# Paul Savich Managing Director ## Career chronology - **Appointed 9 February 2021; current role as of the 31 October 2026 roster.: WA1 Resources Ltd** — Managing Director. [WA1 Resources Ltd 2026 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report, Managing Director biography/appointment date) - **Career began in audit before corporate finance.: Deloitte (Perth)** — Audit, Assurance & Advisory; Corporate Finance. [WA1 Resources 2024 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.14, lines 410–411) - **Prior to WA1; exact role dates not specified in reviewed annual reports.: Echo Resources Ltd** — General Manager – Corporate & Compliance; Company Secretary. [WA1 Resources 2024 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.14, lines 405–413); [WA1 Resources 2025 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.12) ## Personal achievements ### Corporate role on Echo’s Bronzewing acquisition and Metaliko merger [wa1_echo_transaction] Before 10 February 2021 · issuer reported · medium materiality WA1 annual reports say Savich served as Echo Resources General Manager – Corporate & Compliance and Company Secretary and oversaw the Bronzewing Gold Project acquisition and merger with Metaliko. This is issuer-reported; sources do not isolate his contribution or establish subsequent project economics/production. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Source links his role with oversight, but not sole or causal responsibility. **Relevance:** Relevant transaction experience; integration and returns remain unassessed. [WA1 Resources 2024 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.14, lines 405–413); [WA1 Resources 2025 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.12) ## Governance and interests ### Reward Minerals received an ASIC infringement notice during disclosed employment period [wa1_reward_notice] Alleged event 2–10 Dec 2013; notice release 27 May 2014 · documented · medium materiality Reward’s contemporaneous release says ASIC alleged a continuous-disclosure contravention for 2–10 December 2013 and that Reward paid $33,000. The notice payment was expressly not an admission of guilt/liability. WA1’s annual report places Savich in a Reward corporate-development role, but reviewed records do not link him to the disclosure or notice. Employer-period event only. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. No individual responsibility established; no reviewed source links Savich to the disclosure decision. **Relevance:** Relevant bounded governance history; employment overlap is not personal misconduct. [Market Update: ASIC Infringement]() (Opening and response paragraphs); [WA1 Resources 2024 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.14, career/qualifications); [WA1 Resources 2025 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.12) ## Suitability for the current role ### Role relevance and evidenced background [wa1_paul_savich_fit] Background reviewed through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality WA1’s FY2025 annual report records a BCom, Master of Applied Finance and Chartered Accountants program; earlier corporate and compliance work at Echo Resources overlapped acquisition of Bronzewing and merger with Metaliko. Current title in the selected roster: Managing Director. This supports role relevance at a high level; the public evidence reviewed does not establish personal causal responsibility for employer or project outcomes. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment based on the selected roster and issuer-reported professional background; no causal claim is made. **Relevance:** Relevant to the current Managing Director responsibilities, subject to the evidence limitations recorded below. [WA1 Resources 2025 Annual Report]() (Directors’ Report p.12, Paul Savich biography) ## Evidence gaps - Exact dates for several prior positions remain unavailable in reviewed primary sources. - No comprehensive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or credential-register search was conducted; documented searches are not a clearance.