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Sam Darwish is one of our co-founders, our Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer. An engineer by education, Mr. Darwish has over 25 years' experience in the telecommunications industry. Before founding the Group in 2001, he worked in various technical and managerial capacities in multiple GSM operators including Libancell SAL, a Lebanese GSM operator, which is currently known as Touch, and Motophone in Nigeria. In addition, Mr. Darwish currently serves as the Founder and Principal of Singularity Investments, a private investment firm with a focus on technology, media and telecommunications companies in the United States and the emerging markets. He is also the Founder and President of DAR Properties, a property investment company, and DAR Telecom, a telecommunications consulting company. Sam Darwish is the brother of Mohamad Darwish, our Executive Vice President and IHS Nigeria Chief Executive Officer.

William Saad is one of our co-founders and has served as Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer of IHS Towers since July 2012 and has 28 years' experience in the telecommunications industry. Before co-founding the Group, Mr. Saad worked in various technical and managerial capacities in multiple GSM operators including Libancell SAL, a Lebanese GSM operator, which is currently known as Touch, and Motophone in Nigeria. Mr. Saad also serves on the board of several private companies as well as the Lebanese-Nigerian Initiative, a non-profit organization.

Mustafa Tharoo has served as Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel of IHS Towers since 2012. Before joining the Group, Mr. Tharoo was a Consultant at ADEPT Chambers in Tanzania from 2009 to 2011. Previously, Mr. Tharoo served as a consultant at Ringo & Associates in Tanzania from 2003 to 2009 and a Partner at Anjarwalla & Khanna in Kenya from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Tharoo has over 20 years of experience in corporate, compliance and regulatory matters as well as major transactions across Africa and the Middle East.

Mohamad Darwish is one of our co-founders and has served as Executive Vice President of IHS Towers and Chief Executive Officer of IHS Nigeria since January 2023. Mr. Darwish previously served as Senior Vice President of IHS Towers and Chief Executive Officer of IHS Nigeria from November 2015 until December 2022. Prior to this, Mr. Darwish served as the IHS Nigeria Deputy CEO from October 2014 to November 2015. Mr. Darwish has around 20 years of experience in the telecommunications sector. In addition, Mr. Darwish currently serves as the Founder and Principal of Singularity Investments, a private investment firm with a focus on technology, media and telecommunications companies in the United States and the emerging markets. Mohamad Darwish is the brother of Sam Darwish, our Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer.

Ursula Burns joined the Board of Directors of IHS Holding Limited as a Non-Executive Independent Director in July 2020. Ms. Burns most recently held the position of Chair and CEO of VEON, Ltd, where she was appointed Chair from June 2017 and then made Chair and CEO from December 2018 to June 2020. Ms. Burns is also a founding partner of Integrum Holdings, a private equity firm. She currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., Uber Technologies Inc., Teneo Holdings LLC and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., amongst others, and provides leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations. Ms. Burns served as Chair of the President's Export Council from 2015 to 2016 after holding the position of Vice Chair from 2010 to 2015. In February 2022, Ms. Burns joined the Biden Administration's U.S. Department of Commerce's Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness. Ms. Burns also has 35 years of experience with Xerox, joining the organization as a mechanical engineer before moving into management, where she served in a number of strategic roles across the company, including as CEO from 2009 to 2016 and as Chair from 2010 to 2017.

Ayotade Oyinlola has served as Executive Vice President and the Chief Human Resources Officer of IHS Towers since January 2023. Mr. Oyinlola previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of IHS Towers from July 2015 until December 2022. Mr. Oyinlola brings over 20 years of human resources and telecommunications experience to the Group. Prior to joining IHS Towers, Mr. Oyinlola served as Millicom Services UK Head of HR for Africa and Europe from 2013 to 2015. He also served as Ericsson's West Africa HR Director from 2011 to 2013 and Ericsson's Sub-Sahara Africa Director for Learning and Development from 2009 to 2011. In addition, Mr. Oyinlola has previously held several senior positions at Shell Petroleum, Bristow Helicopters Atlasco Technologies and Resourcery Limited. Mr. Oyinlola is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the United Kingdom, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Managers in Nigeria.

