# Apple Paget Group Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Joined January 2023; permanent CFO July 2024: Fortescue Ltd** — Group CFO; previously finance/tax manager and acting CFO. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19 biography); [FY24 annual report]() (Remuneration report, CFO acting and permanent dates) - **Prior to 2023; individual start/end dates unconfirmed: TotalEnergies Australia and ConocoPhillips Australia** — Finance leadership roles. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19 biography) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported finance qualifications [paget_degree] FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality Fortescue reports a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and membership credentials from CA ANZ and the Tax Institute. Independent confirmation of the qualifications and current standing was not obtained. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported credentials. **Relevance:** Relevant to financial control and governance. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19 biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### FY26 financial result and Iron Bridge impairment [paget_results] FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The annual report discloses statutory profit after tax of US$2.860 billion versus underlying profit of US$3.458 billion. Its scorecard notes an Iron Bridge impairment and below-target magnetite shipments. CFO tenure overlaps; exact personal contributions to each outcome were not isolated. **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 capital allocation and financial stewardship. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical pages 145 and 160) ## Suitability for the current role ### Resources finance experience [paget_fit] Prior to 2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Analyst inference: Fortescue reports experience in finance and tax with TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips before her 2023 start and CFO promotion; the depth of individual transaction attribution remains limited. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Judgment based on disclosed career, not independent proof of particular transactions. **Relevance:** Relevant to the CFO role. [FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E]() (Physical page 19 biography) ## Evidence gaps - Universities and professional bodies did not independently verify credentials. - Exact tenure, scope and outcomes of TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips roles were not established. - The officer register was not sufficient to infer any personal responsibility for Fortescue Zero outcomes. - The topic-specific searches are limited open-web searches; namesake matches, non-digitised records and undiscovered prior employers remain unverified.