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Gajen Kandiah has served as a Director and our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since September 2025. Prior to joining Rackspace Technology, Mr. Kandiah spent over 4 years in various roles within the Hitachi group of companies, including as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hitachi Digital where he integrated AI across industrial and enterprise portfolios, Executive Chairman of Hitachi Digital Services, Chairman of Hitachi Cyber, and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Vantara. Prior to Hitachi, Mr. Kandiah spent over 15 years with Cognizant, including as President, Digital Business & Engineering, helping to build and scale industry business process outsourcing and digital engineering businesses. In addition, Mr. Kandiah also serves on multiple private company boards.

Mark Marino has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2024. He joined the Company in 2020 as Vice President, Americas CFO and was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer in 2021. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Marino served as Vice President of Finance for Acelity from 2015 to 2020, a leading global medical technology company acquired by 3M during his tenure. Prior to Acelity, Mr. Marino was Vice President, Finance at iHeartMedia and Head of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) at SunEdison. He began his career at General Electric as a graduate of its financial management program and subsequently spent nearly 10 years in a variety of key financial leadership roles across manufacturing, supply chain, business development, FP&A, and ultimately segment CFO for GE Aviation. Mr. Marino holds a BA from DePauw University and an MBA from Baylor University.

Jeffrey Benjamin has more than 35 years of investment banking, investment management and directorial board experience. Mr. Benjamin has been a senior advisor to Cyrus Capital Partners since June 2008. Mr. Benjamin has also served as chairman of the board of Gold.com, Inc. (formerly A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.) since 2014. Mr. Benjamin previously served on the board of American Airlines Group Inc. until 2024, Hexion Inc. until 2022, Involta LLC until 2022, as well as other boards such as Chemtura Corporation and Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Mr. Benjamin also serves on multiple private company boards. Mr. Benjamin holds both an M.S. in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a Bachelor's degree from Tufts University.

Mitchell Garber is currently chairman of the board of Invest in Canada, the Canadian government federal agency responsible for foreign direct investment in Canada. Mr. Garber is a co-investor and a member of the boards of fashion house Lanvin Group Holdings Ltd and Shutterfly Inc. He previously served on the boards of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, Artisan Acquisition Corp. and Finnovate Acquisition Corp. Mr. Garber is a minority owner of the NHL Seattle Kraken hockey team. From 2013 until 2017, Mr. Garber was the CEO of Caesars Acquisition Company and, under his leadership, built an Israeli based mobile games business which was sold in 2016 to a Chinese consortium including Giant Interactive and Jack Ma for approximately $4.4 billion. Mr. Garber sits on the board and leads a number of philanthropic activities in Canada and Israel. Mr. Garber has a Bachelor's degree from McGill University, a JD and honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2019.

Anthony Scott has served as president and chief executive officer of Intrusion, Inc., a publicly traded cybersecurity firm since 2021 and has also served as a director of Intrusion, Inc. since 2022. He founded and has served as chief executive officer of TonyScottGroup, LLC, a consulting firm focused on early-stage cybersecurity and privacy technologies, since 2017. Before starting the TonyScottGroup, Mr. Scott was appointed by President Obama as the Federal Chief Information Officer for the U.S. government in 2015, with oversight, budget and management responsibilities for the more than $85 billion annual IT budget. Prior to working for the U.S. government, Mr. Scott was chief information officer at VMware, Microsoft, and The Walt Disney Company, as well as chief technology officer at General Motors, and he has also held senior executive positions at Bristol Meyers Squibb, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sun Microsystems, and Marriott.

Anthony Roberts has over 35 years of technology, change management and entrepreneurial experience, and is currently an investor, business, and technology advisor. Mr. Roberts most recently spent over 15 years at Walgreens Boots Alliance, the final seven as Global CIO. Previously, Mr. Roberts held senior technology and supply chain roles in Europe and the US for the Multinational Forces and Observers (an NGO), PepsiCo Europe, United Parcel Service, and M&G Reinsurance Company. Mr. Roberts currently serves in non-executive and advisory roles for technology-led global business, including Kearney and Photon Interactive as well as a member of the Hitachi Digital Services Board of Directors. Mr. Roberts holds a BA in German and French, as well as a post graduate education degree from the University of Keele (UK). Mr. Roberts also serves as Vice Chair of the UK Charity Venice in Peril which raises funds to support conservation works and the sustainability of Venice and its lagoon.

Michael Weston is a nominee for election at the 2026 Annual Meeting. He is currently a Principal within the private equity group at Apollo, having joined in 2022. Mr. Weston brings nearly a decade of investing and portfolio management experience having served as a private equity associate at Oaktree Capital Management and as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse prior to joining Apollo. Mr. Weston has also served on the board of Apollo Education Group, Inc. (University of Phoenix) since 2025. Mr. Weston graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and with a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Aaron Sobel is currently a Partner at Apollo, having joined in 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Sobel was a member of the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Sobel serves on the board of directors of Brightspeed, Cox Media Group, 25Madison, and Legendary Entertainment. He is also a board member of The Mount Sinai Surgery Advisory Board. He previously served as a director of Endemol Shine Group. In 2023, Mr. Sobel was included by Private Equity International in its Future 40 Leaders: Dealmakers list and by Variety as one of the Top 500 Entertainment Business Leaders. Mr. Sobel graduated with a BBA from the University of Michigan with highest honors.

Kellie Teal-Guess has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since 2023. She previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Cynosure, a medical device company, from 2021 to 2023, and as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at CyrusOne from 2016 to 2020. She also spent four years at ProQuest LLC, in addition to serving in various human resources leadership roles at Dell earlier in her career. Ms. Teal-Guess received an MPA and BA from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio.