# Dino Otranto Chief Executive Officer, Metals and Operations ## Career chronology - **Joined 2021; CEO appointed August 2023: Fortescue Ltd** — CEO Metals and Operations; previously COO Iron Ore. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19 leadership biography) - **COO evidenced in 2019–2021; exact start and departure dates not verified: Vale Base Metals** — COO, North Atlantic and Asian operations. [Thompson community report 2018–2019]() (Message from Dino Otranto); [Fatal industrial incident at Vale]() (26 February 2021: role identification) - **Reported history through 2010s; exact dates not independently established: Worsley Alumina / BHP Billiton and South32** — Operations management; refinery general manager and vice president. [Executive appointments]() (Page 2, executive appointment biography); [Thompson community report 2018–2019]() (Meet Dino Otranto biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported qualifications [otranto_degree] FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality The company reports chemical engineering and chemistry degrees from Curtin and a graduate finance diploma; independent credential confirmation was not obtained. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not independently validated. **Relevance:** Technical and finance background relevant to operating leadership. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Operating performance with Iron Bridge shortfall [otranto_output] FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality The FY26 remuneration scorecard records hematite shipments of 192.3 Mt against 189 Mt target, but magnetite shipments of 9.0 Mt against 11 Mt target; Iron Bridge incurred an impairment and its Q4 unit cost was above target. These are company outcomes, not a controlled measure of the CEO’s individual contribution. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. This is a company-level event and leadership role overlap, not a finding that this executive committed the alleged conduct. **Relevance:** Directly relevant to operating delivery and cost discipline. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 160 remuneration scorecard) ## Industrial safety ### Fatality at prior Vale project [otranto_vale] 2021 · documented · high materiality A contractor died near the Vale Wabagishik Dam construction project in February 2021. Contemporaneous reporting names Otranto as Vale regional COO and quotes his response; police and the labour ministry investigated and a ministry inspector issued requirements. Final findings were not located. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His regional executive role overlapped; no evidence establishes personal fault. **Relevance:** Prior-employer safety context relevant to his present operations role. [Fatal industrial incident at Vale]() (26 February 2021 article) ### Fortescue workplace claims and undertaking [otranto_whs] 2023–2026 · documented · high materiality WorkSafe accepted an undertaking on alleged failures to supply information, completed in January 2026. A separate class action alleges sexual harassment at the company’s mine sites; the allegations are not proven findings. Fortescue says it completed mandatory training. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. This is a company-level event and leadership role overlap, not a finding that this executive committed the alleged conduct. **Relevance:** Relevant to operational and psychosocial safety oversight. [Notice of WorkSafe Commissioner decision]() (Pages 1–2); [Prosecution summaries and enforceable WHS undertakings]() (Fortescue listing); [Women launch class action against Fortescue]() (Company response and claims) ## Evidence gaps - Final Ontario investigation and any proceedings for the 2021 incident were not located. - Individual role in Iron Bridge outcomes and class action allegations is not established. - Qualifications and full Vale chronology were not independently verified. - The topic-specific searches are limited open-web searches; namesake matches, non-digitised records and undiscovered prior employers remain unverified.