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Christopher D. Maher has served as Chairman of the Company and the Bank since 2017 and as CEO of the Company and the Bank since 2015. He previously served as President of the Bank from 2015 to 2021, at which time he was succeeded by Mr. Lebel. He joined the Company and the Bank in 2013 as President and Chief Operating Officer and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2014. Mr. Maher is active in the non-profit community, serving as Chairman of the Board of the OceanFirst Foundation, a Trustee and former Board Chairman of Helen Keller Services for the Blind, as Trustee and the Chairman of the Monmouth University Board, and as a Trustee and Chairman of Hackensack Meridian Ambulatory Care. He also serves as a member of the Board of Hackensack Meridian Health. He is active within the banking industry, having served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from 2020 through 2024 and as a member of the Board of the New Jersey Bankers Association from 2016 through 2026, where he was a past Board Chairman. He also serves as a founding director of NBID, the National Bank InterDeposit Company.

Joseph J. Lebel III was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank in January 2021 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2025, having previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since June 2020. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank since January 2019 and had previously served as Chief Banking Officer and Chief Lending Officer. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Lebel was employed with Wachovia Bank N.A. as a Senior Vice President in various leadership and revenue-generating roles. Mr. Lebel serves as a Trustee on various non-profits, including Community Medical Center, part of the St. Barnabas Health System, and the OceanFirst Foundation and is also a Board member of St. Joseph and Donovan Catholic schools. He is a former Trustee to Fulfill, a food bank based in Ocean and Monmouth Counties. He is also a Director of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce. He serves on the boards of two for-profit companies in which the Bank has a minority ownership interest, Auxilior Capital Partners, a national equipment leasing company, and Nest Investments LLC, a hybrid robo-advisor.

Patrick S. Barrett was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company effective January 1, 2025, having previously served as Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company since June 2022. Prior to joining OceanFirst, Mr. Barrett was Executive Vice President and CFO of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. from 2017 until April 2022 and has extensive leadership and management experience at several financial organizations.

Michele B. Estep was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Bank effective January 1, 2025, having previous served as EVP and Chief Administrative Officer since January 2019. Prior to joining OceanFirst, Ms. Estep was the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Sun National Bank. Before then, she held leadership roles at KeyBank in Albany, New York.

Steven J. Tsimbinos was appointed Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and the Bank effective January 1, 2025, having previously served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2016. He previously served in those roles as First Senior Vice President since 2010. Prior to joining OceanFirst, he was General Counsel of Copper River Management, L.P., the investment manager to a family of hedge funds, since 2006, and prior to that a partner with Lowenstein Sandler PC, where he practiced corporate and securities law.

Nicos Katsoulis is the former Executive Vice President/Commercial Real Estate of OceanFirst Bank, N.A., having retired in November 2018. Mr. Katsoulis joined the Bank upon the Bank's acquisition of Sun National Bank in January 2018. At Sun, Mr. Katsoulis was Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, overseeing lending activities including commercial and industrial and commercial real estate lending. During his banking career, Mr. Katsoulis served as a director of State Bancorp., Inc. and as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Atlantic Bank of New York. Mr. Katsoulis is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Columbia University's graduate school of business.

Grace C. Torres has been a Trustee of Prudential Retail Mutual Funds, a retail mutual funds complex of more than 100 registered investment companies, since 2014. Prior to that, Ms. Torres was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of Prudential Mutual Funds and Senior Vice President of Prudential Investments LLC from 1994 through 2014. Ms. Torres also previously served as Vice President, Mutual Funds Administration at Bankers Trust and as a Senior Manager, Audit Practice with Ernst & Young. Ms. Torres is a CPA in the State of New York and received a BS in Accounting and Management from New York University. Ms. Torres served as a Director of Sun Bancorp, Inc. and Sun National Bank since 2015, serving on the Audit, Nominating & Corporate Governance and Risk Committees and Chair of the ALCO Committee, until their acquisition by the Company in January 2018, at which time Ms. Torres joined the Board.

Joseph M. Murphy, Jr. served as President and CEO of Country Bank, a Manhattan-based community back acquired by the Company in January 2020. Prior to joining Country Bank, Mr. Murphy co-founded a commercial mortgage conduit, ValuExpress LLC, specializing in loans for the real estate capital markets. For over 30 years he has owned and managed family real estate investments nationwide. He currently serves as a Principal of ValuExpress LLC and as President of Value Investors, Inc., his family's investment office. Mr. Murphy is a Trustee of Iona University, a private Roman Catholic university located in New Rochelle, New York. He has served on the Board of Directors for the New York Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Finance Advisory Committee of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, and the Board of Trustees for the Greater New York Chapter of the American Red Cross. He also served on the Community Bankers Council of the American Bankers Association and is a Knight of St. Patrick, which supports the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade. Mr. Murphy is a graduate of the University of Denver with a BSBA and holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Finance from New York University.

