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2026-11-06
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Kore Potash plc

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Last 2026-11-05
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People, delivery and responsibility

Management background checks

Evidence through 2026-10-09

Research assessment

Executive team

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The team has functional experience relevant to its company’s current stage, but the public record reviewed provides uneven evidence of personal contributions. The assessment weighs documented company delivery, individual role fit, and specific legal/environmental matters without treating company outcomes or unresolved allegations as personal misconduct.

Decision-relevant facts

Material summary

Individual involvement and employer context shown separately

André Baya

Chief Executive Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional fit for Chief Executive Officer

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Responsibility not applicable · Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Half Year Report June 2026 · Current executive roster
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kola project remains dependent on financing and transaction outcomes

By the 30 June 2026 half-year report, Kola had not reached financial close or construction, and the formal sale process still had two parties engaged. The report’s cash forecast turned negative in June 2027 without new funds. This records project and funding execution risk, not individual misconduct; Baya and Maruta hold CEO/CFO roles during this period.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The executives’ roles overlap the unresolved project-financing milestones; the report does not attribute delay or financing outcome to either individual.

Evidence gaps · 1
  • Exact dates, degrees, and independent verification of earlier employers and project roles were not located in the reviewed public profiles.

Full background report

André Baya

Chief Executive Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The 2026 half-year report records progress in the formal sale process and continued development/financing work; neither project financing close nor construction completion had occurred by the reporting date.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17)

Business failures and setbacks

Kola project remains dependent on financing and transaction outcomes

2026-06 · issuer reported · medium materiality

By the 30 June 2026 half-year report, Kola had not reached financial close or construction, and the formal sale process still had two parties engaged. The report’s cash forecast turned negative in June 2027 without new funds. This records project and funding execution risk, not individual misconduct; Baya and Maruta hold CEO/CFO roles during this period.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executives’ roles overlap the unresolved project-financing milestones; the report does not attribute delay or financing outcome to either individual.

Relevance: The key CEO/CFO execution and capital-management exposure.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17)

Litigation and enforcement

2022 Republic of Congo employee arrests and ministerial letter preceded Baya’s tenure

October–December 2022 · issuer reported · low materiality

Kore disclosed that two senior company employees were arrested and then released without charge; neither employees nor company were told the reason. The Mines Minister also expressed concern about subsidiary administration and delays in Kola financing. Kore replied on November 11, commissioned two independent reviews of subsidiary administration, and met the Minister on December 17, after which the Minister thanked the company and expressed continued government support. Baya was appointed CEO on April 15, 2024, so this event predates his tenure and does not establish personal responsibility. The latest reviewed 2025/2026 filings describe continuing project development and financing discussions; no later company disclosure of this 2022 dispute was located.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. Company-level legal and government-relations matter; no personal connection to Baya and no charges against the employees were disclosed.

Relevance: Historical host-government relationship risk for CEO oversight in the Republic of Congo; the incident predated his appointment.

Review of Operations for Quarter ended 31 Dec 2022 (paras. 46–47, 74–84; release without charge, ministerial correspondence, company response and December meeting); Annual Report 2025 (CEO appointment date, governance roster; appointment effective 15 April 2024); Half Year Report June 2026 (2026 half-year report, project and government status)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Chief Executive Officer

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Half Year Report June 2026 (Current executive roster); Half Year Report June 2026 (p. 2)

Evidence gaps

  • Exact dates, degrees, and independent verification of earlier employers and project roles were not located in the reviewed public profiles.

Andrey Maruta

Chief Financial Officer

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional fit for Chief Financial Officer

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Responsibility not applicable · Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Half Year Report June 2026 · Current executive roster
Annual Report 2025 · pp. 3, 72
FailureIssuer Reported · Medium materiality

Kola project remains dependent on financing and transaction outcomes

By the 30 June 2026 half-year report, Kola had not reached financial close or construction, and the formal sale process still had two parties engaged. The report’s cash forecast turned negative in June 2027 without new funds. This records project and funding execution risk, not individual misconduct; Baya and Maruta hold CEO/CFO roles during this period.

