# Luke Creagh Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer ## Career chronology - **CEO from 4 July 2022; Managing Director from 28 September 2022: Ora Banda Mining** — Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies) - **COO Yandal/Pogo by July 2021; earlier COO from 2018: Northern Star Resources** — Chief Operating Officer – Yandal and Pogo. [Northern Star 2021 investor day presentation]() (Opening presenter list); [Appointment of Chief Executive Officer]() (Page 1 career biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Ora Banda increased gold production [creagh_prod] FY2025–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality FY2026 gold output was 140,949 ounces, including attributable equivalent third-party output, up from 92,399 ounces in FY2025. September 2026 output was 33,305 ounces; the company reported wet weather and an extended mill shutdown raised unit costs to A$4,214 per ounce sold. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Creagh led the company, but individual contribution cannot be separated from the work of the team and market conditions. **Relevance:** Demonstrates output growth alongside operating constraints. [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed p.19, review of operations); [September 2026 quarterly activities report]() (Printed pp.1–2, September quarter performance) ## Environmental record ### Prior employer Pogo hazardous-waste settlement [creagh_pogo] 2019–2021 conduct; 2022 settlement; 2023 EPA release · documented · high materiality The US EPA said Northern Star (Pogo) was penalized US$600,000 under a settlement for 81 hazardous-waste violations identified after a 2019 inspection, with tank removal and cleanup commitments. KUAC reported the operator said it had enhanced training and disputed that its practices caused environmental damage. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Northern Star identified Creagh as COO of Yandal and Pogo in July 2021; the 2019 inspection preceded the dated proof of that specific portfolio. No personal involvement or fault is established. **Relevance:** Relevant to assessing prior operational and environmental oversight. [Pogo hazardous-waste settlement]() (Inspection and settlement details); [EPA fines Pogo owner for hazardous waste]() (Consent-agreement dates and operator response); [Northern Star 2021 investor day presentation]() (Opening list of presenters; Pogo portfolio) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience and evidence limits [exec_luke_creagh_fit] Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer describes a mining engineering degree and prior Northern Star operations leadership; this background is relevant to leading an operating gold miner. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes. **Relevance:** Relevance of background to current responsibilities. [2026 Annual Report]() (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies); [Appointment of Chief Executive Officer]() (Page 1, Northern Star COO biography) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete. - Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance. - The EPA settlement concerns the operator; his exact 2019 Pogo responsibilities and individual involvement in the cited violations are not established. - The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.