Full background report
Ursula Lummis
Chief Financial Officer
Career chronology
- Macmahon group financial controller from 2018, CFO from 1 November 2021; previously KPMG Australia and South Africa.: Macmahon Holdings Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Annual Report FY2026 (physical PDF p. 42, executive biography)
Education and qualifications
Qualifications and verification
Education dates not established · issuer reported · low materiality
The issuer reports a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in accounting, auditing and tax and chartered accountant status; independent credential verification is unavailable.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer or professional biography reports qualifications; no direct independent verification is implied.
Relevance: Relevant to assessing professional preparation.
Annual Report FY2026 (physical PDF p. 42, executive biography)
Contributions and company outcomes
FY2026 company results
FY2025–FY2026 · documented · medium materiality
Macmahon reported revenue of A$2.619bn and statutory net profit of A$101.135m in FY2026 versus A$2.427bn and A$73.944m in FY2025. This is a consolidated company outcome, including acquisitions, not evidence of personal contribution.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive held a senior role during the period; individual causal contribution is not isolated.
Relevance: Shows company-level financial delivery during the role.
Annual Report FY2026 (physical PDF p.150 consolidated income statement)
Business failures and setbacks
Calidus administration and impaired receivable
June–August 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality
Macmahon reported that client Calidus entered administration in June 2024 and its Warrawoona operations entered care and maintenance. Macmahon fully impaired an A$31.8m receivable at FY2024; management then expected a possible route to recovery through the receivers’ sale or recapitalisation process. Final recoveries are not established here.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. A senior executive held the stated position; neither the client failure nor the impairment establishes personal responsibility.
Relevance: Material counterparty and credit-risk outcome during the executive team’s tenure.
Macmahon annual report 2024 (printed pp.18 and 24, Warrawoona and financial review)
Suitability for the current role
Role-relevant professional experience
Through 2026-10-31 · analyst inference · low materiality
As an analytical inference, the reported experience is relevant to chief financial officer: Macmahon group financial controller from 2018, CFO from 1 November 2021; previously KPMG Australia and South Africa. The degree of individual contribution to past company outcomes is not established.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analytical assessment based on disclosed career; it is not a finding of personal delivery or misconduct.
Relevance: Matches documented experience to the role.
Annual Report FY2026 (physical PDF p. 42, executive biography)
Evidence gaps
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Independent verification of education, credential status, full prior-employer tenures and individual outcomes is incomplete.
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Focused public-source screening is not a comprehensive court, regulatory, criminal, sanctions or credential check; some historical employer records and local-language sources were not reviewed.
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Final recoveries on the Calidus receivable and individual decision-making are not established.