide claims in 2023. These statements address different periods and are not a definitive resolution. On 26 October 2026 the minister reported the disposal facility 77% complete at 31 August, with 1.45m tonnes transferred. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Ahmad managed Malaysia operations and Le Roux was COO, but the conflicting sources do not establish personal wrongdoing or the cause of river pollution. **Relevance:** Important environmental oversight and licence condition. [2026 Lynas Malaysia operating licence renewal]() (renewal and treatment conditions); [Balok plant and river concerns]() (Sungai Balok claims and company response); [Parliament report on Lynas residue management]() (pp. 6–7 agency monitoring); [Lynas refutes radionuclide claims]() (company statement); [Permanent disposal facility project update]() (minister’s October statement) ## Governance and interests ### Site leadership requires further reconciliation [pol_roster] 2021–October 2026 · documented · medium materiality Lynas’s 2025 signed compliance reports identify Chris Torrisi as resource development and operations EGM and Marcelle Watson as Kalgoorlie site senior executive; its February 2026 investor presentation also identifies Watson as geology manager. Their precise continuing titles at the cutoff are not independently established. Lynas’s undated leadership page lists Kam Leung as a current VP even though its 2021 presentation reports his retirement effective 31 December 2021. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. No assertion is made that Leung returned or that the site leaders departed. **Relevance:** Highlights reliability limits in public leadership sources. [Mt Weld 2024 compliance assessment report]() (p. 10); [Lynas FY26 half-year investor presentation]() (p. 21); [2021 Lynas investor presentation]() (p. 25); [Our leadership team]() (Kam Leung) ### Former US leadership and changed project plan [pol_usa] 2026 · documented · medium materiality A September 2026 industry report describes Vivienne Powe as a former Lynas USA CEO; her exact end date and any successor were not verified. Lynas’s FY2026 annual report says funding previously intended for a Texas heavy-rare-earth facility was reallocated to a US supply agreement and the Texas facility would not proceed. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The sources establish a change in project direction and a reported past role, not the reason for a personal departure or personal responsibility. **Relevance:** Relevant to succession and the US project transition. [VBX project and management update]() (leadership update); [FY2026 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (p. 19, Lynas USA) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credentials, exact past-employer dates, full business outcomes and original court/regulator records are not comprehensively verified. - Open-web screening is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions or professional clearance. - Targeted person, prior-employer and regulator/court searches are incomplete; the earlier repeated broad-query log could not be independently reconstructed from the preserved checkpoint.