# David Bennett EGM Operations ## Career chronology - **Role stated in issuer records; start and end dates unverified: Yancoal Australia** — EGM Operations. [2025 financial results webcast, 26 February 2026]() (Page 1, named team and roles) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Reported production and acquisition [exec-yal-bennett-operations] September–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Yancoal reported 9.4 million tonnes attributable saleable production in the September 2026 quarter, and completion on 1 October of an 80% Kestrel interest. It said year-to-date attributable production was 4% above the prior corresponding period. Results are company-wide and affected by market and operational factors; individual contributions are not isolated. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer reports this person in group leadership during 2026; continued specific role at the cutoff and direct contribution to each result are not established. **Relevance:** Illustrates company delivery during leadership. [Third quarter 2026 activities]() (Printed p1; figures visually checked in cached filing); [2025 financial results webcast, 26 February 2026]() (Page 1, leadership list) ## Industrial safety ### Austar closure fatality and ongoing company prosecution [exec-yal-bennett-safety] 2024–2026 · alleged · high materiality A worker died in a fall at Austar during mine closure on 17 September 2024, according to a NSW regulator preliminary release. The regulator’s prosecution list records an allegation against Yancoal Mining Services commencing 15 September 2026 and pending. The company entry lists an incident date of 17 December 2024, while entries for two other firms describe the same type of work with a 17 September date; whether the entries describe the same incident and the date discrepancy remain unverified. Charges are not findings of guilt. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Company-level events and an ongoing corporate charge; the sources do not establish this person’s involvement, knowledge, fault or precise duties at the event date. **Relevance:** Material safety and governance context, subject to final case outcome. [Fatality: worker falls into mine shaft]() (Pages 1–2, preliminary fatality release); [Prosecution summaries]() (Austar entries for Yancoal Mining Services, Boom Logistics and Solid Engineering) ### Reported injury rates and severe injuries [exec-yal-bennett-rates] 2024–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Yancoal reported 10 high-consequence work-related injuries in 2025 versus eight in 2024, while it reported no work-related fatalities in 2025. In its September 2026 quarterly report it said the rolling total-recordable-injury frequency rate increased to 7.14 from 7.00 at June 2026. Reporting periods and metrics are distinct; the FY2025 rate uses a separate reported basis. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company-level safety measures during the documented 2026 roles do not establish individual causation. **Relevance:** A material trend in operational safety performance. [2025 sustainability report]() (Printed p45 and performance tables; 2025 high-consequence injuries); [Third quarter 2026 activities]() (Printed p1; Q3 2026 rolling injury rate, visually checked) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to the role [exec-yal-bennett-fit] Career dates as disclosed · analyst inference · low materiality Issuer reports Coal & Allied technical-services roles and subsequent Yancoal Mount Thorley Warkworth mining and general-manager roles, and an UNSW mining-engineering graduate diploma. Independent credential and exact role dates remain unresolved. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference draws on issuer-reported experience; career dates and qualifications remain insufficiently corroborated. **Relevance:** Relevance to responsibilities is inference, not a completed personal outcome. [2025 sustainability report]() (Printed p19, Bennett biography) ## Evidence gaps - One broad named query was performed and reused across topic entries. Dedicated topic-by-topic investigations, all material former employers, independent court and regulator records, and credential verification remain incomplete. - The latest dated role evidence is the February 2026 company webcast unless otherwise identified; role continuity to 31 October is not independently established. - The search is public-record screening, not an exhaustive criminal, litigation, sanctions or credential check; namesakes are not attributed without identity evidence. - The NSW regulator’s 2026 prosecution entries have inconsistent incident dates and no final case outcome was found; personal involvement or fault has not been established.