# Paul Laybourne Project Director ## Career chronology - **2023–present: PLS Group** — Project Director. [FY2026 annual report]() (Printed page 10, executive team biography) - **Before joining PLS in 2023; exact dates unknown: Roy Hill** — Senior project role (commercial director identified by a contemporaneous news account under the same name). [Appointment of Project Director]() (Page 1, prior roles and Roy Hill project); [Roy Hill accuses Samsung of delay]() (26 November 2015 report naming Roy Hill commercial director) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications [paul-laybourne-education] As reported FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality MSc as reported by the FY2026 annual report. Qualifications and active memberships were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not an independent credential check. **Relevance:** Relevant to reported professional training. [FY2026 annual report]() (Printed page 10, executive team biography) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Roy Hill–Samsung commissioning dispute [paul-laybourne-roy] 2015 · documented · medium materiality A 2015 news account reports that a Roy Hill commercial director named Paul Laybourne provided an affidavit in a commissioning dispute with Samsung; the contractor disputed the allegations. PLS later reported that its project director of the same name held a senior Roy Hill role. The identity link has not been independently verified beyond name and employer, and the original court record and final dispute outcome were not located. The account does not allege wrongdoing by Laybourne. **Attribution:** Responsibility unresolved. Name and employer support a possible match, but identity and personal involvement in the cited dispute are not independently established. **Relevance:** Relevant to prior project execution and contract context. [Roy Hill accuses Samsung of delay]() (26 November 2015 court report); [Appointment of Project Director]() (Page 1, issuer states prior Roy Hill role) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to current role [paul-laybourne-fit] 2023–present · analyst inference · medium materiality The company reports Laybourne joined in 2023 and previously held project leadership roles at Roy Hill, Hancock Prospecting, WSP and Turner & Townsend. The assessment that this experience is relevant to the current mandate is an analyst inference; issuer statements do not establish individual outcomes. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported chronology and inference, not an independently quantified achievement. **Relevance:** Relevant to the assigned responsibilities. [FY2026 annual report]() (Printed page 10, executive team biography); [Appointment of Project Director]() (Page 1, prior project roles) ## Evidence gaps - The identity link between PLS project director Paul Laybourne and the Roy Hill commercial director named in the 2015 report is not independently confirmed beyond name and employer. - The complete court file and final outcome of the Roy Hill–Samsung commissioning dispute were not located. - Independent verification of reported qualifications and memberships remains incomplete. - Full prior-employer histories and person-specific regulator, court and incident records were not established. - This is limited public-record screening and does not establish absence of adverse information.