Full background report

Annaliese Eames

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Career chronology

Appointed 22 October 2026; current at cutoff: Arafura Rare Earths Limited — General Counsel and Company Secretary. Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change (Page 1; role and effective date); Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for period ending 30 September 2026 (Page 2; authorising company secretary)
Appointed effective 30 January 2023; prior role: Australian Strategic Materials Limited — General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary (Appointment effective date); Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change (Page 1; preceding role)
Immediately before ASM appointment, per ASM release; dates not disclosed: BHP — Managing Counsel. Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary (Page 1; prior role)
Arafura announcement identifies prior roles; exact titles and dates not disclosed: Epiroc, Barminco and AMEC — Legal/commercial roles. Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change (Page 1; career summary)

Education and qualifications

Law degree reported in prior-company annual report

By 2023-09-29 · issuer reported · low materiality

ASM's 2023 annual report lists Eames as LLB (Law), General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary. This is a company disclosure; independent university verification was not performed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The qualification is issuer-reported and not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant to the current general-counsel and company-secretary roles.

Australian Strategic Materials Annual Financial Report 2023 (Corporate directory / KMP disclosure; LLB (Law))

Suitability for the current role

Legal, commercial and company-secretarial experience is relevant; Arafura tenure is very recent

2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

Arafura's October 2026 appointment notice describes more than 20 years of legal, commercial, strategic and governance experience, including ASM, BHP, Epiroc, Barminco and AMEC. ASM's appointment release confirms a prior General Counsel/Joint Company Secretary role and managing-counsel experience at BHP. This background fits the current legal and governance remit, but her Arafura appointment began only 22 October, so no Arafura outcome is yet attributable.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit assessment, not an allegation or a finding about governance outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to legal oversight, disclosure and company-secretarial execution.

Appointment of Chair and Company Secretary Change (Page 1; experience and current appointment); Appointment of General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary (Page 1; ASM appointment and BHP background); Australian Strategic Materials Annual Financial Report 2023 (Corporate directory; LLB and role)

Evidence gaps

Arafura tenure is very recent; the report assesses role fit rather than delivery outcomes.
Exact dates and titles for several roles before ASM are not disclosed.
Education and experience are based on company disclosures, not independent credential or employment-reference checks.
Adverse-record searches were focused and limited; no clearance is implied.