Full background report
Alex Eastwood
Executive Vice President - Commercial
Career chronology
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Executive Vice President - Commercial from 15 August 2024 per the AIF management history; current in the selected 31 October 2026 roster.: PMET Resources — Executive Vice President - Commercial. Annual Information Form for FYE 31 March 2026 (AIF p. 35; named officers, roles and appointment dates); Our Leadership Team (Leadership profiles, accessed 2 Nov 2026)
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July 2016–24 November 2023: Pilbara Minerals — Founding executive; Chief Commercial and Legal Officer and Company Secretary. Chief Commercial and Legal Officer and Company Secretary Transition (ASX announcement 8 November 2023, opening paragraphs)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: New Holland Capital Pty Ltd — Director. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: Blackswan Equities Ltd — Director. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: Gryphon Minerals Ltd — Company Secretary and Legal Director. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: IMDEX Ltd — Legal Director. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: Clayton Utz — Corporate and commercial lawyer. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
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Earlier career; dates not stated in PMET biography: K&L Gates LLP — Partner. Our Leadership Team (Alex Eastwood profile, biography paragraph)
Education and qualifications
Issuer-reported economics and law degrees
As reported in issuer profile/presentation dated February 2026 · issuer reported · low materiality
PMET’s February 2026 corporate presentation lists Eastwood as BEc, LLB; its current leadership profile describes him as a lawyer by training. Degree institutions, award dates and legal admission details were not independently verified.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. These are issuer-reported credentials; no university or professional-register verification was completed.
Relevance: Relevant to the executive’s stated role; credential verification remains a limitation.
PMET Resources Corporate Presentation, February 2026 (Management team profile, p. 32)
Contributions and company outcomes
Commercial role through Pilbara Minerals growth milestones
2016–2023 · issuer reported · medium materiality
PLS said Eastwood joined as a founding executive in July 2016 and led legal/commercial strategies through project finance, spodumene sales/offtake, the BMX platform and POSCO/JV milestones, leaving effective 24 November 2023. This is issuer attribution to a senior commercial/legal leader; outcomes are not independently benchmarked here.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. PLS expressly described his role and contribution.
Relevance: Relevant precedent for commercial, legal and offtake responsibilities at PMET.
Chief Commercial and Legal Officer and Company Secretary Transition (ASX announcement, 8 Nov 2023, paragraphs 2–3)
Suitability for the current role
Current roster role and disclosed evidence: Alex Eastwood
Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · low materiality
The selected V8.1 roster and 2026 AIF management history identify Alex Eastwood as EVP - Commercial from 15 August 2024; the current issuer page confirms the commercial leadership role. The reviewed sources do not independently verify all qualifications or establish personally attributable PMET outcomes.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is a limited analyst assessment from the issuer-reported current role; no personal outcome is inferred.
Relevance: Role match is relevant to present oversight, but the source set is too thin to assess delivery or effectiveness.
Annual Information Form for FYE 31 March 2026 (AIF p. 35; named officers, roles and appointment dates); Our Leadership Team (Leadership profiles, accessed 2 Nov 2026)
Evidence gaps
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Full role chronology, earlier employers and dates were not independently established in this limited pass.
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Credentials and memberships were not independently verified.
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The searches documented here are open-web screening only, not exhaustive criminal, sanctions, litigation, safety or credential checks.