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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Nick Dwyer

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Mandalay financing and refinancing work during CFO tenure

2018-08 to 2024-02 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Mandalay’s CEO credited Dwyer with a significant role in the 2019 financing that supported the company’s subsequent turnaround and with refinancing senior credit arrangements during his CFO tenure (2018–early 2024). Mandalay reported 2023 revenue of US$173.3m and adjusted EBITDA of US$60.3m while Dwyer remained CFO; this is employer performance, with the financing contribution specifically credited by the CEO.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The CEO’s contemporaneous statement directly credits Dwyer for financing work; it does not establish sole authorship of Mandalay’s turnaround or operating results.

Relevance: Supports relevant capital-structure experience for Black Cat’s CFO role.

Mandalay Resources Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2023 (CFO transition notice; CEO quote on 2019 financing and refinancing); Mandalay Resources Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Year Ended 2023 (2023 financial results, CFO commentary); Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (Black Cat appointment biography: >A$500m bank funding programs)

Record FY26 growth overlapped Dwyer's full CFO year

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Black Cat's 2026 Annual Report describes record operating and financial outcomes: total gold production of 90,833oz including third-party ore, up 132% from 39,169oz in FY25; wholly owned production was 66,296oz, up 97%. Profit attributable to shareholders was A$86.455m versus a FY25 loss of A$25.946m. The report identifies Dwyer as CFO and KMP for the full financial year. These issuer-reported company results overlap his CFO tenure but do not attribute the operating or financial outcomes to him individually.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Dwyer was CFO throughout FY26; the annual report does not connect him personally to specific operating or financial decisions behind the result.

Relevance: Quantified Black Cat performance during his CFO tenure, while preserving the distinction between role overlap and direct contribution.

2026 Annual Report (Page 8; FY26 production and health-and-safety outcomes); 2026 Annual Report (Page 71; profit attributable to shareholders and annual share-price comparison); 2026 Annual Report (Page 74; KMP roles and appointment dates)

Business failures and setbacks

Prior employer later entered administration; Dwyer’s tenure is unresolved

2014–2015; exact overlap unknown · documented · low materiality

African Minerals, where Black Cat’s appointment release says Dwyer held senior finance roles, later collapsed into administration amid a prolonged Ebola-related suspension and financing crisis. The reviewed primary records did not establish Dwyer’s dates, responsibility for the failure, or any allegation against him. This is employer context only and must not be read as personal misconduct.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. No individual involvement or causal responsibility was established; tenure dates at African Minerals were not supplied in the reviewed sources.

Relevance: Limited context for a CFO with prior exposure to a distressed resource developer.

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (Career history states senior finance roles at African Minerals but no dates); Mandalay Resources Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2023 (Career transition context)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-11-02; cash-improvement program discussed 2026-10-27 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer biography reports Chartered Accountant qualification, more than 15 years in resources, prior Mandalay Resources CFO and senior finance roles at African Minerals and Royal Bank of Scotland. This supports relevant experience for the CFO role, although full chronology and independent credential verification remain incomplete. In the 27 October 2026 webcast transcript, Chris Stone identified Dwyer as leading Black Cat's A$30m cash-improvement program; Dwyer described ten workstreams and a dedicated finance resource. This is direct evidence of a current responsibility, but the program is early-stage and no realized savings attributable to Dwyer had been reported by the cutoff.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Chief Financial Officer duties at Black Cat Syndicate Limited.

Black Cat Syndicate – About and management (biography, Nick Dwyer; Chief Financial Officer); Black Cat Syndicate Limited Q1 2027 Investor Webcast Transcript (27 October webcast transcript, Q12–14; Dwyer's cost-improvement workstreams and role); 2026 Annual Report (Page 74; KMP roles and appointment dates)

Evidence gaps

  • No exhaustive individual criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record search was performed; logged open-web checks are limited and are not a clearance.

  • Career dates are incomplete where cited issuer biographies give experience but no exact start/end dates; the listed chronology is not a complete CV.

  • No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental, or professional-registration search was conducted. The topic logs describe only documented public search scope.

  • Employer outcomes are attributed to an individual only where the source explicitly connects that person to the action or responsibility.

  • Black Cat's FY26 and September-quarter outcomes are issuer-reported role-overlap context; no source attributes those group results to Dwyer. The A$30m improvement program he leads is a target and no realized savings had been reported by the cutoff.