John Ellis (Jeb) Bush joined the Board of Directors of IHS Holding Limited as a Non-Executive Independent Director in August 2019. Mr. Bush has served as the President of Jeb Bush & Associates LLC since 2007, and as Chairman and Co-founder of Finback Investment Partners LLC since 2019. Mr. Bush has served on the board of directors of InnovAge Holding Corp. since 2021. Mr. Bush has also served as Chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education since 2007. Mr. Bush was previously a senior adviser for Barclays and a board member of Tenet Healthcare Corp. Mr. Bush served as Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and as the Florida Secretary of Commerce from 1986 to 1988.

Mallam Bashir Ahmad El-Rufai joined the Board of Directors of IHS Holding Limited in June 2013. Mr. El-Rufai also serves on the boards of a number of our subsidiaries. Prior to joining IHS Nigeria, Mr. El-Rufai served as Training and Development Officer and later Assistant Production Manager at Kano State Oil & Allied Product Limited from 1977 to 1979, before joining Nigerian Cereals Processing Company Ltd as Group Marketing Manager from 1981 to 1983. He served as Chief Commercial Officer for the Northern District of Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited from 1983 to 1985 and held several positions at Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd from 1985 to 1996. Mr. El-Rufai was also co-founder and President of Intercellular Nigeria Limited from 1997 to 2009. Mr. El-Rufai currently serves as Chairman of Intercellular Nigeria and has served as Vice Chairman and Corporate Advisor of Intercellular (Nigeria) Limited in 2009. He also served as an Independent Director of FSDH Merchant Bank Limited. Mr. El-Rufai has also chaired several boards, including Channel Distribution (an ICT company), Systemtech (an IT company), Alpha Aluminium and Northstar Chemicals, among others.

Nicholas Land joined the Board of Directors of IHS Holding Limited in August 2019 as a Non-Executive Independent Director. Mr. Land has served as the Deputy Chair of Thames Water Utilities Ltd since 2017. Mr. Land also serves as a non-executive director of Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd. from June 2024 and of Thames Water Utilities Finance plc from May 2024. Mr. Land has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Vodafone Group Foundation since 2008, serving as Chair from 2011. He has also been Chair of the Private Equity Reporting Group of the British Venture Capital Association since 2012. Mr. Land served as Chair of The Instant Group Ltd from 2019 to 2024, as an adviser to the Board of Dentons UK EMEA LLP from 2007 to 2023, and on the board of Astro Lighting Holdings Ltd from 2017 to 2022. Mr. Land has also previously served as a non-executive director of Vodafone Group plc, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Alliance Boots GmbH, Ashmore Group plc and Signature Aviation plc. Mr. Land was a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council, chairing its Codes and Standards Committee, from 2011 to 2020. Mr. Land is qualified as a UK Chartered Accountant and had a 36 year career with Ernst & Young LLP, retiring as Executive Chairman of the firm in 2006.

Maria Carolina Lacerda joined the Board of Directors of IHS Holding Limited in October 2021 as a Non-Executive Independent Director. Ms. Lacerda has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry and has held various senior management positions throughout her career, including at UBS Investment Bank, UNIBANCO, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc. Ms. Lacerda has served as an independent member of the board of directors of BB Seguridade RI since April 2023, of PagBank PagSeguro since January 2023, of Rumo S.A. since May 2021, of Hypera Pharma since October 2016 and of Vivara Participacoes S.A. since April 2024. Ms. Lacerda previously served as an independent board member of China Three Gorges Brasil from June 2022 to December 2024, as a board member of Vibra Energia (formerly BR Distribuidora) between 2019 and 2022, and between 2012 and 2016 she served as a board member of ANBIMA (Associacao Brasileira das Entidades dos Mercados Financeiros e de Capitais), CNF (Confederacao Nacional das Instituicoes Financeiras) and the Listing Chamber at BM&FBovespa in Brazil.