# James Carter Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **current at 31 October 2026; start date disclosed only where cited: Alkane Resources** — Chief Financial Officer. [2026 Annual Report]() (pp.125, 135) - **Resigned September 2018: Calidus Resources** — CFO and company secretary. [Calidus half-year report]() (corporate section, September 2018 resignation) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications and evidence limits [james-carter-education] Education disclosed in cited source · issuer reported · low materiality 2022 Tomingley EIS lists BBus and a graduate diploma in applied corporate governance. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Professional credentials are reported in the source; validation against a primary institutional register was not obtained. **Relevance:** Qualification and role fit assessment. [Tomingley EIS]() (Named personnel and qualifications or biography) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Former employer Calidus later entered administration [james-carter-calidus] September 2018; 2024–January 2025 · documented · low materiality Calidus reported Carter resigned as CFO and secretary in September 2018. Calidus entered administration and receivership in 2024, almost six years later, and the 2025 deed transferred shares for no consideration. There is no evidence the later failure was caused by Carter. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The administration occurred years after his departure; no individual link is established. **Relevance:** Historical employer context with a material time separation. [Calidus half-year report]() (corporate section September 2018 change); [June 2024 Quarterly Report]() (pp.1–2 corporate information); [Calidus DOCA effectuation]() (pp.1–2 share transfer and deed effectuation) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to disclosed responsibilities [james-carter-fit] Career through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality Analyst inference: CFO since 1 October 2018. The linked sources do not establish the individual’s causal contribution to every operational or corporate outcome. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role relevance is an inference; employer results do not establish an individual track record. **Relevance:** Matches disclosed responsibilities to observed career, with attribution limits. [2026 Annual Report]() (pp.125, 135); [Management]() (Management list) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of reported qualifications and full employer/appointment chronology was not obtained. - Open-web searches are limited; company events do not establish individual responsibility. - Separate topic-specific adverse and prior-employer searches were not completed; the combined batched search results were truncated, so this screening is incomplete.