NexGen Energy Ltd. Announces Board and Committee Changes

Published: 2025-06-19 08:35:56 ET NXE.TO

Published on 06/19/2025 at 08:35

NexGen Energy Ltd. at its AGM held on June 17, 2025 approved appointment of Sharon Birkett to the Company's board of directors. Ms. Birkett has extensive public and private equity experience, having served nearly two decades as Chief Financial Ofbcer for Multi-Color/Collotype Labels, overseeing bnance and accounting, corporate control functions, bnancial planning and analysis, board of directors reporting, compliance, and bnancial transactions. During her tenure, she completed 30 bolt-on acquisitions ranging from $20 million to over $1 billion, driving signibcant investor value.

She is a qualibed audit committee bnancial expert who advises and guides global organizations, boards of directors, and stakeholders on bnancial management, rapid business growth, risk, tax, treasury, audit, and compliance. Ms. Birkett previously served as Director of Finance for Avery Dennison Materials Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corporation. She is a member of the Australian Society of Certibed Practicing Accountants and currently serves as an independent director and audit committee chair of ENVU, a private-equity owned global provider of professional herbicides, insecticides and pesticides for non-agricultural uses.

Miss Birkett's appointment follows the retirement of long-serving Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee, Trevor Thiele, whom after 12 years of exemplary service to NexGen and its valued shareholders, has chosen not to stand for re-election. Ms. Birkett will assume the role of Chair of the Audit Committee effective immediately following Mr. Thiele's retirement.