# Julio Costa Chief Operating Officer ## Career chronology - **Current role; start date not established in reviewed sources: Syrah Resources Limited** — Chief Operating Officer. [Our Team]() (Syrah Our Team, Senior Management, lines 94–96) - **Immediately prior to Syrah appointment: Alcoa Corporation** — General Manager, Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. [Quarterly Activities Report – period ending 30 June 2018]() (Quarterly report p.8.) - **Earlier career, dates not specified: Rio Tinto; Vale S.A.** — Prior mining and processing roles. [Quarterly Activities Report – period ending 30 June 2018]() (Quarterly report p.8 says previous work across Australia, Brazil, Mozambique and North America.) ## Suitability for the current role ### Public evidence of fit for Chief Operating Officer [syr_julio_costa_role_fit] Current role and prior career as stated by issuer · analyst inference · low materiality The issuer biography reports: Issuer identifies him as COO; the reviewed current team page contains no career or qualification chronology. Role-fit inference: this experience is relevant to the current Chief Operating Officer responsibilities, but issuer biographies are self-reported and do not independently establish personal delivery outcomes. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is an analyst role-fit judgment based on the cited role and issuer-reported experience; it does not assign personal responsibility for company outcomes. **Relevance:** Relevant to the current Chief Operating Officer role, with evidence quality constrained by the source scope. [Our Team]() (Syrah Our Team, Senior Management, lines 94–96) ## Evidence gaps - The reviewed issuer material confirms the current title but does not provide a dated full career history or independently verifiable qualifications; prior roles and credentials therefore remain unverified. - Open-web searches do not constitute an exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, regulator, safety or credential check; sources outside the documented search scope may exist.