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Mr. Bogart is the co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Burford. He has served as a director on the Board of Directors since May 2020. Before co-founding Burford, Mr. Bogart held numerous senior executive positions with Time Warner: Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Time Warner Inc.; Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Ventures; and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Entertainment Ventures. Mr. Bogart came to Time Warner from Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he was a litigator representing companies such as IBM, General Electric and Time Warner. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Glenavy Capital LLC, an international investment firm whose projects included Churchill Ventures, a publicly traded media and technology investment vehicle of which he also served as the Chief Executive Officer, as well as Glenavy Arbitration Investment Fund, a pioneering litigation finance vehicle. He began his professional career as an investment banker with what is now JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Bogart is a member of the board of advisors of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, a director of the International Legal Finance Association, a director of the Association of Litigation Funders of England and Wales, a member of the Board of Trustees of Hackley School, a private college preparatory school, the chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals of Briarcliff Manor, New York, and a member of the board of advisors of New York City's Legal Aid Society. Mr. Bogart earned his law degree with distinction from the Faculty of Law of the University of Western Ontario, where he was the gold medalist. He clerked for the Chief Justice of Ontario.

Mr. Molot is the co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer, overseeing Burford's investment portfolio, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee and as the Chair of Burford's Commitments Committee. Prior to co-founding Burford in October 2009, Mr. Molot founded Litigation Risk Solutions, a business that assisted hedge funds, private equity funds, investment banks, insurance companies and insurance brokers to develop litigation risk transfers where lawsuits threaten to interfere with M&A and private equity deals. In addition to his role at Burford, Mr. Molot is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University. Mr. Molot has also taught courses on litigation risk management and finance at Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University Law School. Mr. Molot served as counsel to the economic policy team on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team and as senior advisor in the Department of the Treasury at the start of the Obama Administration. He practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb in New York and at Kellogg Hansen in Washington, D.C. Mr. Molot earned his BA magna cum laude from Yale College and his JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was Articles Co-Chair of the Harvard Law Review and won the Sears Prize, awarded to the two top-performing students in a class of over 500. Mr. Molot was a law clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the Supreme Court of the United States.

Ms. Elizabeth O'Connell is one of Burford's founders and the Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibility for quantitative and data analytics activities and for the management oversight of a number of Burford's business functions, and she also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee and Commitments Committee. Ms. O'Connell assumed the role of the Chief Strategy Officer in August 2019, having previously served as the Chief Financial Officer from December 2017 through August 2019 and as a Managing Director through December 2017. Prior to founding Burford, Ms. O'Connell was a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Glenavy Capital, an international investment firm. Ms. O'Connell was also the Chief Financial Officer of Churchill Ventures Limited, a technology and media company listed on NYSE American (formerly known as the American Stock Exchange). Earlier in her career, Ms. O'Connell was a senior Equity Syndicate Director at Credit Suisse. Before that, she spent the bulk of her investment banking career at Salomon Brothers (later Citigroup). She began her finance career in foreign exchange sales at Bank of America. Ms. O'Connell is a Chartered Financial Analyst and earned her MBA in finance from the University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey School of Business and her BA from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Arnott is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer, with responsibility across Burford's investment portfolio, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee and Commitments Committee. Prior to becoming the Deputy Chief Investment Officer in January 2020, Mr. Arnott was a Managing Director from August 2016 to December 2019. Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Arnott was a barrister at Sixth Floor Selborne and Wentworth Chambers in Sydney, Australia. Previously, he was a Partner and Head of Competition/Antitrust Law in London at the international law firm Fried Frank. During his time at Fried Frank, Mr. Arnott oversaw many significant transactions, serving as counsel to the pharmaceuticals company Merck in its acquisition of Schering-Plough and as European Counsel to Delta & Pine Land in its acquisition by The Monsanto Company. Before his time at Fried Frank, Mr. Arnott worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, Gilbert and Tobin in Sydney and Ashurst in London. Mr. Arnott earned his BCL and DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he is an alumnus of Balliol College and a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours in both his Law and Arts degrees, with the University Medals in both. He clerked for the Honorable W. Pincus of the Federal Court of Australia.

