# Claire Tolcon

Head of Legal, Company Secretariat and Business Integrity; Company Secretary

## Career chronology

- **As reported at 2026-10-31; dates where documented in findings: South32** — Company Secretary. [FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.135)

## Education and qualifications

### Issuer-reported qualifications [tolcon-education]

As reported in annual report · issuer reported · low materiality

Issuer reports law and commerce degrees from Murdoch, a Kaplan diploma and Governance Institute fellowship; independent checks incomplete.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not independent verification.

**Relevance:** Professional training and experience.

[FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.135)

## Governance and interests

### Company-secretary appointment [tolcon-secretary]

2020–2026 · documented · medium materiality

South32 announced Tolcon’s appointment as an additional company secretary effective 30 October 2020; its FY2026 annual report identifies her as company secretary and head of legal, company secretariat and business integrity. This resolves the incomplete statutory-secretary detail in the V8 roster.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer directly names her in the appointment and report.

**Relevance:** Governance and board support role.

[Change of company secretary](<https://www.south32.net/docs/default-source/exchange-releases/change-of-company-secretary-0x5719fbcb8198df7c.pdf>) (Appointment notice, p.1); [FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.135, company secretary)

## Suitability for the current role

### Experience and responsibilities [tolcon-fit]

As reported through August 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Joined South32 in 2017, appointed secretary on 30 October 2020 and vice president legal in 2024. The issuer reports previous corporate legal and company-secretary positions. The relevance to the present role is an analyst inference; company descriptions do not measure individual delivery.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography and analytical inference; exact prior dates are incomplete.

**Relevance:** Relevant to the current assigned mandate.

[FY2026 annual report](<https://financialfilings.com/filings/south32-limited/annual-report/2026/57660055/>) (Printed p.135)

## Evidence gaps

- Independent verification of education, qualifications and any current professional registration remains incomplete.

- Full person-specific searches of each employer, court, regulator, sanctions, safety and environmental records are incomplete; no clearance is implied.

- Exact past role dates, individual contribution and responsibility are not fully established.

- Earlier law firm and ASX-listed employer names and dates were not established.