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Paul Abbott has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 27, 2022 and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Legacy GBTG from October 2019 until May 27, 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Abbott served in a variety of senior roles for 24 years at American Express Company, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer, Global Commercial Payments at American Express Company from February 2018 until September 2019. Mr. Abbott led the rapid and successful expansion of the American Express Company Business-to-Business Payments business around the world and introduced innovative new products and services to four million businesses of all sizes in over 150 countries. In addition, Mr. Abbott led the expansion of American Express Company's card-issuing partnerships with some of the world's largest financial institutions. Mr. Abbott previously worked at British Airways for nine years. Mr. Abbott received his postgraduate degree from Lancaster University.

Andrew George Crawley, 59, has served as our President since January 2023, previously serving as Chief Commercial Officer since May 2022, and the Chief Commercial Officer of Legacy GBTG since April 2020. Mr. Crawley served as a non-executive director on the board of Travelopia, a KKR portfolio company from August 2018 to March 2026. Previously, Mr. Crawley served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Airlines Group (IAG) Loyalty. In addition, Mr. Crawley was a member of the IAG Management Committee from January 2016 to March 2020. Prior to joining IAG Loyalty, Mr. Crawley served as Chief Executive Officer of IAG Cargo. Prior to joining IAG Cargo, Mr. Crawley served as Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Board Member at British Airways plc (British Airways). Mr. Crawley also served as Chairman of British Airways Holidays, Chairman of OpenSkies (British Airways' wholly-owned French airline subsidiary) and a board member of Avios Group Ltd. Mr. Crawley started his travel career in British Airways in 1992 and worked in a variety of sales, marketing and operational roles in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, ultimately serving on the Board of Directors of British Airways. Prior to joining British Airways, Mr. Crawley spent two years in advertising. Mr. Crawley received his BSc degree from London University (QMC). Mr. Crawley also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Karen Williams, 50, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2023. Ms. Williams previously served as SVP-Deputy Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Williams served as Senior Vice President of IHG Hotels & Resorts, as Global Head of Strategy and Planning, where she led a global team overseeing the group strategy function. Prior to this role, Ms. Williams served as Chief Financial Officer of IAG Loyalty, IAG's center of excellence for loyalty. Earlier in her career, Ms. Williams held numerous division Chief Financial Officer roles at American Express Company where she spent 15 years. Ms. Williams received her degree from the University of Leicester and is a qualified accountant (ACCA: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

James Bush previously served as a member of Legacy GBTG board of directors from January 2020 until May 27, 2022. Mr. Bush joined American Express Company in 1986 and served various marketing, customer service and operations roles before becoming Executive Vice President and General Manager of the new Strategic Alliances Group in 2000. Before retiring from American Express Company in 2018, Mr. Bush served as a Senior Advisor to the new chief executive officer, with a special focus on growth opportunities in Asia. In his most recent role from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Bush was President, Global Network and International Card Services, responsible for all consumer business outside the United States and all global bank partnerships. As Executive Vice President, World Service from 2009 to 2015 and Executive Vice President, US Service Delivery from 2005 to 2009, Mr. Bush led customer care as well as global operations, card processing and credit and fraud management. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Bush was the Regional President, Japan/Asia Pacific/Australia. Mr. Bush is a member of the Board of Trustees and the President's Council at Valley Health System in New Jersey, the Corporate Board of Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida and the Board of Trustees of Rider University. Mr. Bush previously served on the board of directors Webster Financial Corporation and was a member of the Global Policy Forum at Penn State University. Mr. Bush received his B.S. in Accounting from Rider University.

