# Kaveen Bachoo Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Appointed 28 Apr 2026; current at cutoff: Cobre Limited** — Chief Financial Officer. [Cobre Limited Annual Report 2025]() (FY2025 annual report predates appointment); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Kaveen Bachoo profile) - **Since 2021; end date not independently verified: Nathan River Resources** — Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Research profile); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Career profile and 2021 appointment notice) - **2006–2020 based on Business News Australia role chronology; exact overlaps/titles not independently reconciled: Glencore / Xstrata** — Senior finance roles including CFO, Australian zinc business. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Positions: 2006–2020); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Research profile) - **Since 2017 according to institute profile: Australian Institute of Business** — Lecturer, Finance Discipline. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Academic staff profile) ## Education and qualifications ### Finance qualifications and CPA fellowship reported [kaveen_bachoo_education] As reported by 2021–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Business News Australia reports a BCom (Honours), MBA, INSEAD Graduate Certificate in Management and Fellow of CPA Australia; AIB confirms BCom (Hons), MBA, FCPA and global-management qualification. Individual credentials were not checked directly with universities or CPA Australia. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The sources identify professional and academic credentials, but no primary credential verification was performed. **Relevance:** Relevant to CFO responsibilities. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Profile and qualifications); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Academic staff profile) ## Personal achievements ### Finance leadership across major mining operators and mine life cycle [kaveen_bachoo_track] 2006–2021+ · issuer reported · medium materiality AIB reports senior finance roles at BHP, Xstrata and Glencore and experience spanning greenfield start-up, brownfield expansion, M&A, optimisation and closure; Business News Australia’s 2021 profile says he led finance for Glencore’s Australian zinc business before becoming Nathan River CFO. These are profile statements, not quantified personal outcomes. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Sources identify roles and remit, but do not isolate Bachoo’s contribution to employer results. **Relevance:** Relevant breadth for project finance, cost control and a junior explorer transitioning toward operations. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Research profile); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Profile and role history) ## Suitability for the current role ### Senior mining finance chronology supports CFO fit [kaveen_bachoo_fit] 2006–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality His disclosed finance work spans BHP, Glencore and Nathan River, alongside teaching finance/governance. Role dates are partly profile-derived and the reviewed record does not establish Cobre-specific results since his April 2026 appointment. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role suitability is inferred from disclosed senior finance remit and reported qualifications. **Relevance:** Directly relevant to financial controls and capital management; Cobre impact is too recent to assess. [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Academic staff profile); [Kaveen Bachoo profile]() (Profile and role history) ## Evidence gaps - Cobre appointment is recent; no attributable company outcome can yet be assessed. - Exact role dates and chronology before 2010 are not independently corroborated. - Degrees, MBA and CPA status rely on professional profiles, not direct credential-register verification. - Searches did not establish personal adverse outcomes; criminal, court, ASIC, sanctions and CPA disciplinary sources were not comprehensively searched.