Incitec Pivot Limited announced the appointment of Chris Opperman as Chief Financial Officer designate of the proposed standalone Incitec Pivot Fertilisers business. Mr. Opperman will lead the fertiliser separation workstream ahead of the shareholder vote on the proposed structural separation in the first half of 2023. The appointment follows Mr. Opperman's role as Interim IPL Chief Financial Officer until 30 June 2022.

Mr. Paul Victor commenced as IPL's Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2022, with his appointment announced in March. Mr. Opperman is an experienced leader who has over 20 years' experience in finance, accounting and investor relations. Since joining IPL in 2010, Mr. Opperman has held a number of senior leadership positions within the finance team, including as General Manager - Group Finance & Investor Relations and Chief Financial Officer of the Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific business unit.

Mr. Opperman has also been Group Financial Controller where he was responsible for IPL's group financial reporting, Australian shared services and property functions. Prior to IPL, Mr. Opperman worked at PwC and Ernst & Young where he provided audit services to multinational organisations.