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Daniel Rivera currently serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer. He assumed the role in May 2025. Previously, Mr. Rivera served as our Chief Operating Officer from 2023 through 2025. Mr. Rivera joined Driven Brands in November 2012 as its Chief Information Officer. In 2014, Mr. Rivera was named Meineke Brand President. In 2020, he was named Group President of the Maintenance segment, in addition to President of Take 5 Oil Change. Prior to joining Driven Brands, Mr. Rivera held leadership roles at AutoNation, General Electric, Motorola, and Burger King. Mr. Rivera received a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and a Juris Doctorate from Florida International University.

Muhammad Khalid has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2025. Previously, he was President of Take 5 and prior to that, Group President of the previous Maintenance Segment, which included Take 5 Oil and Meineke. Mr. Khalid re-joined Driven Brands in 2023. Mr. Khalid joined Driven Brands from Great Wolf Lodge, where he was Senior Vice President of Field Operations. In this role, Mr. Khalid had operational oversight of regional Vice Presidents and resorts, as well as the lines of business of rooms, engineering, capital investment and management, guest experience, labor management and aquatics. Previously, Mr. Khalid was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Meineke at Driven Brands. Mr. Khalid also worked in Operations at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Burger King Corporation. He also held financial positions at Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase.

Michael F. Diamond serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Diamond joined Driven Brands as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in August 2024. Before joining Driven Brands, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of The Michaels Companies from August 2020 through July 2024. In this role, Mr. Diamond led the finance, accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations, and indirect procurement functions. Prior to Michaels, he spent six years at Yum! Brands in roles of increasing responsibility, including as CFO, Pizza Hut U.S. and Chief Growth Officer, Pizza Hut U.K. and Europe. Mr. Diamond spent four years as a consultant and project leader for The Boston Consulting Group and two years as a private equity analyst for Svoboda Capital Partners. He began his career as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Scott O'Melia serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Mr. O'Melia joined Driven Brands as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in May 2020 and became Chief Legal Officer in August 2024. Prior to joining Driven Brands, Mr. O'Melia served as General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development for Caraustar Industries (a manufacturer of recycled materials and paper products) from 2012 to 2019. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. O'Melia was Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Wendy's/Arby's Group (a fast food restaurant company). From 2005 to 2009, Mr. O'Melia was a partner at Alston & Bird (an international law firm) where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and other transactions, securities, private equity, and general corporate matters.

Jonathan Fitzpatrick has served as our Chairman of the Board since May 2025. Mr. Fitzpatrick has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2018 and served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2012 through May 2025. Since July 2025, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Subway. Prior to his time with the Company, Mr. Fitzpatrick served in various capacities with Burger King Corporation (a fast food restaurant company) both prior to and after its acquisition by 3G Capital (a global investment firm). Between February 2011 and June 2012, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Brand and Operations Officer for Burger King. From October 2010 to February 2011, he was Executive Vice President of Global Operations and between August 2009 and October 2010, Senior Vice President of Operations, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to this role, he was Senior Vice President, Development and Franchising from July 2007 through August 2009. Mr. Fitzpatrick earned a Bachelor's and Graduate degree from University College in Dublin, Ireland.

Rick Puckett became a member of our Board of Directors in December 2020 and previously served as a member of the board of managers of Driven Investor LLC. From December 2006 to December 2016, Mr. Puckett was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (a snack food products company). Prior to Snyder's-Lance, Mr. Puckett was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of United Natural Foods, Inc. (a North American food wholesaler). Mr. Puckett serves as a director, chairman of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee for SPX Corporation (a supplier of highly engineered infrastructure equipment technologies) and as a director, chairman of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of Whitehorse Finance, Inc. (an investment company), positions he has held since May 2016 and December 2012, respectively. Mr. Puckett served as a member of the Board of Directors for Pet Valu, Inc., (a pet specialty retailer company, from August 2019 to May 2023) where he served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He also served on the Board of Directors for Late July Brands, a privately-held food company, from 2007 through 2010. Mr. Puckett is a Certified Public Accountant, and he received a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from the University of Kentucky.

