Full background report
Darren Millman
Chief Financial Officer
Career chronology
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From May 2024: Ramelius Resources — Chief Financial Officer. Chief financial officer appointment (Page 1, appointment)
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CFO appointed effective 1 April 2016; successor effective 8 April 2024: Centerra Gold — CFO. Centerra 2015 annual report (Printed page 5, appointment effective 1 April 2016); Centerra 2023 annual report (Executive Management Changes, CFO successor effective 8 April 2024)
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2007–2012: Ivanhoe Australia — GM finance and company secretary. Chief financial officer appointment (Page 1, prior career)
Business failures and setbacks
Centerra lost control of Kumtor
2021–2022 · issuer reported · high materiality
Centerra reported the Kyrgyz government imposed external management in 2021 and a 2022 agreement separated the parties, transferring Centerra’s interest in Kumtor and resolving disputes.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Millman was Centerra CFO; the government action and settlement do not establish personal causation.
Relevance: Material financial and jurisdictional event during prior CFO tenure.
Chief financial officer appointment (Page 1, Centerra CFO); Centerra annual filing and Kumtor settlement (Recent developments, July 2022 agreement); Centerra 2015 annual report (Printed page 5, CFO appointment effective April 2016); Centerra 2023 annual report (Executive Management Changes, CFO successor effective April 2024)
Industrial safety
Öksüt mercury interruption and restart
2022–2023 · issuer reported · medium materiality
Centerra suspended gold-room production in March 2022 after mercury detection; it reported mercury-abatement commissioning and full operations resumed in June 2023.
Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. He was CFO; no personal role in the incident or corrective work was established.
Relevance: Material operational and safety context at a prior employer.
Centerra Öksüt mercury suspension (Suspension and company response); Centerra 2023 ESG report (Öksüt mercury abatement section); Centerra 2015 annual report (Printed page 5, CFO appointment effective April 2016); Centerra 2023 annual report (Executive Management Changes, CFO successor effective April 2024)
Evidence gaps
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Independent credentials and memberships were not verified.
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Person-specific searches and prior-employer litigation, safety, environment and governance research remain incomplete.
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Contribution to company-wide outcomes and several prior-role dates remain unestablished.
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The single broad person-specific web query was reused across adverse-topic rows; separate investigations of each topic and prior employer remain incomplete.
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Centerra announced a CFO successor effective 8 April 2024, but Millman’s exact final day was not independently established.