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Sanjiv Lamba was elected Chairman of the Board of Linde plc effective January 31, 2026, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Linde plc as of March 1, 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Lamba served as Chief Operating Officer for Linde plc from January 2021 to February 2022. Before his appointment as COO, Mr. Lamba was Executive Vice President, APAC since 2018. Mr. Lamba started his career in 1989 with BOC in India in Finance, was appointed Director of Finance and subsequently Managing Director for the India business in 2001. He has worked in a number of geographies including India, UK, Singapore and Germany, where he served as member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. Mr. Lamba served as Co-Chair on the Board of the Hydrogen Council and is a member of the Business Council. Mr. Lamba was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Amphenol Corporation in January 2026. er Public Company Directorships : Amphenol Corporation.

Matthew J. White, 53, became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Linde in October 2018. He previously served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Praxair, Inc. since January 1, 2014. Prior to this, Mr. White was President of Praxair Canada from 2011 to 2013. He joined Praxair in 2004 as finance director for the company's largest business unit, North American Industrial Gases. In 2008, he became Vice President and Controller of Praxair, Inc., then was named Vice President and Treasurer in 2010. Before joining Praxair, White was Vice President, Finance, at Fisher Scientific and before that he held various financial positions, including group controller, at GenTek, a manufacturing and performance chemicals company.

Guillermo Bichara, 51, is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. He previously served as Praxair's Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Bichara joined the company in 2006, first as Director of Legal Affairs at Praxair Mexico before being promoted to Vice President and General Counsel of Praxair Asia. He subsequently had responsibility for Europe, Mexico and corporate transactions before being promoted to Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. Mr. Bichara previously held roles at Cemex and various global law firms.

Sean Durbin, 55, was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Linde effective October 1, 2025. Previously, he has served as Executive Vice President of North America beginning in September 2023, Executive Vice President of EMEA from April 2021 to September 2023 and Senior Vice President of Global Functions from July 2020. Mr. Durbin joined Praxair, Inc. in 1993 and served in various roles across operations, engineering, project management, business development and sales. In recent years, he has held leadership positions including Business President, Region Europe South from 2019 to 2020, and President, Praxair Canada Inc. from 2013 to 2019.

Ben Glazer, 52, was appointed Senior Vice President of Americas effective October 1, 2025. He previously served as President of Linde Gas and Equipment Inc. and Senior Vice President - South America. Mr. Glazer joined Praxair in 2002 in the Treasury department. From 2004 to 2012, he held various leadership roles across Praxair business units. In 2012, Mr. Glazer became Director of Executive Staff, where he supported the office of the CEO. He was named President of Praxair Mexico and Central America in 2014. In 2017, he was named Manager of Merger Integration, where he led integration efforts for Linde plc during the merger of Praxair and Linde AG.

Alberto Weisser served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bunge Limited, a global food, commodity and agribusiness company, from 1999 until June 2013, and as Executive Chairman until December 2013. Mr. Weisser previously served as Bunge's Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1999. Prior to his tenure at Bunge, Mr. Weisser worked at BASF Group, a chemical company, in various finance-related positions. He also served as a Senior Advisor at Lazard Ltd. from 2015 until August 2018. Mr. Weisser serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG and served on its Audit Committee from 2021 to 2024. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, where he has been a member of the Audit Committee since 2011 and was Chairman of the Audit Committee from May 2016 to May 2025. He is also an advisor to Temasek International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based investment company. Other Public Company Directorships: Bayer AG; PepsiCo.

Joe Kaeser was the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG from August 2013 until February 2021. From May 2006 to August 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of Siemens AG. Prior to this, Mr. Kaeser served as Chief Strategy Officer for Siemens AG from 2004 to 2006 and as the Chief Financial Officer for the mobile communications group from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Kaeser additionally held various positions within the Siemens group since he joined Siemens in 1980. Mr. Kaeser is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck Holding AG, where he also chairs the Presidential and Remuneration Committee, the Mediation Committee, and the Nomination Committee. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy AG. Mr. Kaeser also served as a member of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee of Daimler AG until October 1, 2021. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of NXP Semiconductors N.V. and as a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee until he retired from the NXP Semiconductors Board on June 2, 2022. Other Public Company Directorships: Daimler Truck Holding AG; Siemens Energy AG.

