# Duncan Hughes Chief Corporate Development Officer ## Career chronology - **Current in 22 September 2026 annual report; exact commencement date not established: Bellevue Gold Limited** — Chief Corporate Development Officer. [FY2026 Annual Report]() (PDF p20, printed pp36–37 executive management biographies) - **Joined Gold Road in early 2018; departure exact date not established: Gold Road Resources** — Manager and later General Manager, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. [September investor presentation]() (p leadership profile); [FY2026 Annual Report]() (PDF p20, printed p37 biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications [hughes_education] Reported in issuer records through 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality First-class honours geology degree and MBA in Investment and Risk, according to Bellevue and Gold Road. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The issuing institution or professional body was not independently asked to verify the credential. **Relevance:** Background for the current role. [September investor presentation]() (leadership biography, Duncan Hughes) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Gold Road tenure through project development [corp_context] 2018–2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality Gold Road identified Hughes as its manager of corporate development and investor relations in 2020; Bellevue describes his later GM role during Gold Road’s transition toward an established producer. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The project and company evolution involved many participants; his individual contribution is not quantified. **Relevance:** Corporate development and investor relations experience. [September investor presentation]() (leadership biography); [FY2026 Annual Report]() (PDF p20, printed p37 biography) ## Suitability for the current role ### Experience relevant to role [hughes_fit] Career to 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Analyst inference: the issuer-reported career and current role provide experience relevant to Chief Corporate Development Officer; performance in that role cannot be established from biography alone. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is an analytical judgment based on cited career evidence. **Relevance:** Role relevance, with attribution limits. [FY2026 Annual Report]() (PDF p20, printed pp36–37 executive management biographies) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of educational and professional credentials was not obtained. - Detailed dates and responsibilities across earlier employers and any direct contribution to aggregate outcomes remain incomplete. - Open-web searches are limited and do not establish an exhaustive legal, criminal, sanctions or regulatory record.