Full background report
Aurelien Douyere
Chief Financial Officer
Career chronology
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Immediately before Asara; dates not disclosed: Sahara Natural Resources — Chief Financial Officer. Asara appoints a Chief Financial Officer (prior role)
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From 18 May 2026; current: Asara Resources — Chief Financial Officer. Asara appoints a Chief Financial Officer (appointment effective date); About / Proven Team (CFO biography)
Contributions and company outcomes
Kada resource and exploration growth under current team
2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality
Asara’s 2026 filings report a 923 koz resource at Massan/Kada and active drilling; a 2026 quarter describes substantial resource growth and a A$60m placement supporting further exploration. The team’s roles overlap company progress, but personal responsibility is not isolated.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. These company outcomes overlap tenure for current management, where tenure is known; individual contribution is not separately established.
Relevance: Relevant to exploration-stage execution; no operating mine or production outcome yet.
Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter resource/drilling and funding update); Corporate Presentation (Kada project/team)
Business failures and setbacks
Exploration-stage funding dependence; no producing mine
2025–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality
Asara’s 2025 report describes an exploration entity with no operating cash flow and dependence on external financing. Subsequent A$60m financing materially supports continued work. This is a stage/funding risk, not evidence of executive misconduct.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company financial condition overlaps management but does not establish individual failure or poor capital allocation.
Relevance: Relevant to stewardship and conversion of resources into a financeable project.
2025 Annual Report (material business risks, funding and cashflow); Quarterly Activities & Cashflow Report – June 2026 (June quarter financing and activities)
Suitability for the current role
Professional background and role relevance
Career record to cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality
Asara’s 18 May 2026 appointment announcement identifies Douyere as a CPA with 15+ years in senior finance roles and names him as CFO of Sahara Natural Resources immediately before Asara. Asara’s profile describes finance transformation, business improvement, operations, control/system implementation and English/French fluency. The reviewed public material does not provide dated role chronology, specific audited outcomes, or independent confirmation of prior titles.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Sources provide selected background details, mostly issuer-reported; independent corroboration is incomplete.
Relevance: Experience and qualifications are relevant to the current functional remit, with evidence limitations.
Asara appoints a Chief Financial Officer (appointment announcement, background and prior Sahara CFO role); About / Proven Team (Aurelien Douyere biography; finance remit and languages)
Evidence gaps
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Several management roles lack appointment dates and full biographies in dated filings.
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Open-source review is not an exhaustive background, credentials, sanctions, litigation or regulator-record check.
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Guinea safety/environmental and community evidence is mainly issuer-reported in sources reviewed.
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Prior CFO tenure and individual finance outcomes at Sahara Natural Resources are not dated or independently corroborated in the reviewed public sources.