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2026-11-06

← AEM management

Full background report

Alexis Clark

Chief Financial Officer; Company Secretary

Career chronology

Education and qualifications

Commerce, economics, CA and CFA qualifications reported

Education; current at cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

AEM reports Clark holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide and Chartered Accountant and CFA qualifications. The qualifications are issuer-reported; no independent registrar confirmation is included here.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. No external credential verification was completed.

Relevance: Directly relevant to CFO responsibilities.

Management | Alexis Clark (biography); AEM Ltd 31 December 2025 Annual Report (p.25, CFO biography)

Contributions and company outcomes

AEM’s H1 2026 revenue increased, but earnings remained negative

Six months to 30 June 2026; H2 outlook at 21 September · issuer reported · low materiality

AEM’s half-year filing reports HPA sales of 12.5 tonnes and A$459,518 revenue, up 84.9% from the prior corresponding period, alongside a A$13.42 million net loss. The September presentation forecasts 40–60 tonnes of H2 sales, not yet an achieved result at cutoff. Results are company-reported and are not attributed to Clark individually.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Clark was CFO and Company Secretary during the reporting period; the sources do not link Clark personally to operating or financial outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to financial reporting and the ability to scale revenues and control costs.

Advanced Engineered Materials Limited Interim Report for the Half Year 2026 (directors’ report, p.4; financial statements, p.12); Investor Presentation Roadshow September 2026 (slide 24)

Business failures and setbacks

AOW was delisted after prolonged suspension and subsequent reporting failures

May 2019 to May 2020 · documented · low materiality

ASX removed AOW from its official list on 1 May 2020 under Listing Rule 17.12 after its securities had been suspended for an unacceptably long period. Clark had resigned in May 2019. The company outcome is not attributed personally to Clark.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The delisting followed Clark’s departure; no individual link was established from the reviewed issuer and ASX notices.

Relevance: Material company failure during a prior employer’s later period; relevant only as employment context.

American Patriot Oil & Gas Limited (ASX:AOW) – Removal from Official List (pp.1, removal notice); American Patriot Oil & Gas Limited Announces Executive and Board Changes (resignation notice)

Governance and interests

AOW board alleged Clark acted in a 2018 rights-issue arrangement

2018 rights issue; board statement 29 November 2019 · alleged · medium materiality

In its 29 November 2019 ASX announcement, AOW’s board alleged that Clark, acting for AOW, varied the 2018 rights-issue underwriting obligations and that shares were transferred at Clark’s direction. The board said it was investigating the arrangement’s legality and would advise authorities if it constituted a securities-law breach. The announcement separately reported a company settlement and repayment obligations; it is not a court or regulator finding of personal misconduct. The outcome of the stated investigation or any referral could not be verified.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The AOW board named Clark in its account; the disclosed allegations have not been independently adjudicated in the reviewed sources.

Relevance: Material to a CFO and company secretary assessment because the account concerns securities arrangements. The allegation is not proof of misconduct, and the later outcome is unverified.

AOW Corporate Update: dispute resolution (p.3, rights issue, board allegations and settlement)

ASIC required company-level correction of earlier AOW reporting

2014–2015 financial reports; ASIC release 2015 · documented · low materiality

ASIC reported that AOW corrected prior-period capital-raising cost, borrowing-classification and related-party disclosure errors after ASIC surveillance in 2015. The release does not mention Clark or attribute the errors to him; it is included only as an AOW reporting-control context during his broader CEO tenure.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company reporting errors overlapped Clark’s AOW tenure, but no individual responsibility or enforcement against him is documented in the ASIC release.

Relevance: Relevant background for assessing a finance executive, with attribution deliberately limited to the company.

American Patriot Oil & Gas Limited corrects errors and related party disclosures (media release, paragraphs 1–4)

Suitability for the current role

Financial-market and reporting experience is relevant; prior AOW governance issue warrants context

Current AEM role at 31 October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Analyst inference: Clark’s reported finance, equity research, structured-finance, CA and CFA experience is relevant to CFO and Company Secretary work. An AOW board statement alleges Clark’s involvement in a 2018 securities arrangement and reports a company settlement; those allegations are not a finding of personal misconduct. The later regulatory outcome remains unverified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is an evidence-based judgment, not a trustworthiness conclusion.

Relevance: The CFO/Company Secretary handles reporting, financing and disclosure controls; prior issuer reporting issues merit careful separation of personal and company responsibility.

Management | Alexis Clark (biography); AOW Corporate Update: dispute resolution (pp.1–3)

Evidence gaps

  • The underlying correspondence, forensic banking evidence, and complete investigation file behind AOW’s 2019 board statement were not available in the reviewed public record.

  • AOW’s 2015 reporting corrections are company-level and the ASIC release does not name Clark.

  • Open-web searches documented here are not an exhaustive court, regulator, sanctions, criminal-record, reference or credential check.

  • The outcome of AOW’s stated investigation and any referral to securities authorities concerning the 2018 rights issue remains unverified. A 2022 NSW Supreme Court judgment was indexed, but direct access to the reproduction timed out; no resolution or personal finding is inferred from search snippets.