Peter Pollard

Career chronology

• Macmahon CFO from August 2020; consulting role from November 2021; chief corporate development officer from November 2023.: Macmahon Holdings Limited — Chief Corporate Development Officer. Annual Report FY2026 (physical PDF p. 42, executive biography)

• 2017 to 2020; announced CEO handover April 2020: Arabtec Holding PJSC — Group CFO; acting group CEO; group CEO. Peter Pollard appointed acting CEO (p. 1 CFO and acting CEO appointment); Arabtec CEO transition (p. 1 handover announcement)

Education and qualifications

Qualifications and verification

Education dates not established · issuer reported · low materiality

The issuer reports a Bachelor of Business; independent award verification was not located.

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

Arabtec loss and subsequent liquidation

2019–2020 · documented · high materiality

Arabtec appointed Pollard acting CEO in May 2019 and its preliminary results, signed by him, reported a 2019 loss after tax of AED 849.041m. In April 2020 it announced a CEO handover; in September 2020 shareholders voted to dissolve the company after a further AED 794m first-half loss, and a November announcement said it would seek insolvent liquidation. The issuer attributed pressures to construction-market liquidity and COVID-19.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The 2019 loss overlaps his leadership. The dissolution vote and planned liquidation followed the announced handover; the record does not establish personal causation or misconduct.

Relevance: Material prior contracting-company outcome relevant to corporate development and financial judgment.

Peter Pollard appointed acting CEO (p.1 appointment); 2019 preliminary results (p.2 2019 results and signature); Arabtec CEO transition (p.1 April 2020 handover announcement); Arabtec shareholder resolution (p.1 September vote and H1 loss); Arabtec to file insolvent liquidation (30 November liquidation application announcement)

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 corporate development officer: Macmahon CFO from August 2020; consulting role from November 2021; chief corporate development officer from November 2023. 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

• Independent verification of education, credential status, full prior-employer tenures and individual outcomes is incomplete.

• 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.

• The precise completion date of the Arabtec CEO handover, liquidation recovery and individual contribution are not established.

• Final recoveries on the Calidus receivable and individual decision-making are not established.