Full background report
Sarah Leonard
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Career chronology
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From 27 January 2021: Lynas — General counsel and company secretary. General counsel and company secretary transition (p. 1)
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Dates not disclosed: Monadelphous — Group legal counsel. General counsel and company secretary transition (p. 1)
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Dates not disclosed: Corrs Chambers Westgarth — Partner, construction and infrastructure. General counsel and company secretary transition (p. 1)
Personal achievements
Reported career and responsibilities
Career prior to and at Lynas · issuer reported · low materiality
Lynas reports earlier Monadelphous and Corrs roles; prior dates, independent credentials and cases in which she personally acted remain unverified.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Past roles and dates are issuer-reported; qualifications not independently verified.
Relevance: Experience relevant to stated senior position.
FY2026 annual report and Appendix 4E (p. 8); General counsel and company secretary transition (p. 1)
Governance and interests
Environmental assessment disclosure
June–October 2026 · documented · medium materiality
Lynas announced the Malaysian department’s request for an updated expansion environmental impact assessment in June 2026; Leonard authorised the company announcement. The later approval outcome was not located.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Authorisation documents her disclosure role, not personal responsibility for the regulator request.
Relevance: Relevant to legal and disclosure oversight.
Malaysian EIA process (p. 1)
Evidence gaps
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Independent credentials, exact past-employer dates, full business outcomes and original court/regulator records are not comprehensively verified.
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Open-web screening is not an exhaustive criminal, sanctions or professional clearance.
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Targeted person, prior-employer and regulator/court searches are incomplete; the earlier repeated broad-query log could not be independently reconstructed from the preserved checkpoint.