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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Elle Farris

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Career chronology

Education and qualifications

Law and arts degrees corroborated

2016–2017 · documented · medium materiality

A 2017 Curtin University conference biography reports a UWA law degree with distinction and a UWA arts degree, completed in November 2016; Develop also reports both degrees.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Conference biography corroborates issuer reporting; not a university registrar check.

Relevance: Relevant to the general counsel role.

Property law conference speaker biographies (Elle Farris biography); Develop 2026 annual report (printed pp.20–22, 48–49 and note 24)

Contributions and company outcomes

Farris named in financing team

June 2026 · self reported · medium materiality

Perry describes working alongside Farris and Beament on the June 2026 Trafigura funding and offtake arrangements. His individual account does not independently quantify her role or establish eventual project returns.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Self-report names Farris as a collaborator; transaction outcomes depend on many parties.

Relevance: Relevant transaction and legal experience.

Fraser Perry on Trafigura transaction (opening post)

Governance and interests

Conflicting dates for appointment

2023 · documented · medium materiality

The 18 May 2023 appointment announcement said Farris would be general counsel and company secretary from 26 June. Develop’s 2026 annual report dates general counsel from 12 June and company secretary from 2 October; its October 2023 quarterly says she replaced Steven Wood as sole secretary on 2 October.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Issuer sources conflict on dates; the quarterly explicitly identifies the sole-secretary transition.

Relevance: Important chronology for role and oversight.

Appointment of general counsel and company secretary (p.1); Quarterly activities report September 2023 (p.6); Develop 2026 annual report (printed pp.20–22, 48–49 and note 24)

Suitability for the current role

Legal and disclosure experience

2026 assessment · analyst inference · medium materiality

Her former Newmont corporate counsel and Develop governance responsibilities are relevant to listed company operations, although specific personal legal outcomes are not independently quantified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analytical assessment using sourced roles.

Relevance: Relevant to listed-company legal and board advice.

Appointment of general counsel and company secretary (p.1); Develop 2026 annual report (printed pp.20–22, 48–49 and note 24)

Evidence gaps

  • Issuer sources conflict on her June 2023 commencement; 2 October sole-secretary transition is separately documented.

  • Current professional practising certificate and complete prior-employment dates were not independently confirmed.

  • Broad name-and-employer searches were reused across adverse topics; dedicated individual checks across each regulator, court and past employer were not completed.