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2026-11-06

← PLS management

Full background report

Dale Henderson

Managing Director and CEO

Career chronology

  • 2017–present: PLS Group — Managing Director and CEO. FY2026 annual report (Printed page 10, executive team biography)

  • Before joining PLS in 2017; exact dates unknown: Fortescue, Occidental and Chevron — Senior resource-sector roles. FY2026 annual report (Physical page 12, Henderson biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

As reported FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

BEng and fellow of AusIMM 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)

Contributions and company outcomes

FY2026 operating and financial results

FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reports FY2026 spodumene concentrate output of 879,543 dry tonnes, above its 820,000–870,000 tonne guidance, and statutory net profit after tax of A$525.8m versus an A$195.8m loss in FY2025. These outcomes reflect operations and market prices and are not attributable to the CEO alone.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. CEO during both periods; team, market and other factors affect outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to operational and financial delivery.

FY2026 annual report (Printed pages 2 and 18, highlights and production)

Environmental record

Unapproved landfill enforcement

2017–2019 · documented · medium materiality

WA’s environmental regulator reported in 2019 that PLS paid A$22,500 in fines for constructing and operating the Pilgangoora landfill without approvals. The regulator does not identify Henderson as personally responsible.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He was PLS COO during the construction and operating period; the regulator’s release does not attribute personal fault.

Relevance: Environmental and operating controls during earlier growth.

Pilbara company fined for illegal landfill (Regulator media release, offence and payment); FY2022 annual report (Printed page 4, Henderson career)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to current role

2017–present · analyst inference · medium materiality

The FY2026 annual report says Henderson joined PLS in 2017 as COO and became managing director and CEO in July 2022, following leadership positions with Fortescue, Occidental and Chevron. 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.