# Shaun Southwell Chief, Exploration and Production ## Career chronology - **2018–present: IMDEX** — Chief, Exploration and Production. [IMDEX FY26 annual report]() (Physical page 27, Shaun Southwell biography); [2026 AGM presentation and trading update]() (Physical page 28, executive leadership) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported education and professional training [exec-imd-southwell-education] At FY26 reporting · issuer reported · low materiality The issuer reports Melbourne Business School leadership programme and INSEAD advanced management course. These credentials and current membership status were not independently checked. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography; not independently verified. **Relevance:** Shows reported training relevant to the role. [IMDEX FY26 annual report]() (Physical page 27, Shaun Southwell biography) ## Industrial safety ### FY26 company safety reporting [exec-imd-southwell-safety] FY25–FY26 · issuer reported · medium materiality The FY26 annual report says total recordable injury frequency decreased to 1.09 from 1.18 in FY25 and lost-time injury frequency was zero in FY26. This is the company’s account, and the underlying incident records were not independently reviewed. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The officer held a leadership position during the reported period, without evidence of personal fault or of a particular intervention. **Relevance:** Safety and operating oversight are relevant to the team. [IMDEX FY26 annual report]() (Physical page 18, chairman’s safety and wellbeing statement) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant experience for current role [exec-imd-southwell-fit] 2018–present · analyst inference · medium materiality Joined as Asia Pacific VP and supply-chain manager in 2018, became COO in 2020 and chief of exploration and production in 2025; previously held senior leadership with SGS Gearhart United. The fit to the present mandate is an analyst inference; the underlying chronology is mainly company-reported. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. A role-fit judgment, not an independently measured individual outcome. **Relevance:** Relevant to the assigned leadership responsibilities. [IMDEX FY26 annual report]() (Physical page 27, Shaun Southwell biography); [2026 AGM presentation and trading update]() (Physical page 28, executive leadership) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of education, credentials and professional memberships is incomplete. - Complete prior-employer dates, role-specific outcomes and primary regulator/court records were not established. - The targeted open-web search is not exhaustive and does not establish absence of adverse records.