# Ryan Podrasky Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Role reported in October 2026 presentation: NexGen Energy** — Chief Financial Officer. [October 2026 corporate presentation]() (PDF pp.32–33) - **Named proposed CFO in 2023; actual start date not established; former CFO by May 2026: Elk Valley Resources** — Chief Financial Officer. [Elk Valley Resources presentation]() (p.5 proposed finance leadership); [Appointment of Ryan Podrasky as CFO]() (Appointment biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Finance role during coal-business separation [podrasky_evr] 2023–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality NexGen reports Podrasky served as acting CFO during the separation of Teck’s coal business, helping establish the standalone entity’s finance and governance infrastructure. Teck’s 2023 presentation names him as CFO in the proposed separate entity. The claimed individual contribution is issuer-reported. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Finance leadership is documented; the completed transaction and business results do not independently establish his personal contribution. **Relevance:** Relevant to financing and project-control responsibilities. [Appointment of Ryan Podrasky as CFO]() (Biography and separation); [Elk Valley Resources presentation]() (p.5) ## Environmental record ### Elk Valley water-quality penalties [podrasky_elk] 2018–2025 · documented · medium materiality Business in Vancouver reported that in October 2025 BC assessed more than C$3.6 million in administrative penalties against Elk Valley Resources Operations for water-treatment delays and water-limit breaches in 2018–2023. EVR said it was reviewing the penalties and described water-treatment investments and improvement downstream of treatment. The original decision and any later appeal outcome were not obtained. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Podrasky held a finance role in the coal business; his precise tenure during individual underlying incidents and any personal involvement are not established. **Relevance:** Material environmental context at a former employer, with a substantial attribution limitation. [Elk Valley treatment delays and pollution penalties]() (Penalty details and EVR response); [Elk Valley Resources presentation]() (p.5 finance leadership) ## Suitability for the current role ### Finance leader with Elk Valley background [ryan-podrasky-fit] Issuer-reported career through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality NexGen states that Podrasky was CFO at Elk Valley Resources and had finance and commercial roles at Teck, Nexen and Talisman; Teck’s 2023 presentation names him in the proposed EVR CFO role. His appointment at NexGen took effect on 25 May 2026. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role relevance is an analyst inference; issuer descriptions do not establish individual causation or credential validity. **Relevance:** Relevant to the assigned management role; evidence remains limited. [Appointment of Ryan Podrasky as CFO]() (Named-person section); [Elk Valley Resources presentation]() (Named-person section) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of qualifications, complete career dates, prior-employer outcomes and comprehensive regulator/court records is incomplete. - The documented name-and-employer search is a limited open-web screen and is not criminal, sanctions or litigation clearance.