Sims Limited announced the appointment of Philip Bainbridge as an independent non-executive director effective 1 September 2022. Mr. Bainbridge's appointment to a casual vacancy on the Board of Directors will be confirmed by shareholders at the 2022 annual general meeting scheduled for 8 November 2022. 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. Mr. Bainbridge's most recent executive role was the 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 currently a Non-Executive Director at Beach Energy Limited and Newcrest Mining Limited. He is also the Chairman of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, and Sino Gas and Energy. Mr. Bainbridge was previously the Chairman of the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program.