# David Geraghty Executive Chairman ## Career chronology - **since 2025: Forrestania Resources Limited** — Executive Chairman. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts]() (Corporate directory or key management personnel disclosure) - **early career: Rio Tinto** — Orebody evaluation. [Corporate Profile]() (Issuer/corporate profile identifies early Rio Tinto career in orebody evaluation.) - **21 years: Mineral Resources Ltd** — Senior management, mining/services. [Corporate Profile]() (Issuer profile: 21 years, project development and operational growth; metallurgical engineer.) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Edna May acquisition completed; restart remained planned [frs_edna_may_completed] September–October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Forrestania’s September-quarter report says the Edna May acquisition and approximately A$310 million institutional raising were completed in the quarter. It described restart in the December quarter and Lake Johnston production in early 2027 as targets, not completed operating output. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Geraghty was executive chair; source does not quantify individual contribution. **Relevance:** Completed transaction and financing expand the operational portfolio, while start-up delivery remains to be demonstrated. [September 2026 quarterly activities and Appendix 5B]() (Page 1 highlights and page 2 Edna May operations) ## Governance and interests ### Takeovers Panel found unacceptable circumstances in Zenith takeover [frs_zenith_panel] April–October 2026 · documented · high materiality On 27 August 2026 the Panel declared unacceptable circumstances in Zenith’s affairs. It found Forrestania delayed notice of its substantial holding, omitted material Edna May sale-process information from its bidder statement, and used deal terms capable of influencing Zenith’s board. It ordered further disclosure, restricted certain voting rights and ordered costs; on 28 September a review Panel affirmed the declaration and orders after accepting further-disclosure undertakings. Geraghty signed Forrestania’s undertaking on the company’s behalf. A separate 23 October application about Zenith’s response to another proposal was declined; that later decision did not overturn the earlier declaration. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The company was the bidder under Geraghty’s executive chairmanship. The Panel findings concern company conduct; personal responsibility for each act is not determined. The undertaking bears his signature for Forrestania. **Relevance:** Material governance and execution evidence for a board leading a large acquisition. [Zenith Minerals Limited 01 & 02 — declaration]() (Declaration paragraphs 18–28, 42–46); [Zenith Minerals Limited 01 & 02 — orders]() (Orders 1–20); [Zenith Minerals Limited 03R & 04R — review and undertakings]() (Review outcome and Annexure A signed undertaking); [Zenith Minerals Limited 05 — Panel declines further application]() (23 October decision on a distinct application) ## Suitability for the current role ### Limited public evidence for role fit [david_geraghty_role_fit] since 2025 · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer identifies David Geraghty as Executive Chairman. The cited source establishes the disclosed role and any stated appointment date. This source alone does not establish attributable prior-employer outcomes, verified credentials or independently benchmarked delivery. This is an evidence limitation, not an adverse personal finding. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. No personal outcome responsibility is inferred from the title alone. **Relevance:** The role is relevant to the company’s current leadership assessment; fuller role-fit comparison requires verified chronology and outcome evidence. [Half Yearly Report and Accounts]() (Corporate directory, key management personnel or appointment disclosure; role and date) ## Evidence gaps - Prior-employer chronology and qualifications are based mainly on issuer disclosures; independent employment and credential verification was not available in the reviewed public record. - Company-level outcomes are not attributed personally without a source connecting the executive to the action or result. - The Takeovers Panel ruling concerns corporate disclosures and the bid; it does not determine Geraghty personally breached the law or personally caused each matter. - Issuer records use different dates for the executive transition in 2025; the exact effective date is not reconciled.