# Simon Rigby Non-Executive Director ## Career chronology - **Current at 29 October 2026: Valiant Gold** — Non-Executive Director. [Investor presentation October 2026]() (PDF p.4, Board & Management) ## Contributions and company outcomes ### Westgold reported higher FY2026 production [rigby-westgold-output] FY2025–FY2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality Westgold reported 387,354 ounces of gold production in FY2026 versus 326,384 in FY2025. Its December 2024 quarterly report identifies Rigby as chief growth officer supervising exploration reporting. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Issuer-reported growth includes a larger operating base; the company output cannot be attributed to Rigby personally. **Relevance:** Relevant operating-company context, distinct from individual exploration contributions. [FY2026 annual report]() (Annual report, FY26 financial results); [December 2024 quarterly report]() (PDF p.29, competent-person statement) ## Industrial safety ### Westgold subsidiary fined after Big Bell fatality [rigby-westgold-safety] December 2020 incident; July 2025 penalty · documented · medium materiality WorkSafe reported that a Westgold subsidiary pleaded guilty and was fined A$945,000 in July 2025 after a contractor was fatally struck at Big Bell in December 2020. The regulator states the offence did not establish that the breach caused the fatal incident. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. Rigby’s dates and responsibilities at the time of the incident are not established by this source; no individual responsibility or causal involvement is inferred. **Relevance:** Material safety context at Westgold, Valiant’s shareholder and counterparty. [Gold miner fined after fatal underground incident]() (Regulator release, offence and incident paragraphs) ## Governance and interests ### Westgold nominee and concurrent executive role [rigby-westgold-nominee] October 2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality The issuer identifies Rigby as Westgold Chief Growth Officer and Westgold’s nominee on the Valiant board. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The disclosed roles create an identifiable related-party oversight context; no misconduct is implied. **Relevance:** Relevant to oversight of Valiant’s relationship with its major shareholder and processing counterparty. [Investor presentation October 2026]() (PDF p.4, Simon Rigby biography) ## Suitability for the current role ### Issuer-reported experience relevant to board oversight [val-director-simon-rigby-fit] Prior and concurrent roles as described by issuer · analyst inference · medium materiality The issuer identifies him as Westgold Chief Growth Officer and its board nominee, with exploration and mining leadership experience. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography describes roles but does not independently establish individual contributions or outcomes. **Relevance:** Background is potentially relevant to board oversight; verification and fuller diligence remain outstanding. [Investor presentation October 2026]() (PDF p.4, Board & Management) ## Evidence gaps - Person-specific topic and indexed regulator searches were performed; some employer outcomes, underlying records, career dates and qualifications remain unverified. - Prior-employer dates and individual responsibility for company outcomes are not established.