# Alain William Executive Director, Chief Legal and Government Relations Officer ## Career chronology - **Current selected company roster; appointment 2026-04-15: PDI Gold Limited** — Executive Director, Chief Legal and Government Relations Officer. [PDI Gold Annual Report FY2026]() (Page 13, leadership team) - **June 2022–at least April 2026; later subsidiary-role continuity not established: Robex Resources** — Chief Financial Officer and stakeholder engagement. [2025 Robex annual meeting circular]() (Executive officers and services) - **2018–2022: Oddo BHF** — Metals and mining analyst. [Board and Management]() (Executive director biography) - **Listed in minutes dated 27 December 2024; later continuity not independently confirmed: Nampala SA** — Board chairman. [Robex 2025 prospectus and independent legal report]() (Page 621, company directors and December 2024 minutes) ## Education and qualifications ### Reported finance qualifications [william_education] Historical biography · issuer reported · low materiality A historical Robex biography reports an MSc in finance from Tours ESC and a bachelor in economics and finance from Paris I Sorbonne. The institutions and current credentials were not independently verified. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer-reported education; no institutional confirmation obtained. **Relevance:** Relevant to financial and legal-role background. [Historical Robex management biographies]() (Alain William historical biography) ## Industrial safety ### Nampala security incident during Robex CFO tenure [william_nampala] December 2022 and subsequent company reporting · disputed · high materiality Robex reported that an incident involving a gendarme and artisanal miners in December 2022 led to one death and one injury, followed by temporary suspension. The 2026 information form says production was delayed about three days. A local witness account differs on who fired; the final official investigation outcome was not found. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. William was Robex CFO at the time; no evidence establishes his personal involvement, responsibility, or conduct in the security incident. **Relevance:** Company-community safety and oversight context, with competing accounts. [Incident at Nampala, Mali]() (Incident statement); [2025 Annual Information Form]() (Page 68, Nampala history); [Nampala incident local report]() (Witness account and reported uncertainty) ## Litigation and enforcement ### Vendor dispute settled [william_sycamore] 2022 acquisition; settlement in 2025 · documented · medium materiality Robex disclosed an April 2025 settlement with certain vendors over its 2022 Sycamore acquisition, including C$1 million cash and 12.5 million warrants, which it accounted for as legal claim expenses. The filing does not establish executive wrongdoing. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. William was CFO during the acquisition and settlement; his specific role in the dispute is not established. **Relevance:** Transaction and legal risk context for the legal and government-relations role. [Robex half-year financial statements]() (Note 22, legal claim expenses) ### Mali tax and customs settlement [william_mali] September 2024–February 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality Robex’s prospectus says a September 2024 settlement resolved Nampala income-tax and customs disputes for periods before the end of 2023. It records a payment of about US$17 million and foregoing VAT credits worth about US$8.5 million, and reports the February 2025 signing of a new mining convention. A settlement does not itself establish misconduct. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executive held a Robex leadership role during the settlement; the executive’s specific role in the underlying disputes is not established. **Relevance:** Material legal, tax and governmental context for the prior operating business. [Robex 2025 prospectus and independent legal report]() (Page 625, settlement agreement and convention) ## Suitability for the current role ### Relevant reported experience [alain_william_role] Career through 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality Alain William has issuer-reported experience relevant to the current executive director, chief legal and government relations officer role. The career chronology gives the underlying roles; independent verification and precise earlier tenure remain limited. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is an analytical inference from disclosed roles, not an independent verification of credentials. **Relevance:** Relevant experience for the executive function. [PDI Gold Annual Report FY2026]() (Page 13, leadership team); [March 2026 Quarter presentation]() (Page 16, management biographies) ## Evidence gaps - Independent credentials and professional membership were not confirmed with institutions. - Prior-employer dates, outcomes and personal contributions require broader independent corroboration. - Court, regulator and local-language records across relevant jurisdictions were not comprehensively reviewed; this is a limited public-source screen. - Final official Nampala incident investigation and competing witness accounts were not resolved; service-role responsibilities are limited. - The review reused broad name-and-employer searches across topics; dedicated searches of each topic for each former employer and every jurisdiction were not completed.