# Carol Marinkovich

Company Secretary

## Career chronology

- **Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Hot Chili** — Company Secretary. [Annual Report Updated](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03001550-6A1287497>) (Issuer management page, Carol Marinkovich entry)

- **Effective 1 July 2024: Hot Chili Limited** — Interim Company Secretary. [Change of Company Secretary &amp; Chief Financial Officer](<https://company-announcements.afr.com/asx/hch/372439c3-334a-11ef-a7b7-b667ccb5fbcc.pdf>) (appointment release dated 26 June 2024, Change of Company Secretary &amp; CFO)

## Education and qualifications

### Professional company-secretarial memberships disclosed [carol_marinkovich_education]

As of 26 June 2024 · issuer reported · medium materiality

The appointment release states Marinkovich is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in London, and has over 25 years’ mining-industry experience. No degree or independent membership confirmation is provided in that release.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Professional memberships are issuer-reported; no external member-register check was completed.

**Relevance:** Relevant to company-secretarial and corporate governance responsibilities.

[Change of Company Secretary &amp; Chief Financial Officer](<https://company-announcements.afr.com/asx/hch/372439c3-334a-11ef-a7b7-b667ccb5fbcc.pdf>) (appointment release dated 26 June 2024, Change of Company Secretary &amp; CFO)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevance of current Company Secretary role [carol_marinkovich_role_fit]

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer identifies Carol Marinkovich as Company Secretary. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

**Relevance:** Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs.

[Annual Report Updated](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03001550-6A1287497>) (Issuer management page, Carol Marinkovich entry)

## Evidence gaps

- A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

- Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.