Susan Ward previously served as a member of Legacy GBTG board of directors from September 20, 2021 until May 27, 2022. Ms. Ward has served on the board of directors of Saia, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIA) since November 2019 and Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT) since June 2020. Ms. Ward is the retired Chief Accounting Officer of UPS, a role in which she served from 2015 to 2019, with her career spanning more than 25 years. At UPS, she held a variety of roles within Finance & Accounting as well as Operations. Her experience includes Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Risk Management, Pension Investments, External Reporting, Corporate Accounting, and Internal Audit. Ms. Ward's experience also includes P&L responsibility for a United States small package operation and the design and execution of a global finance and accounting functional transformation, which was targeted to save annually through technology enabled solutions such as data analytics, artificial intelligence and robotics. Prior to joining UPS, Ms. Ward served as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young in both New York City and Atlanta where her industry experience included real estate, telecommunications and entrepreneurial businesses. Ms. Ward received her bachelor's degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University and her MBA in Finance from Fordham University. Ms. Ward also attended the Leadership and Strategic Impact Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Ms. Ward is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kathleen Winters is an independent Board Advisor. Ms. Winters additionally serves on the board of directors of Definitive Healthcare (Nasdaq: DH) and The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG). Ms. Winters served as Chief Financial Officer of ADP (Nasdaq: ADP), a leading global technology company providing human capital management solutions, from 2019 to 2021. As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Winters guided ADP through the pandemic, accelerated meaningful digital and operational transformation and implemented a rigorous capital allocation program. Ms. Winters led ADP's global finance organization and represented the company to stakeholders, communicating the company's strategy, investments and financial performance. Ms. Winters oversaw Business Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury (including Client Fund Portfolio Investment), Controllership and Internal Audit. Prior to joining ADP, Ms. Winters served as Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer of MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools for institutional investors, including indexes, from 2016 to 2019. Before joining MSCI, Ms. Winters spent fourteen years in various leadership roles at Honeywell International, including CFO of Performance Materials & Technologies, a $10 billion materials and services company, Corporate Controller and Global Leader of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Winters began her career at PwC, serving clients primarily in the entertainment and media industries. Ms. Winters received her bachelor's degree from Boston College, is a CPA and a Six Sigma Certified Black Belt.

Alexander Drummond joined American Express Company in July 2021 and currently serves as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Membership Portfolio Services, previously serving as the Chief Strategy Officer from July 2021 until October 2024. Mr. Drummond is responsible for accelerating the growth on some of American Express Company's most critical membership services, including in Dining and American Express Offers and Media Services. Mr. Drummond also serves as Chairman of the Board of American Express Carte France, American Express Company's French legal entity. Prior to joining American Express Company, Mr. Drummond was a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he led Payments and Transaction Banking for North America and was part of BCG's global payments management team. During Mr. Drummond's time at BCG, he also led payments projects in growth strategy, large scale cost transformation, customer journey reimagination efforts, cobrand negotiation and turnaround, and strategic due diligence for both North American and European financial institutions. Mr. Drummond received his MBA from INSEAD in Singapore and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Universite Catholique de Louvain. Mr. Drummond was nominated to the Board of Directors by American Express pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

Raymond Donald Joabar previously served as a member of the Legacy GBTG board of directors from October 2019 until May 27, 2022. Mr. Joabar joined American Express Company in 1992 and has served in a wide variety of senior roles. Mr. Joabar currently serves as Group President of American Express Company's Global Commercial Services (GCS) and Global Servicing organizations. In this position, Mr. Joabar leads the team that oversees the company's U.S. small and medium enterprise and global commercial card portfolios, B2B payments, working capital and spend management businesses, and the company's global customer service operations for consumers, commercial clients, and merchants. Prior to his role as Group President, GCS and Global Servicing, Mr. Joabar served as Group President of Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS). Mr. Joabar has held many positions over his 33+ years at American Express Company, spanning multiple countries and lines of business - including Chief Risk Officer of both American Express Company and American Express National Bank and President of International Card Services, where he oversaw Global Travel and Lifestyle Services as well. Mr. Joabar is a member of the American Express Executive Committee and an officer of American Express National Bank. Mr. Joabar received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Manchester Business School. Mr. Joabar currently serves on the board of directors of the Lincoln Center Theatre and the National Theatre in America.

Eric Hart is currently Chief Financial Officer of Plaid and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group from December 2019 until October 2022, overseeing Expedia Group's corporate development, accounting, financial reporting and analysis, investor relations, treasury, internal audit, tax and real estate teams. Mr. Hart also served as Expedia Group's Chief Strategy Officer with responsibility for Expedia Group's strategy and business development as well as global mergers & acquisitions and investments. Prior to assuming the Chief Strategy Officer position, Mr. Hart served as the General Manager of Expedia Group's CarRentals.com brand for nearly three years. Prior to that, he oversaw corporate strategy for Expedia Group, leading some of Expedia Group's largest acquisitions. Before joining Expedia Group, Mr. Hart spent time as a Vice President at Lake Capital, as a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, and as a Consultant at Accenture. Mr. Hart holds a bachelor's degree from Georgia State University and a Master's in Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Hart was nominated to the Board of Directors by Expedia pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

