# Christopher Shepherd Executive Director and CFO ## Career chronology - **CFO since 15 November 2021; director since 23 December 2022: Nickel Industries** — Executive Director and CFO. [2025 Annual Report]() (management biography and governance) ## Personal achievements ### Reported career and role [nic-shepherd_background] Career and current role · issuer reported · low materiality The issuer reports prior investment-banking roles and Pallinghurst battery-materials work, and states he became CFO in November 2021 before joining the board in December 2022. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer describes the role and background; independent verification is limited. **Relevance:** Relevant to the person’s present remit. [2025 Annual Report]() (pp. 15–18 director and management biographies); [Board and Management]() (Christopher Shepherd profile) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Hengjaya quarter and water-constrained processing [nic-shepherd_finance] July–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Nickel reported September 2026 quarter ore production of 6.14 million wet tonnes and first ENC mixed hydroxide and nickel cathode commissioning products; it said dry conditions restricted ENC ramp-up and later cut RKEF operation. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Financial and operational outcomes are company-level and not a measure of individual causation. **Relevance:** Relevant to financing and execution monitoring. [September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report]() (pp. 1–5 and ENC operations) ## Evidence gaps - Independent confirmation of credentials and complete employment dates remains incomplete. - Targeted open-web searches are limited; original court, regulator, prior-employer and Indonesian-language records were not exhaustively obtained.