Full background report
Jairo Bernal
Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary
Career chronology
- Current role as of the evidence cutoff; prior start date not confirmed in this source set.: Wildcat Resources Limited — Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary. Board & Management (Leadership page or corporate-directory entry)
Suitability for the current role
Role relevance and evidenced background
Background reviewed through 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · low materiality
The issuer biography supports relevant background for the assigned role. Current title in the selected roster: Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary. This supports role relevance at a high level; the public evidence reviewed does not establish personal causal responsibility for employer or project outcomes.
Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role-fit judgment based on the selected roster and issuer-reported professional background; no causal claim is made.
Relevance: Relevant to the current Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary responsibilities, subject to the evidence limitations recorded below.
Wildcat appoints Jairo Bernal as CFO (Appointment release, qualifications/career paragraphs, lines 15–31)
Finance/governance leadership across SQM Australia and Azure
Announced 14 July 2025; CFO commenced 21 July 2025 per interim report · analyst inference · medium materiality
Wildcat’s 14 July 2025 release identifies MBA/FCPA/GAICD credentials and prior APAC finance/company-secretary leadership at SQM Australia plus an Azure NED role after takeover. Issuer-reported; no individual project outcomes or independent credential verification established.
Attribution: Individual involvement documented. Release directly describes named roles; no causal project outcome claim.
Relevance: Relevant project finance and governance; short Wildcat tenure.
Wildcat appoints Jairo Bernal as CFO (Appointment release, lines 15–31); Wildcat Resources 2025 Annual Report (Chairman’s letter and CFO appointment)
Evidence gaps
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Exact dates for most earlier positions and independent credential verification were unavailable in reviewed primary sources.
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No comprehensive criminal, sanctions, litigation, historic mine-safety or environmental-register search was completed; targeted searches are not a clearance.