Full background report
Kiah Grafton
Chief People, Communications and Sustainability Officer
Career chronology
- 2017–present: IMDEX — Chief People, Communications and Sustainability Officer. IMDEX FY26 annual report (Physical page 28, Kiah Grafton biography); 2026 AGM presentation and trading update (Physical page 28, executive leadership)
Education and qualifications
Reported education and professional training
At FY26 reporting · issuer reported · low materiality
The issuer reports Edith Cowan University Bachelor of Business in HR and management; executive courses. These credentials and current membership status were not independently checked.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Issuer biography; not independently verified.
Relevance: Shows reported training relevant to the role.
IMDEX FY26 annual report (Physical page 28, Kiah Grafton biography)
Industrial safety
FY26 company safety reporting
FY25–FY26 · issuer reported · medium materiality
The FY26 annual report says total recordable injury frequency decreased to 1.09 from 1.18 in FY25 and lost-time injury frequency was zero in FY26. This is the company’s account, and the underlying incident records were not independently reviewed.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The officer held a leadership position during the reported period, without evidence of personal fault or of a particular intervention.
Relevance: Safety and operating oversight are relevant to the team.
IMDEX FY26 annual report (Physical page 18, chairman’s safety and wellbeing statement)
Suitability for the current role
Relevant experience for current role
2017–present · analyst inference · medium materiality
Joined as Asia Pacific HR manager in 2017, becoming Chief of People in 2021; leads people, communications and sustainability. The fit to the present mandate is an analyst inference; the underlying chronology is mainly company-reported.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. A role-fit judgment, not an independently measured individual outcome.
Relevance: Relevant to the assigned leadership responsibilities.
IMDEX FY26 annual report (Physical page 28, Kiah Grafton biography); 2026 AGM presentation and trading update (Physical page 28, executive leadership)
Evidence gaps
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Independent verification of education, credentials and professional memberships is incomplete.
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Complete prior-employer dates, role-specific outcomes and primary regulator/court records were not established.
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The targeted open-web search is not exhaustive and does not establish absence of adverse records.