# Joseph Belladonna Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **Appointed 24 October 2025; handover during December quarter: Meeka Metals** — CFO and joint company secretary. [Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (page 1) - **2011–2022, issuer-reported: Western Areas** — CFO and company secretary. [Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (page 1); [2022 appointment of CFO]() (page 1) - **1 August 2022–30 November 2022: Leo Lithium** — CFO and joint company secretary. [2022 appointment of CFO]() (page 1); [2022 annual financial report]() (remuneration report executive KMP table) - **Agreement dated August 2023; resignation 30 June 2025: Harena Resources** — Managing director. [Harena Resources 2025 annual financial statements]() (director service agreement and KMP note) ## Education and qualifications ### Accounting qualification is issuer-reported [joe_education] Before 2022 · issuer reported · low materiality Leo Lithium reports an Edith Cowan University Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Information Systems and CPA status. The university and CPA Australia were not independently queried. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer attributes the qualifications to Belladonna; award and membership records are not independently verified. **Relevance:** Finance role preparation. [2022 appointment of CFO]() (page 1) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Operating cash flow and funding [joe_record] July–September 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality In the September quarter Meeka reported mine operating cash flow of A$13.5m and financing inflows of A$29.1m. Cash ended the quarter at A$51.2m. Financing is part of the cash movement; these are company figures rather than proof of individual execution. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He was CFO during the period; individual contribution is not isolated. **Relevance:** Cash stewardship in the current role. [September 2026 quarterly activities report]() (pages 1–3 and Appendix 5B) ## Suitability for the current role ### Mining finance and transactions background [joe_experience] 2011–2025 · analyst inference · medium materiality Meeka and Leo Lithium describe Belladonna as Western Areas CFO/secretary through IGO’s approximately A$1.2bn 2022 acquisition, and say he participated in financing and the transaction. He subsequently held CFO and managing-director roles at Leo Lithium and Harena, respectively. The issuer’s account is not independent attribution of the takeover outcome. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role fit inference based on issuer claims and dated corporate appointments. **Relevance:** Experience in finance and funding matters. [Appointment of Chief Financial Officer]() (page 1); [2022 appointment of CFO]() (page 1); [Harena Resources 2025 annual financial statements]() (executive service agreement) ## Evidence gaps - Independent verification of qualifications, employer-specific outcomes and complete regulatory/court searches remains incomplete. - An automated media index has an undated adverse-sounding Western Areas headline, but the underlying article could not be located or read; its facts and date are unverified and are not findings.