# Bronwyn Kerr

General Counsel, Joint Company Secretary

## Career chronology

- **General Counsel from 27 October and company secretary from 8 November 2021: Deterra Royalties** — General Counsel and joint company secretary. [2025 annual report](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2931002.pdf>) (printed p.34)

- **Before joining Deterra; precise dates unavailable: Atlas Iron** — In-house legal executive. [Board and team](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/about/board-and-team/>) (Bronwyn Kerr biography); [2025 annual report](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2931002.pdf>) (printed p.34)

## Education and qualifications

### Issuer-reported legal and governance credentials [kerr_edu]

Undated · issuer reported · medium materiality

Deterra reports LLB with honours and BA, post-graduate finance and governance qualifications, and admission to practice in Western Australia. Independent institution and current practising-status checks were not obtained.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The source supports the described role, not an attribution of other actions.

**Relevance:** Relevant to assessment of the person’s role and evidence quality.

[2025 annual report](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2931002.pdf>) (printed p.34); [Board and team](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/about/board-and-team/>) (Bronwyn Kerr biography)

## Governance and interests

### Court granted relief after inadvertent late ASIC notices [kerr_court]

2023–2024 · documented · high materiality

In August 2024 the Federal Court addressed late ASIC notices concerning a 2023 share issue and the March 2024 resignation of a director. The court found Deterra and secretary Kerr acted honestly, the non-compliance was inadvertent, and she acted promptly to rectify it and adopted a new practice. The court granted relief from civil liability.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The judgment identifies Kerr’s direct administrative role and expressly finds honesty and inadvertence; no dishonesty or other misconduct is implied.

**Relevance:** Relevant, resolved governance-control episode and documented corrective action.

[Deterra Royalties Limited \[2024\] FCA 891](<https://casechat.au/cases/au/deterra-royalties-limited-in-the-matter-of-deterra-royalties-limited?tab=summary>) (orders and reasons \[13\]–\[18\], \[26\]–\[37\])

## Suitability for the current role

### Legal and company-secretarial experience [kerr_fit]

Assessment through 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Issuer-reported mining and transaction legal experience and the documented 2024 compliance response are relevant to the role; the court episode limits any claim of error-free administration.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The source supports the described role, not an attribution of other actions.

**Relevance:** Relevant to assessment of the person’s role and evidence quality.

[2025 annual report](<https://www.deterraroyalties.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2931002.pdf>) (printed p.34); [Deterra Royalties Limited \[2024\] FCA 891](<https://casechat.au/cases/au/deterra-royalties-limited-in-the-matter-of-deterra-royalties-limited?tab=summary>) (reasons \[34\]–\[36\])

## Evidence gaps

- Independent degree and current practising-status confirmation were not obtained.

- Exact Atlas Iron tenure and full prior-employer transaction responsibilities remain unverified.