Dr. Thomas Enders served on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of EADS NV and its successor Airbus SE in various functions from 2000 to 2019. Between 2005 and 2019 he served as Chief Executive Officer of EADS/Airbus. He joined the aerospace industry in 1991. Before that he worked in the German Bundestag, the German Ministry of Defense and in various foreign policy think tanks. Dr. Enders has been a director of GE Aerospace, formerly named General Electric Company, since December 1, 2023. Dr. Enders served on the Board of Directors of Lilium N.V. from 2021-2025. Dr. Enders also served on the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Group from May 2020 until May 2025. Dr. Enders was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2017 until 2019, where he was a member of the Standing Committee. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG from June 2020 to May 2022. Since March 2022, Dr. Enders has been a member of the Board of Directors of Helsing, a European AI company. He is also President (non-executive) of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Other Public Company Directorships: GE Aerospace.

Prof. DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner has served as Scientific Co-Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies since 2003 and has been Holder of Chair for Entrepreneurial Finance from 2001 to 2020 at Technical University Munich, Germany. She began her career with MS Management Service AG in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1991. In 1992, she began as a university lecturer in Finance and External Auditing at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland. In 1994, she became a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc, in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1995, she was appointed Holder of the Endowed Chair for Banking and Finance and Chair of the Board of the Institute for Financial Management at the European Business School (International University SchloB Reichartshausen) in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany. Prof. DDr. Achleitner is a member of the Board of Directors of Lazard Ltd., where she is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee. She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG (DHL) since 2024, where she serves on the Finance and Audit Committee. She is Founding Investor and Vice Chairwoman of planqc GmbH. Prof. DDr. Achleitner was a member of the Advisory Board of Luxembourg Investment 261 S.a.r.L. (Techem GmbH), until October 2025, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Munich Re) in Munich, Germany until April 2024. She was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Borse AG in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, until May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors of ENGIE SA in Paris, France, until May 2019. She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2011-2019 where she was also member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. She also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Metro AG in Dusseldorf, Germany, until February 2017, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Vontobel Holding AG and Vontobel Bank AG in Zurich, Switzerland until April 2013. Other Public Company Directorships: Lazard Ltd. ; Deutsche Post AG (DHL).

Robert Wood is a Partner in the consulting firm The McChrystal Group, specializing in leadership development for business organizations. He was the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation, a specialty chemicals company, from 2004 until 2008. Prior to joining Chemtura, Mr. Wood served in various senior management positions at Dow Chemical Company, most recently as business group president for Thermosets and Dow Automotive from November 2000. Mr. Wood is Linde's Lead Independent Director. He was a director of MRC Global Inc., where he served as Chairman of the Board until November 4, 2024. He was a director of Univar Inc. until August 2023. Mr. Wood was a director of Praxair, Inc. from 2004 until 2018 and was the Lead Director and the Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee. He also was a director of Jarden Corporation, where he was a member of the Nominating and Policies Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Wood was Chairman of the American Plastics Council and the American Chemistry Council and was a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

Hugh Grant retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company, a global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality, in June 2018 upon the closing of the merger of Monsanto Company and Bayer AG. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company from 2003 until June 2018. Mr. Grant previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Monsanto Company at the time of an initial public offering in 2000 and remained in that position for the subsequent spin-off of the company in 2002. Mr. Grant was a Director of PPG Industries, Inc. since September 2005, including as independent Lead Director since April 2014, until he retired from the PPG Board in December 2023. Mr. Grant is also a director of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., since December 2021, serving on its Compensation Committee. Mr Grant also serves on the boards of two Flagship Pioneering companies: Invaio Sciences, Inc. since February 2022 and CIBO Technologies, Inc. since June 2022. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Other Public Company Directorships: Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

