Daniel McGrath

Career chronology

• Head of Rare Earths by February 2026; exact commencement date not confirmed: Iluka Resources Limited — Head of Rare Earths. 2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Education and qualifications

Issuer-reported qualifications

Qualifications reported in 2025 report · issuer reported · low materiality

BSc (Mathematics), as reported by Iluka. Independent awarding-body or professional-register records were not reviewed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported; not independently verified.

Relevance: Credentials relate to professional background, not evidence of performance.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Business failures and setbacks

Eneabba budget increased while construction continues

2022–September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

Iluka’s 2022 final investment estimate of A$1.0–1.2 billion rose to A$1.7–1.8 billion by 2024. The company reported 65% construction completion and A$1.237 billion accrued at 30 September 2026; first refinery output is not yet demonstrated.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The current finance, projects or rare-earths role overlaps the project period, but no source assigns this person individual responsibility for the increase.

Relevance: Directly relevant to current development responsibilities without attributing the outcome to one person.

Iluka confirms cost blowout at Australian rare earths refinery (Capital estimate and company explanation); Quarterly Review to 30 September 2026 (p.4, Eneabba project update)

Industrial safety

Cataby contractor fatality; exact role overlap unknown

2018; 2020 prosecution · documented · medium materiality

A subcontracted surveyor died in 2018 after an allergic reaction at Cataby. ABC reported Indus Mining Services pleaded guilty and was fined A$60,000 in 2020; it reported that Indus had not conveyed the life-threatening severity of the allergy to Iluka. Iluka later identified McGrath as a former general manager of Cataby and Southwest operations, but exact dates of that role have not been verified.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The exact period of McGrath’s Cataby role relative to the incident is unestablished; the guilty plea was by Indus, not the executive.

Relevance: Historical site safety context, not an allegation of personal fault.

Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death (Incident, employer conviction and communications); 2025 Annual Report (p.39 prior Cataby role); Company fined over bee sting death (Government notice: guilty plea, fine and information communicated to Iluka)

Suitability for the current role

Relevant experience and role fit

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Joined Iluka in 1993 and has held metallurgy and operational roles, including general manager Cataby and Southwest and chief technology officer before leading rare earths. Analyst inference: this disclosed background is relevant to the current role; the company biographies do not establish independent attribution of delivery or performance.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit inference from disclosed career, not a performance finding.

Relevance: Relevant professional experience and documented limitations.

2025 Annual Report (p.39; executive biography)

Evidence gaps

• Education and professional credentials are issuer-reported and not independently verified.

• Full prior-employer dates and individual contribution to company outcomes are not established.

• Targeted public search is not an exhaustive court, sanctions, regulator or credential check.