Full background report

Chris Bath

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

Current at 31 October 2026: Atomic Eagle Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Appointment of chief financial officer (p. 1, appointment effective date); Board and Management (Management roster)
June 2016–at least May 2018: Tap Oil Limited — Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Tap Oil response to Risco takeover offer, 15 May 2018 (p. 31, executive biography)
24 October 2014–24 May 2016: Oilex Limited — Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Appointment of Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary (21 October appointment, effective 24 October); Executive management changes (p. 1, immediate resignation)
CFO from October 2012; company secretary from 1 November 2012; resigned by 11 July 2014: Buru Energy — Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. 2013 annual report (p. 22, management review); Appointment of company secretary (p. 1, successor after resignation)
Dates not established; roles in Singapore and Jakarta reported: Noble Group — Deputy CFO Asia Pacific; Global Controller Energy Coal & Carbon; CFO Indonesia. Tap Oil response to Risco takeover offer, 15 May 2018 (p. 31, executive biography)
Dates not established: PT Petrosea Tbk — Chief Financial Officer. Tap Oil response to Risco takeover offer, 15 May 2018 (p. 31, executive biography)

Education and qualifications

Accounting and chartered-accountancy qualifications

Reported by 15 May 2018 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Tap Oil’s 2018 filing identifies Bath as a Chartered Accountant, AICD member and holder of a Bachelor of Business (Accounting).

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a disclosed qualification; primary degree and membership registers were not independently reviewed.

Relevance: Relevant to CFO reporting, controls and capital-management responsibilities.

Tap Oil response to Risco takeover offer, 15 May 2018 (p. 31, executive biography)

Suitability for the current role

Broad listed-resource finance experience

Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Analyst inference: disclosed CFO/CoSec roles at Oilex, Buru and Tap, finance posts with Noble Group and PT Petrosea, and current CFO appointment support functional relevance to Atomic Eagle’s ASX-listed resource company finance role. Tenure-level employer outcomes and audit-level performance evidence remain limited.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Prior titles establish experience, not a claim of successful or deficient performance.

Relevance: Relevant finance, reporting, capital-raising and governance background.

Tap Oil response to Risco takeover offer, 15 May 2018 (p. 31, executive biography); Appointment of Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary (appointment); Annual Report for year ended 31 December 2025 (CFO appointment)

Evidence gaps

Exact day of Buru CFO appointment in October 2012 and day of his resignation by 11 July 2014 are unknown; Noble Group and PT Petrosea role dates and individual outcome evidence were not established.
Current CFO appointment is effective 1 January 2026; Abby Macnish Niven remained secretary at that time but resigned on 16 October. No individual audit-quality or control assessment was found.
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