Mr. Licht is the Chief Financial Officer, overseeing Burford's funding, capital management, financial reporting and investor relations as well as human resources, technology, facilities and back office operations, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee and as an ex officio member of Burford's Commitments Committee. Prior to joining Burford in September 2022, Mr. Licht was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of both Caliber Home Loans and Newrez Lending, two multi-billion-dollar mortgage businesses that combined under the Rithm banner (NYSE: RITM). Prior to the combination, Mr. Licht held a series of finance and operating roles at Caliber Home Loans, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he spent a decade at Morgan Stanley in financial services investment banking. Before his investment banking career, Mr. Licht spent six years as a management consultant at Diamond Consulting (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of United Texas Bank. Mr. Licht earned his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Sievwright is an independent non-executive director, the Chair of the Board of Directors. He has served as a director on the Board of Directors since May 2020. Mr. Sievwright is the former Chief Operating Officer, International, of Merrill Lynch and had a 20-year career with Merrill Lynch with a range of global leadership positions, including Chief Operating Officer, Global Markets and Investment Banking; President and Chief Operating Officer, Merrill Lynch Japan; and Head of Global Futures and Options (during which time he also served as the President of the Futures Industry Association). Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sievwright held finance and accounting functions at Bankers Trust and the Bank of Tokyo. He began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Sievwright serves as a trustee and the chair of the audit committee for several Abrdn closed end funds and an Abrdn open end fund. He also serves as a non-executive director and the chair of the risk committee of Revolut Group Holdings Ltd (d/b/a as Revolut), a neobank and fintech company that offers banking services for individuals and businesses, and as the chair of the board of directors of Buyside Trading Solutions, a financial services company. Mr. Sievwright has previously served as the senior independent director and the chair of the audit and risk committee at ICAP plc (now NEX Group plc) and the senior independent director and the chair of the audit committee of FirstGroup plc. He has an MA in accountancy and economics from the University of Aberdeen.

Mr. Halmy is an independent non-executive director, the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. He has served as a director on the Board of Directors since May 2022. Mr. Halmy was most recently a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company from August 2019 to December 2024, focusing predominantly on auto lending. Prior to McKinsey & Company, Mr. Halmy was the Chief Financial Officer of Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), where he led the multinational initial public offering and was responsible for Ally Financial Inc.'s $25 billion investment portfolio. Before that, Mr. Halmy worked in various finance, accounting and treasury roles at Bank of America and JP Morgan. He began his career as a senior accountant at Deloitte. Mr. Halmy also serves as an independent member of the board of directors, the chair of the finance and investment committee and a member of the audit committee of Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL) and as the independent chair of the board of directors and the chair of the audit committee of Mercury Financial LLC. He has previously served as an independent member of the board of directors of Mosaic Sustainable Finance Corp., a financing company focusing on residential solar energy, and an independent member of the board of directors of Spectrum Automotive Holdings Corporation prior to its sale in 2021. Mr. Halmy is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his MBA and undergraduate degrees from Villanova University.

Mr. Gillespie is an independent non-executive director. He has served as a director on the Board of Directors since May 2020. Mr. Gillespie had a lengthy career as an investment banker, spending more than 25 years at UBS and its predecessors in a range of senior positions, including Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, EMEA, and Joint Global Head of Investment Banking, while also serving on the Group Managing Board and the Management Committee for many years. Mr. Gillespie started his career as a Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Gillespie is the chair of the board of directors and a member of the audit committee of the UK Export Finance, a ministerial department of the UK government that functions as the export finance agency, and also serves as the non-executive chair of the board of directors of Spirit Yacht Holdings Ltd. He has previously served as a non-executive director of NatWest Group plc (formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland plc) and certain of its principal subsidiary companies and was the chair of NatWest Group plc's remuneration committee and a member of NatWest Group plc's audit, risk and nominating and governance committees. In addition, Mr. Gillespie also served as the Director General of the UK Takeover Panel, a non-executive director of Citizens Financial Group Inc. and Ashurst LLP, a law firm, and as the non-executive chair of the board of directors of Boat Race Company Ltd., Somerset House Trust and the Council of Durham University, from which he graduated with a degree in economics.

Dr. Baruti is an independent non-executive director. She has served as a director on the Board of Directors since August 2022. Dr. Baruti is an experienced independent full-time arbitrator and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales. She has served as an Advisory Board Member of the Tanzania International Arbitration Centre since 2023. Her career began in commercial law in the City of London in 1997. In 2006, she joined the international arbitration group at SJ Berwin LLP (later merged with King & Wood Mallesons), where she practiced arbitration and litigation until 2010. In 2011, Dr. Baruti founded Africa International Legal Awareness, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing African involvement in the international legal community, where she was a managing director until 2018. She also co-founded the African Arbitration Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting African arbitration practitioners, where she served as Secretary General from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Baruti holds a bachelor's degree in international studies from Birkbeck College, University of London, an MA in diplomatic studies and international law from the University of Westminster and a PhD from the University of Geneva.

