Full background report
Ben Hammond
Chief Development Officer
Career chronology
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Earlier career; exact dates not established: WSP Global Inc.; Centrex Metals — Most recently Technical Director at WSP Global; previously Managing Director and CEO of Centrex Metals. More than 22 years across mine operations, development studies, project finance and technical advisory to development banks, commercial banks and mining funds.. Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)
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Current role; roster as of 2026-09-26: Terra Metals Limited — Chief Development Officer. Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond profile; title and role); Annual Report to shareholders (Directors’ report / Corporate Directory; executive name and title)
Education and qualifications
Education and professional credentials
Credential history; dates not disclosed in reviewed source · issuer reported · low materiality
Geologist; executive MBA; BSc reported.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The profile identifies the stated qualifications; graduation dates and independent register verification were not located.
Relevance: Relevant to the technical, finance or governance responsibilities described in the current role.
Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)
Personal achievements
Relevant professional experience
Earlier career; exact dates not established in reviewed profile · issuer reported · medium materiality
Former Technical Director at WSP Global and MD/CEO of Centrex Metals; mine operations, studies, project finance and lender technical advisory.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The cited profile describes the person’s roles and involvement; outcome attribution is limited to what it explicitly states.
Relevance: Provides role-relevant experience; profile claims are issuer-reported and not a substitute for independent delivery evidence.
Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)
Suitability for the current role
Role fit and evidence limits
Assessment at cutoff 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality
Technical and exploration backgrounds fit an early polymetallic exploration and resource-definition company; the company’s discovery-stage outcomes cannot yet establish mine-development delivery.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. This is an analytical inference from the cited career profile and the company’s stated stage; it does not claim personal causation of company outcomes.
Relevance: Connects prior experience to the role’s execution and oversight needs.
Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond profile; career/role section)
Project development and finance experience
Career history; exact dates not disclosed in undated issuer profile · analyst inference · medium materiality
Terra describes Hammond as a geologist with an executive MBA, most recently Technical Director at WSP Global and formerly MD/CEO of Centrex Metals. It reports more than 22 years across operations, studies, project finance and lender technical advice; the page does not date those roles or identify specific delivered outcomes under his leadership.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. The source identifies roles and experience, not personal responsibility for a particular project result.
Relevance: Relevant to development and financing responsibilities, with delivery record not independently tested in this profile.
Board and Management (Mr Ben Hammond biography, line 47)
Evidence gaps
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Exact dates for prior roles and independent confirmation of profile claims were unavailable in the reviewed materials.
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Terra’s current undated profile does not identify all prior employers/role dates or independently substantiate project outcomes and individual contributions.
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Targeted person-specific open-web adverse searches did not produce a substantiated adverse finding; this was not a comprehensive regulator, court, sanctions or criminal-record check.