About Sims Limited

Mr Bainbridge was appointed as a Director on 1 September 2022 and appointed Chairman of the Company on 25 March 2024. He is also Chair of the Nomination/Governance Committee. Mr Bainbridge has extensive senior executive experience, primarily in the oil and gas sector across exploration, development and production. He has worked in a variety of jurisdictions, including North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. His most recent executive role was as Executive General Manager LNG for Oil Search Limited. Prior to that, he served in senior executive roles at Pacific National and BP Group. Mr Bainbridge is also Chairman of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, and Sino Gas and Energy. He was previously Chair of the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program.

Degrees and Qualifications

Mr Bainbridge holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

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Mr Bainbridge is Chairman of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, and Sino Gas and Energy.

Mr Mikkelsen was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in October 2023, after originally joining Sims Limited in 2018 as the Global Chief Financial Officer. He brings more than 30 years of finance and executive management experience to the company. Prior to joining Sims Limited, Mr Mikkelsen held senior leadership positions at AGL Energy, including serving as Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2012, followed by Group General Manager Retail Energy and Executive General Manager Energy Markets. Before his tenure at AGL, Mr Mikkelsen was the Chief Financial Officer of Snowy Hydro from 2001 to 2006.

Degrees and Qualifications

Mr Mikkelsen holds a Bachelor in Business Studies as well as being a Chartered Accountant and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.

Ms Binns has more than 35 years of experience in the global resources and financial services sectors, including 10 years in executive leadership roles at BHP in Asia and 15 years in financial services with Merrill Lynch Australia and Macquarie Equities. Ms Binns held a number of board and senior management roles at BP, including Vice President Minerals Marketing, leadership positions in the metals and coal marketing business and Vice President Market Analysis and Economics; and at Merrill Lynch Australia, including Managing Director and Head of Australian Research, Head of Global Mining, Metals and Steel, and Head of Australian Mining Research.

Degrees and Qualifications

B.E. (Hons I) (Mining) (UNSW), Grad Dip SIA, FAusIMM, GAICD

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Ms Binns is a non-executive director of ASX-listed Evolution Mining. She is a non-executive director for the not-for-profit Carbo Market Institute (CMI), a member of the Advisory Council for J.P. Morgan, Australia & New Zealand, and on the Advisory Board of Merlon Capital Partners.

Ms Hirschfeld is a chemical engineer with 20 years’ experience with BP in oil refining, logistics and exploration in Australia, the United Kingdom and Turkey. She also served as a logistics officer in the Australian Army Reserve. Ms Hirschfeld has extensive experience on ASX, NYSE, private company and government boards. Ms Hirschfeld previously served as a board member and president of UN Women National Committee Australia and non-executive director of Energy Queensland, ToxFree Solutions, InterOil Corporation, Broadspectrum, Snowy Hydro, Queensland Urban Utilities and Spark Infrastructure RE Limited. Additionally, she was a member of the Senate of the University of Queensland for 10 years.

Degrees and Qualifications

Ms Hirschfeld is a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), holds a Bachelor of Engineering, and is an Honorary Doctor of Engineering, an Honorary Engineering Associate Fellow, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Ms Hirschfeld is a board member of Spark Infrastructure RE Limited.

Ms Novak was appointed as a director on 15 December 2025. She is a member of the People and Culture Committee and the Safety, Health, Environment, Community & Sustainability (SHECS) Committee. Ms Novak is the Chief Innovation Officer for Compass Datacenters, which designs, builds and operates large-scale data centers for hyperscalers and cloud providers.  Through this work, she has developed strong relationships with her clients.  Ms Novak has more than 35 years of construction experience and has overseen delivery of over $5 billion in projects during that time. Prior to joining Compass, Ms Novak was the National Vice President of Operations for Balfour Beatty Construction.  She serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the National Board of Building Sciences (NIBS), the Board of Directors for the World Trade Center Institute, and the Board of Directors for Weston Solutions, a global environmental firm.

Mr Omachi started his business career in the Mineral & Metal Resources division of Mitsui. He held various senior strategy positions at Mitsui during his tenure, including as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer. In June 2022, Mr Omachi took the position of Counseller to Mitsui.

Mr Rinn has more than 40 years of experience in the steel, fabrication and metal recycling industries. Most recently, Mr Rinn served as an executive Vice President of Steel Dynamics Inc. and the President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource, its metal recycling subsidiary. He previously served as an Executive Vice President of Commercial Metals Company (CMC), a Texas-based metal recycler and producer of rebar and related products.

Degrees and Qualifications

Mr Rinn holds a Bachelor of Finance, Marketing and Business Administration from Texas Lutheran University and is a graduate of the Executive Program of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and the Management Development Program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.