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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Dylan Browne

CFO and Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Early career; no dates or firm named: Large international accounting firm — Accountant; firm not named by Berkeley. Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

  • Prior to Berkeley; exact dates/role sequence not stated in current issuer report: Papillon Resources Limited — Company-secretarial / finance role. Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

  • Listing completed in 2015; exact employment dates not stated: GreenX Metals Limited — Company secretary; oversaw LSE and Warsaw listings. Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

  • Concurrent listed-company secretary roles; exact dates not stated: Sovereign Metals Limited and other listed resources companies — Company secretary / finance services. Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

  • Company secretary appointed 29 October 2015; current at FY2026 report: Berkeley Energia Limited — CFO and Company Secretary. Directors & Management (Directors’ Report biography / current management page; see source locator)

Contributions and company outcomes

Exchange listings and corporate secretarial work

2015 and Berkeley listing period · issuer reported · low materiality

Berkeley’s FY2026 annual report credits Browne with successfully listing GreenX on the LSE Main Board and Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2015, and overseeing Berkeley’s LSE and Spanish-market listings. These are issuer-reported transactions; no independent evidence of Browne’s specific work product or of value created for Berkeley shareholders was located.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The annual report expressly connects Browne to the listing work; no broader investment performance is inferred.

Relevance: Relevant to listed-company disclosure and finance governance duties.

Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, Dylan Browne biography, printed p. 15)

Litigation and enforcement

Salamanca permitting and arbitration remain unresolved

2021–2027 (arbitration unresolved at cutoff) · documented · medium materiality

FY2026 company report describes material regulatory and litigation uncertainty: key permits have been rejected or annulled, the project cannot proceed to construction without required licences, and Berkeley’s US$1.25bn ICSID claim remains unresolved with a jurisdiction hearing scheduled for mid-2027. Browne is CFO and company secretary and has long tenure, but neither sources reviewed nor the annual report attributes the government decisions or project legal dispute to him personally.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His CFO/secretary role overlaps corporate reporting and governance, but no personal involvement in permit decisions or claim conduct is documented.

Relevance: Material financial and disclosure context for a long-tenured CFO/company secretary; not a personal misconduct finding.

Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, litigation and permits risks, printed pp. 9–11); Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, Browne biography, printed p. 15)

Suitability for the current role

Role fit remains only partly evidenced

Current appointment through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality

FY2026 annual report states B.Com, Chartered Accountant and Associate Member of Governance Institute of Australia (Chartered Secretary). Exact university/degree specialization and direct register verification were not in reviewed sources. Role-fit inference: relevant disclosed experience for CFO and Company Secretary is supported; professional background does not negate separately documented governance findings or establish successful production.

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

Relevance: Relevant to current CFO and Company Secretary duties at Berkeley Energia Limited.

Annual Report 2026 (Directors’ Report, individual biography and qualifications, printed p. 14–15)

Evidence gaps

  • Exact dates and independent corroboration of several pre-Berkeley employer roles are not provided in the cited biographies.

  • Academic credentials and professional memberships are issuer-reported and were not independently verified with institutions or registers.

  • The open-web and regulatory/court queries logged here are scoped research, not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, credential or reference checks.

  • The Salamanca project’s permit status and arbitration remain unresolved at the 9 October 2026 cutoff; no arbitration award or final resolution of the permitting dispute was located.

  • Company outcomes and role overlap are not proof of individual causation; the sanctioned conduct is specifically limited to Bellón and the CNMV decision.