# Annaliese Eames General Counsel and Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **Appointed 22 October 2026; current at cutoff: Arafura Rare Earths Limited** — General Counsel and Company Secretary. [Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change]() (Page 1; role and effective date); [Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for period ending 30 September 2026]() (Page 2; authorising company secretary) - **Appointed effective 30 January 2023; prior role: Australian Strategic Materials Limited** — General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. [Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary]() (Appointment effective date); [Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change]() (Page 1; preceding role) - **Immediately before ASM appointment, per ASM release; dates not disclosed: BHP** — Managing Counsel. [Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary]() (Page 1; prior role) - **Arafura announcement identifies prior roles; exact titles and dates not disclosed: Epiroc, Barminco and AMEC** — Legal/commercial roles. [Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change]() (Page 1; career summary) ## Education and qualifications ### Law degree reported in prior-company annual report [aru_eames_education] By 2023-09-29 · issuer reported · low materiality ASM's 2023 annual report lists Eames as LLB (Law), General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. This is a company disclosure; independent university verification was not performed. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The qualification is issuer-reported and not independently verified. **Relevance:** Relevant to the current general-counsel and company-secretary roles. [Australian Strategic Materials Annual Financial Report 2023]() (Corporate directory / KMP disclosure; LLB (Law)) ## Suitability for the current role ### Legal, commercial and company-secretarial experience is relevant; Arafura tenure is very recent [aru_eames_role_fit] 2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Arafura's October 2026 appointment notice describes more than 20 years of legal, commercial, strategic and governance experience, including ASM, BHP, Epiroc, Barminco and AMEC. ASM's appointment release confirms a prior General Counsel/Joint Company Secretary role and managing-counsel experience at BHP. This background fits the current legal and governance remit, but her Arafura appointment began only 22 October, so no Arafura outcome is yet attributable. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit assessment, not an allegation or a finding about governance outcomes. **Relevance:** Relevant to legal oversight, disclosure and company-secretarial execution. [Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change]() (Page 1; experience and current appointment); [Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary]() (Page 1; ASM appointment and BHP background); [Australian Strategic Materials Annual Financial Report 2023]() (Corporate directory; LLB and role) ## Evidence gaps - Arafura tenure is very recent; the report assesses role fit rather than delivery outcomes. - Exact dates and titles for several roles before ASM are not disclosed. - Education and experience are based on company disclosures, not independent credential or employment-reference checks. - Adverse-record searches were focused and limited; no clearance is implied.