# Penelope Stonier Chief Corporate Affairs Officer ## Career chronology - **Joined June 2025; current at cutoff: Arafura Rare Earths Limited** — Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. [Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation]() (Page 28; joining date and role); [Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for period ending 30 September 2026]() (Page 2; current title) - **Issuer says over ten years at Fortescue and responsibility for capital management strategy through May 2022; exact role dates unavailable: Fortescue Metals Group** — Senior corporate affairs, investor relations and capital-management roles. [Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation]() (Page 28; Fortescue tenure and responsibilities) - **Arafura describes prior senior CBA roles; exact dates and titles not disclosed: Commonwealth Bank of Australia** — Senior roles. [Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation]() (Page 28; CBA roles) ## Education and qualifications ### Postgraduate business and mineral-economics qualifications reported [aru_stonier_education] By 2026-05-22 · issuer reported · low materiality Arafura reports an MBA and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics. These credentials are issuer-reported and were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Education is reported by the issuer; independent verification was not performed. **Relevance:** Relevant to investor, financing and corporate-affairs work. [Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation]() (Page 28; qualifications) ## Suitability for the current role ### Capital-markets and corporate-affairs background is relevant; individual financing credit is not established [aru_stonier_role_fit] 2022–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Arafura describes Stonier's background in CBA senior roles, more than ten years at Fortescue, investor relations and corporate affairs, and responsibility for capital-management strategy through May 2022. Arafura's August 2025 financing update names her as a contact, not as the person who led or secured the financing. Her current corporate-affairs role is relevant, but no financing result is personally attributed in the reviewed sources. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; the issuer's financing achievements are not attributed to Stonier absent direct evidence. **Relevance:** Relevant to corporate affairs, investor communications and funding coordination. [Arafura Rare Earths Investor Presentation]() (Page 28; career summary and qualifications); [Update on Export Finance Australia support]() (Investor contact block; no personal financing attribution); [Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for period ending 30 September 2026]() (Page 2; current corporate-affairs role) ## Evidence gaps - Issuer biographies do not provide a complete role-by-role career chronology or exact Fortescue/CBA appointment dates. - Qualifications and past capital-management responsibilities are issuer-reported, with no independent credential or transaction attribution review. - The August 2025 export-finance update identifies Stonier as investor contact only; it does not establish her responsibility for financing outcomes. - Logged adverse-record searches are limited and are not a clearance.