Paul Godfrey

Career chronology

• Effective 6 September 2021; current in selected roster: West Wits Mining — Joint Company Secretary. West Wits quarterly report ending 30 September 2021 (career/role passage); West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022 (career/role passage)

• Reported in 2022 annual report; start date unstated: QR Lawyers — Senior Associate; corporate and commercial law. West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022 (career/role passage)

• Concurrent in 2022; later status unverified: First Au Limited — Company Secretary. West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022 (career/role passage)

Industrial safety

Company safety event during secretarial tenure

June-September 2026 · documented · low materiality

A contractor employee died in a June 2026 Qala mud rush; a DMPR investigation was reported underway. Godfrey’s assigned role is Joint Company Secretary; no source connects him to operations or the incident.

Attribution: Employer context; no individual link established. The fatality occurred during his company-secretarial tenure; no personal responsibility is established.

Relevance: Company-level context only; limited role relevance.

Accident at Qala Shallows causes death of contracting employee (lines 61-66); Board & Executive Team, May 2026 investor presentation (May 2026 presentation, Joint Company Secretary title)

Suitability for the current role

Company-secretarial and corporate-law experience

2021-2022 documented chronology · analyst inference · medium materiality

The 2022 annual-report biography identifies Godfrey as a QR Lawyers Senior Associate practising corporate and commercial law, and company secretary of First Au at that time. A 2021 quarterly report records his West Wits Joint Company Secretary appointment effective 6 September 2021.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Role history and practice profile are issuer-reported; admission and later concurrent roles were not independently verified.

Relevance: Relevant to secretarial duties; little role-specific outcome evidence is available.

West Wits quarterly report ending 30 September 2021 (2021 quarterly report, corporate section); West Wits Mining Limited Annual Report 2022 (2022 Annual Report, Directors’ Report: Godfrey entry)

Evidence gaps

• 2022 annual-report biography does not establish later career changes or current external appointments.

• Law admission and later concurrent roles were not independently checked.

• Open-web searches are not exhaustive adverse-record or credential checks.