# Emma Wates Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **Evidence reviewed through 2026-10-31: Catalyst Metals** — Company Secretary. [Resignation of joint company secretary]() (p.1, remaining company secretary); [Annual Report to shareholders 2026]() (PDF p.20, biography) ## Suitability for the current role ### Disclosed role and relevant experience [ewates-fit] Before and during Catalyst role · analyst inference · medium materiality Catalyst describes Wates as an Automic-employed professional company secretary, a chartered accountant and a FINSIA senior associate. Those qualifications have not been independently checked. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role relevance is an analytical inference from the cited disclosures; it is not independent credential verification or a demonstrated personal performance assessment. **Relevance:** Helps assess role relevance, subject to evidence limits. [Annual Report to shareholders 2026]() (PDF p.20, company secretary biography) ## Evidence gaps - Separate person-specific searches for each topic, comprehensive employer histories, court and regulator checks, and independent qualification verification remain incomplete. - No assertion of criminal or regulatory clearance follows from this limited public-source screening.