# Ben Donovan Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **At least FY2025 through October 2026; appointment date unknown: Brazilian Critical Minerals** — Company Secretary. [FY2025 annual report]() (printed p.21); [Notice of annual general meeting]() (p.5 signature) - **28 November 2024–29 May 2025: Brazilian Critical Minerals** — Non-executive director. [FY2025 annual report]() (printed p.21) - **As reported 2023–2026; exact commencement unconfirmed: Argus Corporate Partners** — Principal. [Basin Energy 2023 annual report]() (printed p.12); [FY2026 annual report]() (printed p.21) - **Prior to Argus; exact tenure unavailable: Australian Securities Exchange** — Senior Adviser. [FY2026 annual report]() (printed p.21) ## Education and qualifications ### Governance qualifications reported by BCM and Basin [donovan_education] 2023–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality BCM reports commerce and finance qualifications and Governance Institute membership. Basin’s 2023 annual report also describes him as a chartered secretary and associate member. The institutions and present membership were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer reports are not verification from a professional body. **Relevance:** Relevant governance skills but subject to credential checks. [FY2026 annual report]() (printed p.21, company secretary); [Basin Energy 2023 annual report]() (printed p.12, Donovan biography) ## Governance and interests ### Disclosed Argus fees during former director term [donovan_related] 28 November 2024–29 May 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality BCM’s FY2025 annual report says Argus Corporate Partners, an entity related to Donovan, received A$30,000 for company-secretarial services during the period he was a director from 28 November 2024 to 29 May 2025. BCM said the transactions were on normal commercial terms. The disclosure is not evidence of improper conduct. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Directorship and related-party fees are company-disclosed; no conflict breach or improper fee is established. **Relevance:** Related-party disclosure provides context for governance oversight. [FY2025 annual report]() (directors report p.21 and related-party transactions note) ## Suitability for the current role ### Company-secretarial experience spans multiple issuers [donovan_fit] 2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality BCM and Basin disclose Donovan’s company secretary roles and BCM reports prior ASX senior-adviser experience. His concurrent outside mandates create a time-capacity consideration; no governance failure is established by the number of roles. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Comparative capacity is an analytical consideration, not a documented failure. **Relevance:** Relevant to disclosure and listing-rule administration. [FY2026 annual report]() (printed p.21, company secretary); [Basin Energy 2023 annual report]() (printed p.12, company secretary) ## Evidence gaps - BCM secretary appointment date and full current outside mandate list unconfirmed. - Independent degree and current professional membership verification unavailable. - Individual contributions to company outcomes and actual time commitment not quantified.