# Simon Collins

Chief Development and Commercial Officer

## Career chronology

- **As reported at 2026-10-31; dates where documented in findings: South32** — Chief Development and Commercial Officer. [FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.145)

## Education and qualifications

### Issuer-reported qualifications [collins-education]

As reported in annual report · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports mining engineering at UNSW and MBA at London Business School; independent checks incomplete.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not independent verification.

**Relevance:** Professional training and experience.

[FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.145)

## Business failures and setbacks

### Taylor project capital revision [collins-taylor]

2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

On 30 April 2026 South32 increased expected Taylor growth capital expenditure by about US$1.1bn to US$3.3bn and revised shaft schedule, citing changed scope, construction costs, inflation, tariffs and contractor performance. Collins was chief development officer; the source does not establish his individual role in these cost or schedule changes.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Development leadership overlapped the revision; personal causation has not been established.

**Relevance:** Project execution and capital discipline.

[Hermosa project update](<https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/SENS_20260430_S520594.pdf>) (Pages 1–2, cost and schedule update); [FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.145, Collins role)

## Suitability for the current role

### Experience and responsibilities [collins-fit]

As reported through August 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Chief Development Officer since 2018; expanded commercial remit in August 2026. Previously more than a decade at BHP in commercial and development roles. The relevance to the present role is an analyst inference; company descriptions do not measure individual delivery.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography and analytical inference; exact prior dates are incomplete.

**Relevance:** Relevant to the current assigned mandate.

[FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.145)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of education, qualifications and any current professional registration remains incomplete.

- Full person-specific searches of each employer, court, regulator, sanctions, safety and environmental records are incomplete; no clearance is implied.

- Exact past role dates, individual contribution and responsibility are not fully established.