Ben Donovan

Career chronology

• At least FY2025 through October 2026; appointment date unknown: Brazilian Critical Minerals — Company Secretary. FY2025 annual report (printed p.21); Notice of annual general meeting (p.5 signature)

• 28 November 2024–29 May 2025: Brazilian Critical Minerals — Non-executive director. FY2025 annual report (printed p.21)

• As reported 2023–2026; exact commencement unconfirmed: Argus Corporate Partners — Principal. Basin Energy 2023 annual report (printed p.12); FY2026 annual report (printed p.21)

• Prior to Argus; exact tenure unavailable: Australian Securities Exchange — Senior Adviser. FY2026 annual report (printed p.21)

Education and qualifications

Governance qualifications reported by BCM and Basin

2023–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCM reports commerce and finance qualifications and Governance Institute membership. Basin’s 2023 annual report also describes him as a chartered secretary and associate member. The institutions and present membership were not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer reports are not verification from a professional body.

Relevance: Relevant governance skills but subject to credential checks.

FY2026 annual report (printed p.21, company secretary); Basin Energy 2023 annual report (printed p.12, Donovan biography)

Governance and interests

Disclosed Argus fees during former director term

28 November 2024–29 May 2025 · issuer reported · medium materiality

BCM’s FY2025 annual report says Argus Corporate Partners, an entity related to Donovan, received A$30,000 for company-secretarial services during the period he was a director from 28 November 2024 to 29 May 2025. BCM said the transactions were on normal commercial terms. The disclosure is not evidence of improper conduct.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Directorship and related-party fees are company-disclosed; no conflict breach or improper fee is established.

Relevance: Related-party disclosure provides context for governance oversight.

FY2025 annual report (directors report p.21 and related-party transactions note)

Suitability for the current role

Company-secretarial experience spans multiple issuers

2023–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

BCM and Basin disclose Donovan’s company secretary roles and BCM reports prior ASX senior-adviser experience. His concurrent outside mandates create a time-capacity consideration; no governance failure is established by the number of roles.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Comparative capacity is an analytical consideration, not a documented failure.

Relevance: Relevant to disclosure and listing-rule administration.

FY2026 annual report (printed p.21, company secretary); Basin Energy 2023 annual report (printed p.12, company secretary)

Evidence gaps

• BCM secretary appointment date and full current outside mandate list unconfirmed.

• Independent degree and current professional membership verification unavailable.

• Individual contributions to company outcomes and actual time commitment not quantified.