Scott Nicholas is an experienced mining executive with over 20 years’ experience in the industry. He has experience across multiple commodities from greenfield, development, and operational assets. He has led the financing and development of several resource projects in Australia. Scott joined Leichhardt in September 2022 as CFO and became the CEO in February 2024.

Scott is a Chartered Accountant, Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and has a Law/Commerce degree from Murdoch University.

Scott was most recently CFO at Australian Potash Ltd and a founding Director of MACH Energy.