# Craig Barnes Chief Financial Officer (interim CEO to February 2026) ## Career chronology - **As listed in 2026: Deep Yellow Limited** — Chief Financial Officer (interim CEO to February 2026). [Deep Yellow appoints Craig Barnes as CFO]() (appointment announcement); [WNA Symposium investor presentation]() (presentation p. 5) ## Business failures and setbacks ### Abra subsidiary administration during prior CFO tenure [barnes-abra] 2024 · documented · high materiality Galena announced the appointment of voluntary administrators to its 60%-owned Abra Mining subsidiary on 4 April 2024, citing mine ramp-up and rain-related logistics issues. Deep Yellow identified Barnes as Galena’s former CFO before his August 2024 appointment. The later administrators’ report lists a Craig Barnes among former directors of Abra with a 31 July 2024 cessation date; its stated appointment year appears anomalous and is not relied on. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The sources establish an overlap with a senior finance role; they do not establish personal causation or misconduct. **Relevance:** The financing and operating setback is relevant to a development-stage CFO’s historical context. [Appointment of voluntary administrators]() (administrators appointment); [Deep Yellow appoints Craig Barnes as CFO]() (prior employer and appointment); [Abra Mining Pty Ltd administrators’ report]() (Table 6, p. 11) ## Suitability for the current role ### Issuer-listed role and experience [craig-barnes-role] Appointment through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Deep Yellow identified Craig Barnes as Chief Financial Officer (interim CEO to February 2026). The appointment announcement provides career context. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role description and career claims are issuer-reported; individual outcomes are not independently established here. **Relevance:** The stated experience and role bear on the company’s development-stage responsibilities. [Deep Yellow appoints Craig Barnes as CFO]() (appointment announcement); [WNA Symposium investor presentation]() (presentation p. 5) ## Evidence gaps - Dedicated person-specific searches for education, success, failure, fraud, safety, environment, legal and governance remain incomplete; a general search is not a clearance. - Independent verification of credentials and full career chronology remains incomplete. - The full prior administration record and any findings on individual responsibilities have not been independently reviewed. - The administrator table gives an apparently anomalous Abra director appointment year for Craig Barnes; this discrepancy has not been resolved.