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2026-11-06

← BRL management

Full background report

Craig Pilcher

General Manager, Domestic Operations

Career chronology

  • Joined Bathurst in 2013; after a brief departure, returned in 2019 to manage domestic operations; current title in 2025 report and current profile: Bathurst Resources Limited — GM Operations; GM Marketing and Sales; current General Manager, Domestic Operations. Our People (Our People, lines 129–134); Annual Report 2025 (Senior leadership, p. 22, lines 388–389)

  • Joined in 2013; briefly left before returning in 2019; exact dates for each title and departure not published: Bathurst Resources — GM Operations; GM Marketing and Sales. Our People (Our People, lines 129–134); Annual Report 2020 (senior leadership, p. 34, lines 1554–1561)

  • Before or alongside Bathurst service; business name and dates not disclosed: Coal supply business — Owner. Our People (Our People, lines 129–134)

  • Listed as director in FY2020 annual report; whether role continued by cutoff not verified: BT Mining Limited — Director. Annual Report 2020 (senior leadership, p. 34, lines 1554–1561)

Business failures and setbacks

Domestic-segment EBITDA fell in FY26

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Bathurst reported domestic EBITDA of NZ$17.3m in FY26 versus NZ$31.8m in FY25, while group EBITDA remained at NZ$44.7m. The decline is a segment-level result during Pilcher’s domestic-operations remit; the available results identify market and production factors but do not attribute the outcome to his decisions.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Domestic remit overlaps the result; no individual causal finding or performance evaluation is available.

Relevance: Domestic operational earnings are a direct performance indicator for his remit.

30 June 2026 Results Announcement (pp. 1 and 3, domestic segment results); Our People (Our People, lines 129–134)

Suitability for the current role

General Manager, Domestic Operations is supported by relevant functional experience

Current role as at 10 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Bathurst reports over 30 years’ experience, an engineering background and ownership of a coal supply business; he worked as GM Operations and GM Marketing/Sales before returning in 2019 to manage domestic operations. The profile is relevant to domestic operational leadership, although exact tenures and independent technical credentials are not published.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst assessment of role fit, based on issuer-reported career facts; it is not an independent performance evaluation.

Relevance: Role fit is relevant to the executive team’s ability to run operating mines, manage growth or deliver company functions.

Our People (Our People, lines 129–134); Annual Report 2025 (Senior leadership, p. 22, lines 388–389)

Evidence gaps

  • Prior employers, exact start/end dates and engineering qualifications are not specified in the reviewed public biography.

  • FY26 domestic EBITDA is a segment-level result and the cited Canterbury enforcement/closure events do not establish Pilcher’s site remit or personal responsibility.

  • No exhaustive court, regulator, criminal, sanctions, safety/environment or professional-disciplinary search was completed.