Ugo Arzani previously served as a member of Legacy GBTG board of directors from June 2017 until May 27, 2022. Since September 2013, Mr. Arzani has served as Head of Retail & Consumer for the Qatar Investment Authority, where he leads investments across various asset classes in companies operating in the Retail, Consumer Goods, Consumer Technology, Leisure, Sports and Agricultural sectors. To date, Ugo has completed more than 40 investments worldwide for Qatar Investment Authority. Before joining Qatar Investment Authority in September 2013, Mr. Arzani spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch (subsequently Bank of America Merrill Lynch) in its investment banking division in London during which he advised Retail and Consumer companies in a multitude of mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. Arzani is currently serving as a member of the board of directors of Harrods, Groupe Accor, and Sauber Holding. Mr. Arzani is an Italian national, fluent in Italian, English, French and German. Mr. Arzani holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, awarded Magna Cum Laude. Mr. Arzani was nominated to the Board of Directors by QIA pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

Itai Wallach is a partner in the Private Equity group of Apollo, which he joined in 2012. Mr. Wallach also currently serves on the board of directors of Arconic, Phoenix Education Partners, Inc., and Cengage Group, and previously served on the board of directors of Qdoba Restaurant Corporation from January 2022 to September 2022, McGraw-Hill Education from March 2017 to July 2021, and Smart & Final from June 2019 to July 2021. Mr. Wallach is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Wallach was a member of the Financial Sponsors Investment Banking group at Barclays Capital. Mr. Wallach graduated with distinction as an Ivey scholar from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in Honors Business Administration.

Sheikh Faisal Bin Saoud Al-Thani is the Chief Operating Officer at Qatar Investment Authority. Sheikh Faisal joined Qatar Investment Authority in May 2007 and has held various leadership roles such as the Head of Industrials & Materials, Head of Business Development Department, and member of Mergers and Acquisitions Department where he executed deals such as Harrods, Costa Smeralda, & Iberdrola. Sheikh Faisal is also the Chairman of Smeralda Holding Srl. and Q Power Holding LLC and serves on the boards of directors of Wessal Capital Asset Management, Wessal Casa Port, and Wessal Tangier Marina. Sheikh Faisal is also on the boards of directors of Saturn Sound Topco Ltd., Rolls Royce SMR Ltd., Q Raven Holdings LLC, and Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Co. Sheikh Faisal is also a manager of QIA Florence Holding LLC and Q AIT Holdings LLC. Sheikh Faisal holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration & Finance from California State University Dominguez Hills and was enrolled in Harvard Leadership Program in 2014/2015. Sheikh Faisal was nominated to the Board of Directors by QIA pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

John Pelant, 57, has served as our Executive Vice President, Traveler Experience and US Defense & Government since September 2025. Mr. Pelant joined our Company following the Company's acquisition of CWT in September 2025. Mr. Pelant also plays an important role in ensuring that the broader integration of the CWT business is a success. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Pelant was Executive Vice President and Chief Experience & Technology Officer at CWT, leading the company's biggest function that combined customer experience, product development, and technology under one umbrella to deliver integrated solutions for travelers and corporate clients. Prior to that, Mr. Pelant was Chief Technology Officer at CWT and held a variety of other leadership positions. Mr. Pelant started his career at CWT in 1991. Mr. Pelant is a board member for the Orphaned Starfish Foundation and a member of the Defenders Circle at Thorn. Mr. Pelant holds a B.S. degree from St John's University.

Patricia Anne Huska, 57, has served as our Chief People Officer since May 2022, previously serving as Chief People Officer of Legacy GBTG since December 2018. Prior to becoming Chief People Officer, Ms. Huska served as our Vice President of Global Human Resources, responsible for the development and execution of strategies aimed at attracting talent, while retaining and engaging the existing employee base. Ms. Huska also has significant merger and acquisition experience. Ms. Huska played a key role in the planning and creation of the joint venture established by American Express Company comprising the legacy GBT JerseyCo operations with a predecessor of Juweel and a group of institutional investors led by an affiliate of Certares, as well as spearheading the HR integration of multiple acquisitions. Ms. Huska was previously with American Express Company from 1994 to 2014. Ms. Huska received her M.A. in Management from Lesley University and her B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Christopher Van Vliet, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer.