Paul Frederiks
Non-Executive Director & Company Secretary
Paul Frederiks has extensive experience in public company financial and secretarial management with more than 26 years experience in the Australian resources sector.
He held the position of company secretary and chief financial officer of Ross Mining NL for over eight years until June 2000 and prior to that he was company secretary and financial controller of Atco-Apm Drilling Pty Ltd for five years. He also has expertise in statutory public company reporting, financial modelling and forecasting, treasury management and hedging, project financing, ASX listing rules and procedures, share registry maintenance, insurance matters, corporate policy development and corporate governance.
Paul established his own consultancy (Frederiks Investments Qld Pty Ltd) in July 2000 providing company financial and secretarial services to both listed and unlisted public companies. He was Company Secretary of Billabong International Limited from July 2000 to November 2003 and assisted Billabong in its highly successful float on the Australian Securities Exchange in August 2000. He is currently Company Secretary & CFO of listed company Geodynamics Limited, a non-executive Director of listed company China Steel Australia Limited and a director of Smiths Aerospace Australia Pty Ltd. Paul is a fellow of CPA Australia, The Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chartered Secretaries Australia. Paul was awarded a scholarship from CPA Australia early in 2005 to complete the Australian Institute of Company Directors Company Directors’ course.