Catherine (Cathy) Halligan became a member of our Board of Directors in December 2020 and previously served as a member of the board of managers of Driven Investor LLC. Ms. Halligan served as an Advisor from January to April 2012 and Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing from July 2010 to December 2011 of PowerReviews Inc. (a leading SaaS software for customer reviews and social commerce) and prior to joining PowerReviews Inc., from 2005 to 2010, she held senior executive marketing and e-commerce roles at Walmart, including Chief Marketing Officer of Walmart.com from 2007 to 2009 and as Vice President Market Development, Global eCommerce from 2009 to 2010. Ms. Halligan also held executive roles at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Blue Nile, and Gymboree. Ms. Halligan also serves as a director for Ferguson plc (a North American value-added distributor of infrastructure, plumbing, and HVAC products) where she serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees, Ulta Beauty Inc. (a retailer of All Things Beauty All In One Place), where she serves as a member of the Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees, and Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (a leading global manufacturer of high performance interior and exterior building products) where she serves as the Chair of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. She previously served as a director of FLIR Systems Inc. (a producer of thermal imaging cameras, components, and imaging sensors), where she chaired the Compensation Committee and was a member of the Audit Committee from 2014 to 2021. Ms. Halligan received a B.S. from Northern Illinois University.

Jose Tomas became a member of our Board of Directors in July 2022. From 2021-2026, Mr. Tomas served as the Chief Administrative Officer at TelevisaUnivision Inc., the leading Spanish-language media and content company in the world. In this role, he oversaw strategic functions essential to TelevisaUnivision's success, including Human Resources; Corporate Communications; Facilities/Real Estate; Social Impact; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Corporate Safety, Health and Security. From 2018 to 2021, he served as co-founder and managing partner of BrandSparc, a global communications, branding and human resources firm. From 2017 to 2018, he was a member of General Motors' global senior executive leadership team where he served as Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources. Mr. Tomas also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Anthem, Inc. from 2013 to 2017. In this role, he was responsible for Human Resources; Corporate Communications; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and Corporate Security. Previously, Mr. Tomas held senior operations and administrative roles at Burger King Corporation, where he served as both president, Latin America and Caribbean region, and Global Chief People Officer. Mr. Tomas has also held human resources positions with Ryder System Inc., and operations and Human Resources roles at Publix Super Markets. Mr. Tomas holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's in management from Florida International University.

Chadwick (Chad) Hume became a member of our Board of Directors in December 2020 and previously served as a member of the board of managers of Driven Investor LLC. Mr. Hume joined Roark Capital Management, LLC (Roark) in 2009 and currently serves as a Principal. Prior to joining Roark, Mr. Hume worked at Houlihan Lokey (an investment bank) and Bank of America (a financial services company). Mr. Hume received a B.B.A. from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. Mr. Hume is a designated director nominee by Driven Equity LLC and RC IV Cayman ICW Holdings LLC

Neal Aronson became a member of our Board of Directors in December 2020, previously served as a member of the board of managers of Driven Investor LLC, and served as chairman of our Board of Directors from the consummation of our initial public offering in January 2021 (IPO) until May 2025. Mr. Aronson founded Roark, and serves as its Managing Partner, a position he has held since 2001. Prior to founding Roark, Mr. Aronson was Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer for U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc., or USFS, a franchisor of hotel chains. Prior to USFS, Mr. Aronson was a private equity professional at Rosecliff (a successor company to Acadia Partners), Odyssey Partners (a private equity firm), and Acadia Partners (now Oak Hill, an investment firm). Mr. Aronson began his career in the corporate finance department at Drexel, Burnham, Lambert Inc. (a former investment bank). Mr. Aronson received a B.A. from Lehigh University. Mr. Aronson is a designated director by our Principal Stockholders under the Stockholders Agreement.

Tim Johnson became a member of our Board of Directors in January 2026. Mr. Johnson served as the Chief Financial and Chief Administrative Officer for Victoria's Secret & Co., a global fashion retailer of intimate apparel, from June 2021 until his retirement in May 2025. Previously, from 2000 to 2019, he worked at Big Lots, in roles of increasing responsibility, including as Chief Financial and Chief Administrative Officer from 2012 to 2019. He started his career in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand, followed by corporate finance roles at then Limited Brands. Mr. Johnson currently serves as a director and member of the Finance Committee at Dollar Tree Stores, and as a director and member of the Audit and Talent & Compensation Committees of Brinker International and he previously served on the board of directors of The Aaron's Company from 2021 to 2024.

The Company has appointed Rebecca Fondell to serve as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer effective as of May 9, 2025. Ms. Fondell was previously Global Corporate Controller at Papa John's International, Inc. from May 2022 through April 2025, and, before that, Vice President of Accounting, Controller for Reliance Worldwide Corporation from October 2019 through May 2022. She began her career at Ernst & Young and then held roles of increasing responsibility at Georgia-Pacific LLC, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. and Coca-Cola European Partners. Ms. Fondell is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and earned her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from LaGrange College and her Master of Accountancy from Auburn University.