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Gil Shwed is the founder of Check Point and Executive Chair of the Board of Directors. Mr. Shwed served as the Chief Executive Officer from Check Point's inception through December 2024, and Mr. Shwed previously served as Chairman of our board of directors until September 2015. Mr. Shwed is considered the inventor of the modern firewall and authored several patents, such as the company's Stateful Inspection technology. Mr. Shwed has received numerous accolades for his individual achievements and industry contributions, including an honorary Doctor of Science from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, an honorary Doctor of Science from Tel Aviv University, the World Economic Forum's Global Leader for Tomorrow for his commitment to public affairs and leadership in areas beyond immediate professional interests, and the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award for his innovative contribution to business and technology. Mr. Shwed is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Youth University of Tel Aviv University. Mr. Shwed is a Tel Aviv University Governor and founder of the University's Check Point Institute for Information Security. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yeholot Association Founded by the Rashi Foundation whose charter is, among other things, to reduce the dropout rates in high schools. In 2018, Gil was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for his contributions to the Israeli technology industry.

Roei Golan, has been serving as Chief Financial Officer of Check Point since 2023, as Acting Chief Financial Officer from October 2022 until May 2023, and as VP Finance from 2021 until November 2022. Mr. Golan oversees Check Point's finance operations, including accounting, business analysis, investor relations, legal, tax and treasury. Mr. Golan has over 15 years of financial experience. Prior to joining Check Point in 2021, Mr. Golan worked at EY for 11 years, where he held the role of Managing Director in the Technology practice. Mr. Golan holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and an M.B.A in Finance Management. Mr. Golan is a certified public accountant.

Nadav Zafrir, Chief Executive Officer of Check Point since December 2024, brings thirty years of experience in management, leadership, and technology innovation, Mr. Zafrir was previously the co-founder and Managing Partner of Team8 Labs Ltd., a global venture group that builds and backs technology companies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cyber security, data, fin-tech, enterprise software, and infrastructure, since 2014. Prior to founding Team8, Nadav spent 20 years in the Israel Defense Forces. He served as Commander of Unit 8200, Israel's elite military technology unit, where he established the Israel Defense Forces Cyber Command. Mr. Zafrir was a director of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. from 2019 until 2025. He holds an LLB from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg - Recanati program of the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University in Chicago and the Recanati School of Business at Tel Aviv University.

Dafna Gruber has served on our board of directors since 2024 and as one of our outside directors under the Israeli Companies Law. From 2007 to 2015, Ms. Gruber served as Chief Financial Officer of NICE Ltd., a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq and TASE, where she was responsible, inter alia, for finance, operations, MIS and IT, legal affairs, and investor relations. From 1996 to 2007, Ms. Gruber held various senior finance roles at Alvarion Ltd., then a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq and TASE, primarily serving as Chief Financial Officer. From 2016 to 2024, Ms. Gruber served as Chief Financial Officer of several private companies, including Netafim Ltd., Aqua Security Ltd., and Clal Industries Ltd. Ms. Gruber currently serves as an Independent or External Director at ICL Group Ltd. and Cellebrite DI Ltd., and previously served as a board member of several publicly traded technology companies. Ms. Gruber is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

Jill D Smith has served on our board of directors since 2023. Ms. Smith brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience, including 17 years as chief executive officer of private and public companies in the technology and information services markets. Ms. Smith previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allied Minds plc, an IP commercialization company, from March 2017 through June 2019, and prior to that she served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of DigitalGlobe Inc., a global provider of satellite imagery products and services. Ms. Smith started her career as a consultant at Bain & Company, Inc., where she rose to become a Partner. She subsequently joined Sara Lee Corporation as Vice President, and went on to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of eDial, a VoIP collaboration company, and of SRDS, a business-to-business publishing firm. She also served as Chief Operating Officer of Micron Electronics, and co-founded Treacy & Company, a consulting and boutique investment business. Ms. Smith currently serves as a director of MDA Space Ltd., Securitas AB and Evolent Health, Inc. and was previously a director of R1 RCM Inc.

Nataly Kremer, Chief Product Officer and Head of Research and Development since March 2023, oversees all product and technology units and uses her proficiency in delivering network, security, and cloud technologies for large enterprises to meet customer needs. Ms. Kremer brings extensive R&D and leadership experience to Check Point. Ms. Kremer joined the company after 12 years with AT&T Inc. (AT&T), where she led its Software and Delivery organization and AT&T's center in Israel. She holds an MBA and BSc in Computer Sciences and Management from Tel Aviv University. Ms. Kremer is a board member of IBI Investment House Ltd. and a board member of Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), where she also holds the role of Head of the ITAI Diversity and Inclusion Group.

