# John Sanders

General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary

## Career chronology

- **From January 2026; joint company secretary from 20 January: Ora Banda Mining** — General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. [2026 Annual Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03126338-6A1340357>) (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

- **From 28 February until 9 December 2025: Leo Lithium** — Company Secretary. [Change in company secretary](<https://www.leolithium.com/wp-content/uploads/20251209-ASX-release-change-in-Company-Secretary-APPROVED-FOR-RELEASE.pdf>) (Page 1; resignation date); [Change in company officeholders](<https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20250226/pdf/06fzwt0t1yfpgj.pdf>) (Page 1 appointment effective 28 February 2025)

## Governance and interests

### Dated secretary transition [sanders_transition]

December 2025–January 2026 · documented · low materiality

Leo Lithium stated Sanders resigned as company secretary on 9 December 2025; Ora Banda appointed him joint secretary on 20 January 2026.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Dated company filings identify his appointments and resignation; no reason for transition is inferred.

**Relevance:** Clarifies consecutive governance roles.

[Change in company secretary](<https://www.leolithium.com/wp-content/uploads/20251209-ASX-release-change-in-Company-Secretary-APPROVED-FOR-RELEASE.pdf>) (Page 1 resignation); [Change in company officeholders](<https://company-announcements.afr.com/asx/obm/f38751d4-f57c-11f0-986c-760f6ce41894.pdf>) (Page 1 appointment)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevant experience and evidence limits [exec_john_sanders_fit]

Career experience stated in issuer sources through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer describes legal and company-secretarial experience at Allkem and Leo Lithium, relevant to governance and transaction work.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical assessment based on reported roles, not proof of individual outcomes.

**Relevance:** Relevance of background to current responsibilities.

[2026 Annual Report](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03126338-6A1340357>) (Printed pages 12–13 and 18, leadership biographies)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of credentials, professional memberships, complete employment dates and individual contributions is incomplete.

- Person-specific past-employer, court, regulator, fraud, safety, environmental and governance searches remain partial; this screening is not a clearance.

- The saved search log records one combined broad query per person; separate dedicated searches across every due-diligence topic and prior employer were not completed.