Hilary Macdonald

Career chronology

• Company secretary 2018 to 30 September 2026: Northern Star Resources — Chief legal officer and former company secretary. FY2026 annual report (Printed page 15)

Governance and interests

Retirement from company-secretary role

September 2026 · documented · medium materiality

The company announced Hilary Macdonald would retire as company secretary on 30 September 2026 and Joanne McDonald would become sole secretary. The announcement does not expressly specify the separate chief legal officer end date.

Attribution: Individual involvement documented. This finding is limited to the specific role in the announcement.

Relevance: Important roster correction and legal leadership continuity gap.

Retirement of company secretary (Page 1)

Suitability for the current role

Experience relevant to role

Career to 2026 · analyst inference · low materiality

Issuer reports legal work since 2009, general counsel from 2016 and chief legal officer from 2021; the later notice states secretary retirement but does not separately confirm the legal role. On its face this experience is relevant to the role; the degree and employment claims are issuer-reported and are not independently verified.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. The relevance assessment is an analytical judgment; independent credential and full career checks remain incomplete.

Relevance: Assesses disclosed experience relevant to role.

FY2026 annual report (Printed page 15)

Evidence gaps

• Independent university, professional membership and credential verification remains incomplete.

• Comprehensive prior-employer chronology, company outcomes and court, regulator, fraud, safety and environmental searches remain incomplete.

• The issuer announced retirement from the company secretary role but did not separately state the date or status of the chief legal officer role.