Dino Otranto

Career chronology

• Joined 2021; CEO appointed August 2023: Fortescue Ltd — CEO Metals and Operations; previously COO Iron Ore. FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E (Physical page 19 leadership biography)

• COO evidenced in 2019–2021; exact start and departure dates not verified: Vale Base Metals — COO, North Atlantic and Asian operations. Thompson community report 2018–2019 (Message from Dino Otranto); Fatal industrial incident at Vale (26 February 2021: role identification)

• Reported history through 2010s; exact dates not independently established: Worsley Alumina / BHP Billiton and South32 — Operations management; refinery general manager and vice president. Executive appointments (Page 2, executive appointment biography); Thompson community report 2018–2019 (Meet Dino Otranto biography)

Education and qualifications

Reported qualifications

FY2026 · issuer reported · low materiality

The company reports chemical engineering and chemistry degrees from Curtin and a graduate finance diploma; independent credential confirmation was not obtained.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography, not independently validated.

Relevance: Technical and finance background relevant to operating leadership.

FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E (Physical page 19)

Contributions and company outcomes

Operating performance with Iron Bridge shortfall

FY2026 · issuer reported · high materiality

The FY26 remuneration scorecard records hematite shipments of 192.3 Mt against 189 Mt target, but magnetite shipments of 9.0 Mt against 11 Mt target; Iron Bridge incurred an impairment and its Q4 unit cost was above target. These are company outcomes, not a controlled measure of the CEO’s individual contribution.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. This is a company-level event and leadership role overlap, not a finding that this executive committed the alleged conduct.

Relevance: Directly relevant to operating delivery and cost discipline.

FY26 annual report and Appendix 4E (Physical page 160 remuneration scorecard)

Industrial safety

Fatality at prior Vale project

2021 · documented · high materiality

A contractor died near the Vale Wabagishik Dam construction project in February 2021. Contemporaneous reporting names Otranto as Vale regional COO and quotes his response; police and the labour ministry investigated and a ministry inspector issued requirements. Final findings were not located.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. His regional executive role overlapped; no evidence establishes personal fault.

Relevance: Prior-employer safety context relevant to his present operations role.

Fatal industrial incident at Vale (26 February 2021 article)

Fortescue workplace claims and undertaking

2023–2026 · documented · high materiality

WorkSafe accepted an undertaking on alleged failures to supply information, completed in January 2026. A separate class action alleges sexual harassment at the company’s mine sites; the allegations are not proven findings. Fortescue says it completed mandatory training.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. This is a company-level event and leadership role overlap, not a finding that this executive committed the alleged conduct.

Relevance: Relevant to operational and psychosocial safety oversight.

Notice of WorkSafe Commissioner decision (Pages 1–2); Prosecution summaries and enforceable WHS undertakings (Fortescue listing); Women launch class action against Fortescue (Company response and claims)

Evidence gaps

• Final Ontario investigation and any proceedings for the 2021 incident were not located.

• Individual role in Iron Bridge outcomes and class action allegations is not established.

• Qualifications and full Vale chronology were not independently verified.

• The topic-specific searches are limited open-web searches; namesake matches, non-digitised records and undiscovered prior employers remain unverified.