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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Alex Willcocks

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

  • May 2026–present: PLS Group — Chief Financial Officer. FY2026 annual report (Printed page 10, executive team biography)

  • Before May 2026; precise individual start dates unknown: Wesfarmers — CFO, Wesfarmers Chemicals Energy & Fertilisers; former CFO, Kmart. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (Page 1, appointment announcement)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

As reported FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

Cambridge MA, CPA and CGMA as reported by the issuer. Qualifications and active memberships were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not an independent credential check.

Relevance: Relevant to reported professional training.

FY2026 annual report (Printed page 10, executive team biography)

Governance and interests

CFO commencement updated

December 2025–May 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The December 2025 appointment announcement originally anticipated a 25 May 2026 start; the April 2026 quarterly updated this to 1 May, and the FY2026 remuneration report confirms 1 May.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Later source supersedes the earlier proposed date; no misconduct implied.

Relevance: Establishes tenure for evaluating results.

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer (Page 1, proposed date); March 2026 quarterly activities report (Page 6, executive update); FY2026 annual report (Physical page 158, footnote 5)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

May 2026–present · analyst inference · medium materiality

PLS says Willcocks was previously Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers CFO and Kmart CFO, having worked across the Wesfarmers group for more than 15 years. The assessment that this experience is relevant to the current mandate is an analyst inference; issuer statements do not establish individual outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported chronology and inference, not an independently quantified achievement.

Relevance: Relevant to the assigned responsibilities.

FY2026 annual report (Printed page 10, executive team biography)

Evidence gaps

  • Independent verification of reported qualifications and memberships remains incomplete.

  • Full prior-employer histories and person-specific regulator, court and incident records were not established.

  • This is limited public-record screening and does not establish absence of adverse information.