# Jessica O'Hara Company Secretary and Group Legal Counsel ## Career chronology - **Group Legal Counsel before appointment as Company Secretary effective 30 September 2026; current at cutoff.: Wia Gold Limited** — Company Secretary and Group Legal Counsel. [Board and Company Secretary Changes]() (p. 2); [Corporate leadership biographies]() (Current biography) - **Joined as legal counsel August 2021; joint Secretary from 6 December 2021 and sole Secretary from 31 January 2022; continued into 2023 reporting.: OreCorp Limited** — Legal Counsel; Joint then sole Company Secretary. [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2022]() (Company Secretary section); [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2023]() (Company Secretary biography) - **Prior senior legal roles, exact dates/sequence not stated.: Clayton Utz and Allen & Overy** — Senior corporate-law roles. [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2022]() (Legal background) - **Governance page lists appointment in July 2025.: John XXIII College** — Council Member; Finance and Risk Committee member. [Governance]() (Governance page) ## Education and qualifications ### LLB and Bachelor of Commerce reported by OreCorp [wia_jessica_education] 2022 disclosure · issuer reported · low materiality OreCorp's annual report identifies Jessica O'Hara's qualifications as LLB and BCom; it does not give awarding institutions and no independent credential check was completed. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. OreCorp records the qualifications, without external verification. **Relevance:** Relevant to Company Secretary and legal-counsel work. [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2022]() (Company Secretary section, qualifications) ## Governance and interests ### Company Secretary succession effective 30 September 2026 [wia_jessica_transition] 30 September 2026 · documented · low materiality WIA appointed Jessica O'Hara, then Group Legal Counsel, as Company Secretary effective 30 September 2026, succeeding Joanna Kiernan. This documents the role transition, not individual performance. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. Issuer notice records appointment and succession; no performance inference is drawn. **Relevance:** Relevant to current governance coverage. [Board and Company Secretary Changes]() (p. 2) ### External school council and Finance and Risk Committee role [wia_jessica_board] Current public listing · documented · low materiality John XXIII College's governance page lists Jessica O'Hara as a Council Member appointed July 2025 and a Finance and Risk Committee member. No conflict or adverse outcome is identified. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The institution lists the external role; no conflict is established. **Relevance:** Relevant context for external governance commitments. [Governance]() (Governance page, Council and Finance and Risk Committee) ## Suitability for the current role ### Corporate-law and listed-mining governance background [wia_jessica_fit] Through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality The roster lists Jessica O'Hara as Company Secretary and Group Legal Counsel. OreCorp records prior senior legal roles at Clayton Utz and Allen & Overy, in-house legal experience and Company Secretary service; WIA describes 20+ years in legal/secretarial roles. Exact earlier dates are not established. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Assessment from issuer/employer reports and selected roster, not a full employment audit. **Relevance:** Relevant governance background; WIA company-secretary tenure is short. [Corporate leadership biographies]() (Jessica O'Hara biography); [Board and Company Secretary Changes]() (Prior Group Legal Counsel title); [Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2022]() (p. 14) ## Evidence gaps - Exact dates for private-practice roles are unavailable; LLB/BCom are issuer-reported and not independently checked. - WIA Company Secretary tenure was about one month at cutoff, limiting evidence of role outcomes. - No exhaustive legal, criminal, sanctions or professional-register search.