# Raleigh Finlayson Executive Chair ## Career chronology - **Managing director prior to January 2026; executive chair from 29 January 2026: Genesis Minerals** — Executive Chair; previously Managing Director. [Leadership restructure]() (Page 1 leadership restructure) - **Managing director April 2013 to February 2021; previously operations: Saracen Mineral Holdings** — Managing Director and previously Chief Operating Officer. [Annual Report FY2026]() (Page 14 board biography); [Northern Star Resources Annual Report 2022]() (Directors report, outside directorship table) ## Education and qualifications ### Issuer-reported qualifications [gmd_finlayson_education] FY2026 annual report · issuer reported · low materiality Genesis lists the abbreviated qualifications AdMineSurvey, BSc (Mine & Engineering), GradDipMinEng and GradCertAppFin. These qualifications were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. The issuer lists these qualifications; independent institutional confirmation was not obtained. **Relevance:** Relevant to mining operations and executive leadership. [Annual Report FY2026]() (Printed page 14, Raleigh Finlayson biography) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Genesis operating growth [fin_performance] FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Genesis reported FY2026 gold production of 285,402 ounces versus 214,311 in FY2025, with all-in sustaining costs of A$2,670/oz versus A$2,398/oz. These are company-wide outcomes, influenced by acquisitions and gold prices. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Finlayson chaired or led the company; the contribution of individual executives is not separately measured. **Relevance:** Shows operating growth and rising unit costs. [Annual Report FY2026]() (Printed pages 10–11 shareholder letter) ## Industrial safety ### Fatality and later safety convictions at Saracen mine [fin_fatal] 2020; sentencing 2023 · documented · high materiality In July 2020 a Byrnecut worker died at Saracen’s Whirling Dervish mine. WorkSafe reports that in December 2023 Northern Star (Carosue Dam) and Byrnecut pleaded guilty and were fined A$700,000 and A$850,000; a mine supervisor was separately fined. The separate 2020 Saracen announcement identifies Finlayson as managing director and reported the company response. The cited record does not establish personal wrongdoing by him. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Finlayson was Saracen managing director in 2020; the cited convictions are against companies and the supervisor, not him. **Relevance:** A material mine-safety outcome during executive oversight. [Fatality at Dervish mine]() (Page 1: Saracen fatality announcement); [Safety prosecution updates May 2024]() (Safety prosecution updates, Whirling Dervish); [Companies and supervisor fined over mine worker death]() (Court report, paragraphs on guilty pleas and sentencing) ## Evidence gaps - Independent university, professional membership and credential verification remains incomplete. - Past-employer dates, individual contributions and a comprehensive search of courts and regulators remain incomplete. - Personal causal responsibility for the 2020 fatality was not established; the regulator proceedings concern the companies and supervisor.