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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Kieran McColl

Chief Financial Officer; Acting Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Appointed effective 19 December 2025; current at cutoff: Bathurst Resources Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Leadership Appointments (p. 1); Our People (Our People, lines 93–99)

  • Appointed 18 June 2026; current profile calls this an interim secretary role: Bathurst Resources Limited — Acting Company Secretary. Company Secretary Appointment/Resignation (p. 1); Our People (Our People, lines 93–99)

  • Joined Bathurst in 2023 and served as Head of Finance before CFO appointment; exact month/day unknown: Bathurst Resources — Head of Finance. Our People (Our People, lines 93–99); Leadership Appointments (p. 1)

  • More than a decade of senior financial-management experience before CFO appointment; prior employers not named: Public and private sector organisations in New Zealand — Senior financial management. Our People (Our People, lines 93–99)

Education and qualifications

Chartered Accountant (CAANZ)

As reported by Bathurst in 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Bathurst reports McColl is a Chartered Accountant and has more than a decade in senior financial management roles in New Zealand. No independent CAANZ or degree verification was performed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Accounting qualification is relevant to CFO and interim company-secretary responsibilities.

Relevance: Supports fit for financial control and reporting responsibilities subject to issuer-only credential evidence.

Our People (Our People, lines 93-99)

Contributions and company outcomes

FY26 group earnings and loss context during current CFO tenure

FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

FY26 consolidated results report EBITDA of NZ$44.7m, statutory net loss of NZ$4.594m including NZ$1.5m impairment, and cash including restricted deposits/bonds of NZ$144.8m across Bathurst and its 65% share of BT Mining. McColl was CFO for part of the year only. The result includes substantial group/JV, market and operational drivers and is not individually attributable.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He served as CFO by the FY2026 reporting date; no personal causation for impairment, statutory loss or cash movement is established.

Relevance: Relevant to CFO performance evaluation and reporting, with attribution limitation.

30 June 2026 Results Announcement (pp. 1–3, consolidated results)

Suitability for the current role

Chartered finance leader progressed internally into CFO role

Roster as of 2026-09-26 · analyst inference · medium materiality

McColl is a CAANZ Chartered Accountant with over a decade in senior financial management roles in New Zealand. He joined Bathurst in 2023 as Head of Finance before appointment as CFO on 19 December 2025, and became acting company secretary in June 2026. This is relevant finance/control experience; previous employers, degree details and quantified results remain undisclosed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The analyst infers role relevance from issuer-reported finance experience and internal progression; previous employers, degree details and quantified outcomes remain undisclosed.

Relevance: Chartered-accountancy training and senior finance experience are relevant to the CFO remit; career detail and quantified outcomes remain limited.

Our People (Our People, lines 93–99); Leadership Appointments (p. 1); Company Secretary Appointment/Resignation (p. 1)

Internal finance succession into CFO and interim company secretary

2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Bathurst reports McColl joined in 2023 as Head of Finance before his CFO appointment effective 19 December 2025. On 18 June 2026 he was appointed acting company secretary following the death of Larissa Brown. The current issuer profile calls the secretary remit “interim”; the selected roster uses “acting.” These are issuer descriptions of an interim appointment, not evidence of a permanent secretary appointment.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer profile supports internal succession and experience duration; it does not identify specific delivered financial results or prior employer responsibilities.

Relevance: Relevant to finance, reporting and governance roles during ongoing litigation and multi-project development.

Our People (Our People, lines 93–99); Leadership Appointments (p. 1); Company Secretary Appointment/Resignation (p. 1)

Evidence gaps

  • Previous employers, financial responsibilities, degree details beyond CAANZ and individually attributable results are not established in available sources.

  • CFO tenure began on 19 December 2025, part-way through FY2026; results are group/JV and market outcomes that cannot be attributed to him individually.

  • No comprehensive court, ASIC, New Zealand regulator, criminal, sanctions, safety/environment or professional-disciplinary searches were completed.