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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Kaveen Bachoo

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

  • Appointed 28 Apr 2026; current at cutoff: Cobre Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Cobre Limited Annual Report 2025 (FY2025 annual report predates appointment); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Kaveen Bachoo profile)

  • Since 2021; end date not independently verified: Nathan River Resources — Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer. Kaveen Bachoo profile (Research profile); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Career profile and 2021 appointment notice)

  • 2006–2020 based on Business News Australia role chronology; exact overlaps/titles not independently reconciled: Glencore / Xstrata — Senior finance roles including CFO, Australian zinc business. Kaveen Bachoo profile (Positions: 2006–2020); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Research profile)

  • Since 2017 according to institute profile: Australian Institute of Business — Lecturer, Finance Discipline. Kaveen Bachoo profile (Academic staff profile)

Education and qualifications

Finance qualifications and CPA fellowship reported

As reported by 2021–2026 · issuer reported · medium materiality

Business News Australia reports a BCom (Honours), MBA, INSEAD Graduate Certificate in Management and Fellow of CPA Australia; AIB confirms BCom (Hons), MBA, FCPA and global-management qualification. Individual credentials were not checked directly with universities or CPA Australia.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The sources identify professional and academic credentials, but no primary credential verification was performed.

Relevance: Relevant to CFO responsibilities.

Kaveen Bachoo profile (Profile and qualifications); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Academic staff profile)

Personal achievements

Finance leadership across major mining operators and mine life cycle

2006–2021+ · issuer reported · medium materiality

AIB reports senior finance roles at BHP, Xstrata and Glencore and experience spanning greenfield start-up, brownfield expansion, M&A, optimisation and closure; Business News Australia’s 2021 profile says he led finance for Glencore’s Australian zinc business before becoming Nathan River CFO. These are profile statements, not quantified personal outcomes.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Sources identify roles and remit, but do not isolate Bachoo’s contribution to employer results.

Relevance: Relevant breadth for project finance, cost control and a junior explorer transitioning toward operations.

Kaveen Bachoo profile (Research profile); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Profile and role history)

Suitability for the current role

Senior mining finance chronology supports CFO fit

2006–2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

His disclosed finance work spans BHP, Glencore and Nathan River, alongside teaching finance/governance. Role dates are partly profile-derived and the reviewed record does not establish Cobre-specific results since his April 2026 appointment.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role suitability is inferred from disclosed senior finance remit and reported qualifications.

Relevance: Directly relevant to financial controls and capital management; Cobre impact is too recent to assess.

Kaveen Bachoo profile (Academic staff profile); Kaveen Bachoo profile (Profile and role history)

Evidence gaps

  • Cobre appointment is recent; no attributable company outcome can yet be assessed.

  • Exact role dates and chronology before 2010 are not independently corroborated.

  • Degrees, MBA and CPA status rely on professional profiles, not direct credential-register verification.

  • Searches did not establish personal adverse outcomes; criminal, court, ASIC, sanctions and CPA disciplinary sources were not comprehensively searched.