Itai Greenberg, has been serving as Chief Revenue Officer of Check Point since January 2025. Prior to transitioning to his current role, Mr. Greenberg held the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and Head of the Cloud and SASE Businesses, VP Product Management and VP Product Marketing. Mr. Greenberg joined Check Point in 2010, after serving as VP of Product and R&D at EyeClick Ltd. Previously, he held key leadership roles at Microsoft in Windows Security and Mobile divisions. Mr. Greenberg holds a B.Sc. in Information Systems from the Ben-Gurion University.

Ray Rothrock has served on our board of directors since 1995. Mr. Rothrock has also served as one of our outside directors under the Israeli Companies Law since 2000. Mr. Rothrock is a Partner emeritus at Venrock, a venture capital firm, where he was a member since 1988 and a general partner since 1995. He retired from Venrock in 2013. Presently, Mr. Rothrock is the Chairman of RedSeal, Inc. (RedSeal), a cybersecurity analytics company. Mr. Rothrock served as the Chief Executive Officer of RedSeal from February 2014 until May 2020. Mr. Rothrock is a director of Nasdaq-listed Roku, Inc., NYSE-listed Centrus Energy Corp., and a number of private companies. Mr. Rothrock is a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, and a Trustee of Aerospace Corporation. Mr. Rothrock received a B.S. in Engineering from Texas A&M University, an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Tzipi Ozer-Armon has served on our board of directors since 2023. Ms. Ozer-Armon serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Lumenis Ltd. since May 2012. Before joining Lumenis, Ms. Ozer-Armon headed the Japanese market activities of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SanDisk Corporation. Previously, Ms. Ozer-Armon also served as VP & General Manager of MSystems Ltd. Ms. Ozer-Armon is a director of ICL Group Ltd. and was previously a director of Strauss Group Ltd. Ms. Ozer-Armon holds a B.A. magna cum laude in Economics and an M.B.A. degree majoring in Finance and Marketing from Tel Aviv University and she is an AMP graduate of the Harvard Business School.

Jerry Ungerman has served on our board of directors since 2005, and served as the chairman of the board of directors from August 2020 through December 2024, after serving as Vice Chairman of our board of directors from 2005 until August 2020. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Ungerman served as our President and before that, from 1998 until 2000, he served as our Executive Vice President. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ungerman accumulated extensive experience in high-tech sales, marketing and management experience at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a data storage company and a member of the Hitachi, Ltd. group. He began his career with International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), a global technology products and services company, after earning a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Yoav Z. Chelouche has served on our board of directors since 2006 and as our Lead Independent Director since December 2024. Mr. Chelouche has also served as one of our outside directors under the Israeli Companies Law since 2006. Mr. Chelouche has been Managing Partner of Aviv Venture Capital (Aviv) since August 2000. Before joining Aviv, Mr. Chelouche served as a President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Corporation (Scitex), a world leader in digital imaging and printing systems, from December 1994 until July 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Chelouche held various managerial positions with Scitex, including VP Strategy and Business Development, VP Marketing and VP Finance for Europe. Mr. Chelouche is a member of the board of directors of a number of private companies. He was also a board member and, until 2015, Co-Chairman of IATI-Israel Advanced Technology Industries, an Israeli nonprofit organization that researches, develops and advocates policies that promote Israel's high tech ecosystem through activities in training, tuition, business development, public relations and public policy advocacy. Mr. Chelouche is a board member of Tower Semiconductor Ltd., Malam Team Ltd., and until February 2024 served as an external director of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). Mr. Chelouche earned a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from Tel Aviv University, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD University in Fontainebleau, France.

Dr. Tal Shavit Shenhav has served on our board of directors since 2000. Dr. Shavit Shenhav is an organizational consultant specializing in international collaboration between Israeli and American companies, consulting in the management of cultural differences in order to forge effective collaboration. Her work with leading management teams includes the definition of organizational culture as the engine of such company's activities. Dr. Shavit Shenhav consults with companies undergoing structural change with emphasis on organizational growth through effective mergers and acquisitions and a redefining of management roles in order to meet market changes.