# Paul Godfrey Joint Company Secretary ## Career chronology - **Effective 6 September 2021; current in selected roster: West Wits Mining** — Joint Company Secretary. [West Wits quarterly report ending 30 September 2021]() (career/role passage); [West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022]() (career/role passage) - **Reported in 2022 annual report; start date unstated: QR Lawyers** — Senior Associate; corporate and commercial law. [West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022]() (career/role passage) - **Concurrent in 2022; later status unverified: First Au Limited** — Company Secretary. [West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022]() (career/role passage) ## Industrial safety ### Company safety event during secretarial tenure [wwi_godfrey_safety_context] June-September 2026 · documented · low materiality A contractor employee died in a June 2026 Qala mud rush; a DMPR investigation was reported underway. Godfrey’s assigned role is Joint Company Secretary; no source connects him to operations or the incident. **Attribution:** Employer context; no individual link established. The fatality occurred during his company-secretarial tenure; no personal responsibility is established. **Relevance:** Company-level context only; limited role relevance. [Accident at Qala Shallows causes death of contracting employee]() (lines 61-66); [Board & Executive Team, May 2026 investor presentation]() (May 2026 presentation, Joint Company Secretary title) ## Suitability for the current role ### Company-secretarial and corporate-law experience [wwi_godfrey_fit] 2021-2022 documented chronology · analyst inference · medium materiality The 2022 annual-report biography identifies Godfrey as a QR Lawyers Senior Associate practising corporate and commercial law, and company secretary of First Au at that time. A 2021 quarterly report records his West Wits Joint Company Secretary appointment effective 6 September 2021. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Role history and practice profile are issuer-reported; admission and later concurrent roles were not independently verified. **Relevance:** Relevant to secretarial duties; little role-specific outcome evidence is available. [West Wits quarterly report ending 30 September 2021]() (2021 quarterly report, corporate section); [West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022]() (2022 Annual Report, Directors’ Report: Godfrey entry) ## Evidence gaps - 2022 annual-report biography does not establish later career changes or current external appointments. - Law admission and later concurrent roles were not independently checked. - Open-web searches are not exhaustive adverse-record or credential checks.