# Simon Parsons Chief Operations Officer (Australia) ## Career chronology - **current at 31 October 2026; start date disclosed only where cited: Alkane Resources** — Chief Operations Officer (Australia). [Tomingley Community Update May 2021]() (May 2021 team updates, Executive General Manager operations); [2026 Annual Report]() (p.125, key management personnel and appointment dates) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications and evidence limits [simon-parsons-education] Education disclosed in cited source · issuer reported · low materiality The 2022 Tomingley EIS lists a Bachelor of Engineering. **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) ## Industrial safety ### Reported Tomingley injury rates and later operational results [simon-parsons-safety] Years ended 30 June 2024 and 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Alkane reported 21 recordable injuries at Tomingley in FY2024, including eight lost-time injuries, and a 31.22 total recordable injury frequency rate. The 2026 report later recorded 10 total recordable injuries and 14.5 per million hours at Tomingley in FY2026. Rates are company-reported and individual causation is not established. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Leadership or site role is contextual; no individual fault or cause is asserted. **Relevance:** Measured safety outcomes across operating periods. [Annual Report 2024]() (p.46 Tomingley safety performance); [2026 Annual Report]() (pp.48–50 site safety performance) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to disclosed responsibilities [simon-parsons-fit] Career through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality Analyst inference: At Tomingley since 2015, followed by Executive GM operations; COO from January 2026. 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. [Tomingley Community Update May 2021]() (May 2021 team updates, Executive General Manager operations); [2026 Annual Report]() (p.125, key management personnel and appointment dates); [Management]() (Management list, named role) ## 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.