Aaron Gates

Career chronology

• Current at roster date 2026-09-26: Black Cat Syndicate Limited — Joint Company Secretary. Black Cat Syndicate – About and management (Executive roster / management listing; Aaron Gates — Joint Company Secretary)

• Current; began Black Cat joint company secretary appointment 2026-06-26: Automic Group — Company secretarial and financial services professional. Black Cat appoints Aaron Gates as Joint Company Secretary, Daniel Travers Resigns (Black Cat appointment report); Black Cat Syndicate About and Management / Whistle Blower Policy (Issuer Whistle Blower Policy)

• 2024-08 onward; end date not established: Chariot Corporation Limited — Joint Company Secretary. Change of Company Secretary and Registered Office (Change of Company Secretary announcement)

• 15+ years prior to 2024; individual issuers and dates not fully listed: Listed companies / public practice — CFO and company secretary; audit and corporate-finance roles. Change of Company Secretary and Registered Office (Appointment announcement, career and qualifications)

Education and qualifications

Accounting, corporate-law and governance credentials disclosed

By 2024-08-30 · issuer reported · low materiality

Chariot’s ASX appointment notice states Gates holds a Curtin Bachelor of Commerce in accounting and business law, is a Chartered Accountant, and completed a Diploma of Corporate Governance. No direct professional-register or university check was performed.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Credentials are stated in an issuer appointment release; independent verification was not performed.

Relevance: Relevant to company-secretarial, financial administration and whistleblower administration responsibilities.

Change of Company Secretary and Registered Office (Change of Company Secretary, 30 August 2024, p. 1)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-11-02 · analyst inference · low materiality

The issuer and selected V8.1 roster identify Gates as Joint Company Secretary; the FY26 Annual Report lists him in the corporate directory. No dated post-10 October source identifies a new role or board appointment. This confirms current role context without establishing additional individual outcomes.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical role-fit assessment; it does not allege responsibility for outcomes.

Relevance: Relevant to current Joint Company Secretary duties at Black Cat Syndicate Limited.

Change of Company Secretary and Registered Office (Chariot change-of-company-secretary announcement, pp. 1–2); Black Cat appoints Aaron Gates as Joint Company Secretary, Daniel Travers Resigns (Black Cat appointment report, 26 June 2026); Black Cat Syndicate About and Management / Whistle Blower Policy (Issuer whistleblower policy; externally engaged secretary named Whistle Blower Officer); 2026 Annual Report (Page 135; corporate directory)

Evidence gaps

• No exhaustive individual criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental or regulatory record search was performed; logged open-web checks are limited and are not a clearance.

• Career dates are incomplete where cited issuer biographies give experience but no exact start/end dates; the listed chronology is not a complete CV.

• No exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety, environmental, or professional-registration search was conducted. The topic logs describe only documented public search scope.

• Employer outcomes are attributed to an individual only where the source explicitly connects that person to the action or responsibility.