Ms. Corrie is an independent non-executive director. She has served as a director on the Board of Directors since January 2024. Ms. Corrie has significant experience at the nexus of finance and law. She was most recently a Managing Director in the Financial Advisory division of Carl Marks Advisors, focused on restructuring matters from 2018 to 2023. For 12 years, she was a General Counsel at GE Capital Americas, where she served as the chief legal advisor to the risk organization in the corporate leasing and lending division and oversaw hundreds of restructurings, corporate ombudsman investigations, bankruptcies and litigations. She previously spent ten years practicing law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where she represented large corporate debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings as well as clients in all phases of restructuring, bankruptcy counseling and litigation. Ms. Corrie serves as a member of the boards of directors of Fossil Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL), a global consumer retail company, where she is a member of the audit, nominating and governance and strategic planning committees, and Joann Inc., the nation's category leader in sewing and fabrics, where she is a member of the special committee, to which boards of directors she was appointed in her capacity as a restructuring professional. In addition, she serves as a member of the board of directors, the chair of the nominating and governance committee and a member of the audit, compensation and special committees of IFit Health and Fitness Inc., a global health and fitness platform. She also serves as a member of the boards of directors and a member of the special committees of each of AIG Financial Products and Guitar Center, Inc., the world's largest musical instruments store, to which boards of directors she was appointed in her capacity as a restructuring professional. Ms. Corrie has previously served on the boards of directors of numerous companies, primarily in her capacity as a restructuring professional, and was an independent trustee for a number of NexPoint and Highland funds. Ms. Corrie has a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and earned her JD from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. Ricky John Noel appointed to the Board effective on 13 May 2026. Mr. Noel is an independent non-executive director nominee and is expected to serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Noel currently serves as a Senior Advisor to MPowered Capital, an investment firm providing capital solutions to emerging managers across private alternatives. He retired as a Partner of Varde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets, in 2022 after more than two decades with the firm. During his tenure, Mr. Noel served in a number of senior leadership roles, including Head of Global Financial Services and Head of Europe, based in London, and Head of Asia, based in Singapore, where he established the firm's Singapore office. Across these roles, he focused on financial services private equity, consumer and commercial credit, distressed credit portfolios and other asset-based investments, and was involved in capital raising, investment committee activities, portfolio management, investor relations and strategic planning. Earlier in his career, Mr. Noel held investment roles at Advantus Capital Management and Cargill Financial Services, and he began his career in the audit and business advisory unit at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Noel serves on the board of directors of WiZink Bank, a consumer-focused Iberian bank and a portfolio company of Varde Partners, and previously served on the board of directors of Mercury Financial (USA), a monoline credit card issuer and a former portfolio company of Varde Partners. He also currently serves on the University of Northern Iowa Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Noel earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa. In addition, he has passed the examinations for the Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Noel's extensive experience in financial services, credit investing and global leadership makes him a valuable member of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Utley was previously a Managing Director at Barclays where he spent 11 years in a variety of senior accounting roles, including Head of Technical Accounting for the Americas and Head of Product Control Valuation for the Americas. He led the technical accounting and product control teams at Barclays which looked after the firm's legacy assets that were impacted by the financial crisis. These included structured products, private equity and real estate. Before Barclays, Mr. Utley spent eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, rising to the level of Director, with a particular focus on complex accounting in the financial sector. He has a degree from Bradford University and is an English-qualified Chartered Accountant.

Mr. Perla is the Vice Chair, with responsibility for marketing, public policy, industry affairs and public relations, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee. Mr. Perla assumed the role of the Vice Chair in September 2024, having previously served as the Co-Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for origination, underwriting, marketing, policy and asset recovery activities, from January 2020 through August 2024 and as a Managing Director from May 2018 through December 2019. Prior to joining Burford, Mr. Perla served as President of Bloomberg BNA Legal Division / Bloomberg Law, where he oversaw Bloomberg BNA's legal and related products, including its flagship Bloomberg Law enterprise legal news, information and tools platform. Previously, Mr. Perla co-founded and was co-Chief Executive Officer and a director of Pangea3, the top-ranked global legal process outsourcing provider. Pangea3 was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010 and grew to over 1,000 employees globally under Mr. Perla's leadership. Before launching Pangea3, he was Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for Monster.com. Mr. Perla began his career in the New York office of Katten Muchin. Mr. Perla earned both his BA and JD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Klein is the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, overseeing Burford's global legal and regulatory functions, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee. Prior to joining Burford in September 2017, Mr. Klein spent 13 years at UBS in a wide range of corporate roles, including as Managing Director and General Counsel of its infrastructure and private equity funds and funds of funds business. Most recently, he was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Marketfield Asset Management, a US-registered investment adviser, from January 2014 to September 2017. Mr. Klein was previously also General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at NewGlobe Capital, a registered investment adviser. He began his career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Mr. Klein earned his JD from New York University School of Law and his BA from the Yeshiva University.

Mr. Lenkner is the Chief Development Officer, with responsibility for identifying and executing strategic initiatives that drive growth and align with Burford's long-term objectives, and he also serves as a member of Burford's Management Committee. For more than a decade, he has been a global leader in the legal finance market. Prior to joining Burford in September 2024, Mr. Lenkner was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Larkspur Partners LLC, a legal finance and advisory firm, from June 2022 through August 2024. Prior to that, from January 2018 through May 2022, Mr. Lenkner co-founded and was a Managing Partner of Keller Lenkner LLC, one of the premier complex-litigation and mass-action law firms in the United States, and he also co-founded and was a Director of the firm's European counterpart. In 2013, he entered the nascent field of legal finance as a launch partner in Gerchen Keller Capital, which Burford acquired in 2016. Before starting his own enterprises, Mr. Lenkner was Senior Counsel at The Boeing Company and an attorney in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He earned his JD from the University of Kansas School of Law and his BS from Kansas State University. Mr. Lenkner was a law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the Supreme Court of the United States and for then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.