Dr. Victoria Ossadnik became a Member of the Board of Management and Chief Operating Officer-Digital of E.ON SE in Essen, Germany effective April 1, 2021. Prior to that, she served as Chief Executive Officer of E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH and E.ON Energie Deutschland Holding GmbH from April 2018 to April 2021. Prior to this, in 2011, she joined Microsoft Deutschland GmbH and was appointed as a member of the Board of Management from 2011 to 2016. She served as Vice President, Enterprise Services Delivery from 2016 to 2018. Dr. Ossadnik began her career with SCANLAB GmbH, Germany, in 1996. From 1999 to 2003, she served as CEO of CSC Ploenzke AG, Germany, a joint venture with Dachser. In 2003, she joined Oracle Deutschland GmbH, serving as Head of Technology Consulting (Northern Europe) and, in 2007, was appointed a member of the Board of Management. Dr. Ossadnik joined the Supervisory Board of Munchener Ruckversicherungs Gesellschaft AG (Munich Re) in Munich, Germany in April 2024, and serves on the Audit Committee. She also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG until May 2021 where she served on the Committee for Digitalization and Technology. She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2016 until 2019. From 2019 until 2020, she was also a member of Supervisory Board of innogy SE. Other Public Company Directorships : E.ON SE; Munchener Ruckversicherungs- Gesellschaft A.

Paula Rosput Reynolds has been the president and CEO of PreferWest LLC, a business advisory firm and family office, since 2009. Ms. Reynolds started her career at Pacific Gas & Electric Corp in 1979 and spent over 40 years in the energy industry. She has held a number of executive positions during her career, including CEO of Duke Energy Power Services; Chair, president and CEO of AGL Resources; Chair and CEO of Safeco Corporation; and Vice-Chair and Chief Restructuring Officer of AIG. She was previously a nonexecutive director of TransCanada Corporation, CBRE Group, Inc, BAE Systems PLC, Anadarko Petroleum, Delta Air Lines and Coca Cola Enterprises, and Chair of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Ms Reynolds also was the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at BP plc until 2024. Currently, Ms. Reynolds is the Chair of National Grid plc (appointed in 2021). She was a director of General Electric Company from 2018 through April 2024. Effective April 2, 2024, Ms. Reynolds became a director of GE Vernova, which was spun-off as a separate public company from General Electric Company, where she serves as the Chair of the Safety and Sustainability Committee. Other Public Company Directorships: GE Vernova ; National Grid plc.

Oliver Pfann, 57, was appointed Senior Vice President, EMEA effective September 1, 2023. Since 1995, Oliver Pfann has served in a range of roles at Linde. He began his career in Product Development and then as Sales Manager in Romania. He transitioned to Global Key Accounts and was named General Manager of Linde Italy in 2004. Since 2007, Pfann led a regional cluster in Eastern Europe with an increasing number of countries. In 2017, he was promoted to lead the Region UK, Ireland and Africa before assuming his assignment as Business President for Region Europe East in 2019.

Binod Patwari, 54, was appointed Senior Vice President of Linde APAC in November 2024. Prior to this, he served as Managing Director of Region South Pacific. Mr. Patwari joined Linde in 1997 in India's Finance organization and held various positions in Finance and Operations including assignments in Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom. He later served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Asia-Pacific region and Head of Linde's ASEAN business where he oversaw operations across six countries.

Desiree Bacher, 54, was appointed Senior Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer of Linde effective September 1, 2025. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Communications, AI, and Corporate Procurement beginning in 2024 and as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Procurement from 2019 to 2024. She joined the company in 1999 as Controller of Linde Philippines and was later appointed Commercial Manager. In 2003, she became Vice President of Finance and held several senior finance roles across the Asia Pacific region.

Kelcey E. Hoyt, 56, was appointed Senior Vice President of Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Sustainability in April 2024 and has served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Linde since October 2018. Prior to this, she served as Vice President and Controller of Praxair, Inc. beginning in August 2016. Prior to becoming Controller, she served as Praxair's Director of Investor Relations beginning in 2010. She joined Praxair in 2002 and served as Director of Corporate Accounting and SEC Reporting through 2008, and later served as Controller for various divisions within Praxair's North American Industrial Gas business. Prior to joining Praxair, she was in audit at KPMG, LLP.

Stefano Innocenzi, 52, was appointed Senior Vice President of Linde Engineering effective May 1, 2025. He previously served as President of Region Europe West since rejoining Linde in 2023 after serving as Senior Vice President at Siemens Energy. Mr. Innocenzi originally joined Linde in 2001 and held various roles within Linde Engineering and Linde Gas businesses before relocating to Asia in 2013. After serving in several Business Development positions, he became part of the leadership team of Linde Gas APAC and was then named head of Engineering APAC in 2019.