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2026-11-06

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Full background report

Anastasios (Taso) Arima

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

IperionX reported powder-production and capacity validation progress

Quarter ended 2026-09-30 · issuer reported · medium materiality

For the September 2026 quarter, IperionX reported 8.7 tonnes of titanium powder production, 19 tonnes of finished inventory and validated HAMR furnace capacity above the 200 tpa target annualized run-rate. The report says downstream customer qualification and commercial execution remain priorities.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The company reported the result while Arima was CEO/Managing Director; no individual contribution is separately assigned.

Relevance: Relevant to assessing current operating execution, while customer qualification and commercial performance remain ongoing.

September 2026 Quarterly Report (Highlights, operations – titanium powder manufacturing)

Litigation and enforcement

Piedmont shareholder litigation overlapped with part of Arima’s director tenure

Claims concerned statements from 2018–2021; dismissals in 2024 · alleged · medium materiality

Piedmont disclosed a securities class action alleging misleading statements about permit timing/status and derivative actions alleging fiduciary-duty breaches against certain officers/directors. The company reported that the class action was dismissed on 18 January 2024 and that the derivative suits were dismissed with prejudice in March 2024. Arima’s Piedmont director tenure ended in June 2021, overlapping the disclosed statement period. The reviewed disclosures do not establish that Arima was individually named or responsible.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The matter concerns allegations and company-level proceedings, not a finding against Arima; no individual conduct is attributed.

Relevance: Relevant to governance review because of role overlap, with material limitation that personal involvement is not established and claims were dismissed.

Form 20-F for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (Director tenure table); Quarterly Report for quarter ended September 30, 2024 (Legal proceedings; claim period and reported dismissals)

Suitability for the current role

Founder and critical-materials development experience

Career through 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality

IperionX reports that Arima founded the company, has more than 16 years in founding and developing critical-materials companies, and was a Piedmont Lithium founder/director. The issuer reports a Bachelor of Commerce from UWA; it says he studied Engineering but does not state that he completed that degree.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is issuer-reported biography and education, not independent verification or proof of project delivery.

Relevance: Relevant to company formation, financing and critical-materials development; the record does not quantify his individual contribution to prior project outcomes.

Form 20-F for fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 (Item 6.A, p.78, biography); Form 20-F for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (Director biography and tenure)

Evidence gaps

  • Career dates and reported qualifications are not independently verified; broad employer history and project-specific individual contributions remain incomplete.

  • Targeted public-index searches and selected issuer filings are not an exhaustive court, ASIC, SEC enforcement, safety or employment-record check. No person should be treated as cleared.

  • Piedmont litigation allegations overlapped with part of Arima’s documented director tenure. The reviewed company filings describe dismissal outcomes but do not establish whether he was personally named or responsible.