Executive Change

Orica (ASX: ORI) today announced that Chief Financial Officer, Mr Christopher Davis, will be leaving Orica and Mrs Kim Kerr has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer effective 11 October 2022. 

Kim joined Orica in September 2022 as Vice President Group Finance.  Prior to joining Orica, Kim spent over 16 years in several senior executive roles at Newcrest Mining including finance, treasury, investor relations, and commercial functions and as Acting Chief Financial Officer earlier this year.  Kim is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology.

Christopher will be available until 30 December 2022 to support an orderly transition.  We thank Christopher for his contributions to Orica over his tenure and we wish him the very best in his future endeavours.

Orica will report its 2022 financial results on Wednesday, 9 November 2022, with the full year Earnings Before Interest and Tax expected to be slightly ahead of market expectations.