Role overlaps event; causation unproven · The executives’ roles overlap the unresolved project-financing milestones; the report does not attribute delay or financing outcome to either individual.

Full background report

Andrey Maruta

Chief Financial Officer

Career chronology

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The 2026 half-year report records progress in the formal sale process and continued development/financing work; neither project financing close nor construction completion had occurred by the reporting date.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17)

Business failures and setbacks

Kola project remains dependent on financing and transaction outcomes

2026-06 · issuer reported · medium materiality

By the 30 June 2026 half-year report, Kola had not reached financial close or construction, and the formal sale process still had two parties engaged. The report’s cash forecast turned negative in June 2027 without new funds. This records project and funding execution risk, not individual misconduct; Baya and Maruta hold CEO/CFO roles during this period.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The executives’ roles overlap the unresolved project-financing milestones; the report does not attribute delay or financing outcome to either individual.

Relevance: The key CEO/CFO execution and capital-management exposure.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Chief Financial Officer

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Half Year Report June 2026 (Current executive roster); Annual Report 2025 (pp. 3, 72)

Henko Vos

Joint Company Secretary

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional fit for Joint Company Secretary

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position; limited public career detail reduces confidence. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Responsibility not applicable · Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Half Year Report June 2026 · Current executive roster
Evidence gaps · 1
  • Public sources reviewed did not establish a full dated prior-employer chronology, quantified personal delivery record, and independently verified credentials.

Full background report

Henko Vos

Joint Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Since 2017-11-07: Kore Potash Plc — Joint Company Secretary. Half Year Report June 2026 (Directors’ report / current executive roster)

  • Earlier career; exact dates not fully disclosed: Previous employers and professional roles as summarized in issuer disclosure — joint company secretary; detailed prior chronology not disclosed. Half Year Report June 2026 (p. 2)

  • Reported as current in 2020 issuer annual report; exact dates not stated: Nexia Perth — Accountant and joint company secretary; employee of outsourced accounting-services provider. Annual Report 2020 (Annual report, p. 113, Note 19: related-party transactions)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The 2026 half-year report records progress in the formal sale process and continued development/financing work; neither project financing close nor construction completion had occurred by the reporting date. The 2020 annual report says Vos was a Nexia Perth employee while serving as joint secretary and that Nexia provided accounting, administration and secretarial services on commercial terms.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17); Annual Report 2020 (Annual report, p. 113, Note 19)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Joint Company Secretary

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position; limited public career detail reduces confidence. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Half Year Report June 2026 (Current executive roster); Half Year Report June 2026 (p. 2)

Evidence gaps

  • Public sources reviewed did not establish a full dated prior-employer chronology, quantified personal delivery record, and independently verified credentials.

St James’s Corporate Services Limited

Joint Company Secretary

Current
Role FitAnalyst Inference · Medium materiality

Professional fit for Joint Company Secretary

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Responsibility not applicable · Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Half Year Report June 2026 · Current executive roster
Evidence gaps · 1
  • The roster entry is a corporate service provider, so public individual career, education, concurrent directorship, and person-level adverse checks do not apply and were not inferred.

Full background report

St James’s Corporate Services Limited

Joint Company Secretary

Career chronology

  • Since 2018-10-01: Kore Potash Plc — Joint Company Secretary. Half Year Report June 2026 (Directors’ report / current executive roster)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

The 2026 half-year report records progress in the formal sale process and continued development/financing work; neither project financing close nor construction completion had occurred by the reporting date.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Half Year Report June 2026 (pp. 11, 17)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Joint Company Secretary

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Half Year Report June 2026 (Current executive roster); Half Year Report June 2026 (p. 2)

Evidence gaps

  • The roster entry is a corporate service provider, so public individual career, education, concurrent directorship, and person-level adverse checks do not apply and were not inferred.