Full background report
Greg Jason
Chief Financial Officer
Career chronology
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Current as at cutoff: Liontown Limited — Chief Financial Officer. Board and management (Greg Jason biography)
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Prior to Liontown; exact full tenure and role dates may be incomplete: Austal Limited — Group Chief Financial Officer. Austal CFO resignation (p.1, CFO resignation and service)
Governance and interests
Austal disclosure breach and US subsidiary fraud
2013–2016 conduct; 2022 and 2024 outcomes · documented · high materiality
Jason was Austal group CFO during its 2016 ship cost review. ASIC sued Austal and then-CEO David Singleton, and in 2022 the Federal Court found company disclosure contraventions and Singleton knowingly concerned. In 2024 Austal USA pleaded guilty to securities fraud and obstruction concerning 2013–2016. ASIC’s statement identifies Jason as CFO who proposed analysis; he was not a defendant in the ASIC civil proceedings, and the cited DOJ release does not accuse him.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Jason was the parent CFO and had a documented cost-review role; the cited proceedings do not establish personal misconduct or responsibility for the subsidiary fraud.
Relevance: Material governance context for a current CFO; entity and individual findings are distinct.
ASIC concise statement, Austal and Singleton (pp.2–4, ASIC allegations and CFO cost review); ASIC v Austal and Singleton regulatory outcome (Editor note 5, 10 October 2022 declarations); Austal USA pleads guilty to accounting fraud (Plea and 2013–2016 scheme)
Suitability for the current role
Relevant disclosed professional background
Career through October 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality
Austal’s 2021 resignation announcement and Liontown’s 2025 appointment disclosure identify him as Austal CFO before the TLEA and Liontown finance roles. Analyst inference: the experience is relevant to the current role, subject to independent verification.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role fit is inferred from issuer-described experience, not proof of individual performance or credentials.
Relevance: Assess skills relevant to the role.
Board and management (Greg Jason biography); Austal CFO resignation (p.1: CFO resignation and service); Executive Leadership Team Appointments (p.1: 2025 appointment and prior roles)
Evidence gaps
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Prior-employer role dates, personal contribution and independently verified qualifications are incomplete.
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Targeted web searches are screening-level; complete regulator, court, sanctions and criminal records were not independently obtained.
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ASIC concise statement is an allegation document. A complete primary copy of [2022] FCA 1231 could not be opened; ASIC describes the declarations and orders.
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Topic searches reused a broad person/employer query; dedicated independent searches across all topics and material employers were not completed. Search log records source-specific findings and unsearched topics as gaps.