Jack M. Farris was the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, InfoSec & Cybersecurity for Verizon Communications, Inc., one of the world's leading wireline, wireless and business communications companies, until his retirement at the end of 2018. Prior to that role, Mr. Farris had served as a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Verizon, supporting a variety of company functions, including systems and technology procurement, global operations security, information technology and information security matters, finance operations, regulatory compliance, business continuity and pandemic planning, as well as significant M&A transactions. During his 30-year tenure with Verizon, Mr. Farris participated in a number of pro bono activities including leading that company's NJ Street Law effort for several years, where Verizon attorneys served as guest teachers of basic legal skills in local high schools. After his retirement, Mr. Farris formed Practical RM Associates, a company established to provide cyber and risk management services. In addition to his undergraduate and law degrees, Mr. Farris holds a Master of Science in computer engineering and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional under (ISC).

Steven M. Scopellite retired from Goldman Sachs in 2013, having served as Global Chief Information Officer. Among his accomplishments during his distinguished career of nearly 30 years were leading Goldman Sachs' penetration into new markets, pioneering the bank's expansion into electronic trading, and developing a world-class global technology organization. Mr. Scopellite currently serves as Advisor and Board member to Pledge Publishing, building the technology platform that links the massive mainstream game industry to the fast-growing Web3 industry. Mr. Scopellite also serves on the Riverview Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Kimberly M. Guadagno is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Center, a non-profit that works to end generational poverty in Monmouth County, New Jersey by serving more than 100,000 people with emergency food and wrap-around services in English, Spanish, Creole and Arabic, and ending the cycle of poverty by providing a private, faith-based, tuition-free education for 4th through 8th grade girls. She is also a partner with the law firm of Connell Foley LLP and previously was the first Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, serving from 2010 to 2018. She has also served eight years as New Jersey's 33rd Secretary of State. In 2007, Ms. Guadagno was elected the first woman sheriff of the Office of the Sheriff in Monmouth County. Ms. Guadagno founded the New Jersey Partnership for Action, a public-private partnership that promotes New Jersey businesses and job creation and chaired the Red Tape Review Commission, a bipartisan group charged with streamlining government services, cutting red tape, and proposing policy recommendations to further reduce the regulatory burdens on businesses. Ms. Guadagno has served 35 years in public service and has been an attorney for more than four decades.

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS is the executive director and CEO of the American College of Surgeons and a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Turner was in full-time academic practice on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, serving as the surgery residency program director and the surgical quality champion. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and received her MBA from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Dr. Turner is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, past chair of the ACS Delegation to the AMA, past President of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University. Dr. Turner currently is President and serves as a member of the Executive Committee of Medical Specialty Societies.

Dalila Wilson-Scott was appointed to the Board in October 2023. She serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer of Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. In this role, she leads strategic impact and inclusion efforts that leverage the power of Comcast's talent, connectivity, and platforms to create opportunities in areas aligned with its global media and technology businesses, including Project UP, Comcast's comprehensive $1 billion digital opportunity initiative to help expand internet access, deliver digital skills training, and drive economic mobility through programs and community partnerships across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky. Ms. Wilson-Scott also developed and directs Comcast's philanthropic portfolio, employee engagement, and volunteerism activities spanning U.S. and international markets. Prior to joining Comcast, Ms. Wilson-Scott served as Head of Global Philanthropy at JP Morgan Chase & Co. and President of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation. She also served in the Corporate Merger Office at JP Morgan, as an integral member of the team managing the integration of JPMorgan Chase and Bank One. Ms. Wilson-Scott serves on the boards of Main Line Health, City Year, and CodePath and co-chairs the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Corporate Advisory Council. Ms. Wilson-Scott speaks regularly on philanthropy, economic mobility and inclusion at various conferences. Prior to her appointment to the Board of Directors, Ms. Wilson-Scott also served on the Bank's Advisory Board from July 2020 to September 2023. Ms. Wilson-Scott has an MBA in Finance and Management from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from New York University's College of Arts and Sciences.

Robert C. Garrett was appointed to the Board of Directors in October 2023. Mr. Garrett has spent over 39 years in the healthcare industry and has been the CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network, since 2018. Mr. Garrett has presented at numerous international events, including the International Vatican Healthcare Conference and the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where he serves as Chair of the Forum's Health and Healthcare Governor's Community. Mr. Garrett has a bachelor's degree from Binghamton University and a Master's degree in health administration from Washington University.

Patrick Chong was appointed Principal Accounting Officer of the Company in February 2023, and served as the Corporate Controller from 2020 to 2025. Prior to joining OceanFirst, Mr. Chong served in various roles with KPMG LLP, most recently as an Audit Senior Manager since October 2017.

Brian Schaeffer was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Bank effective January 1, 2025, having previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer since August 2023 and Chief Information Security Officer from 2018 through 2023. Prior to joining OceanFirst, Mr. Schaeffer was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Sun National Bank from 2015 until its acquisition by the Bank in 2018 and previously held information technology leadership roles at Liberty Bell Bank and with the Dow Jones.

David L. Berninger was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and CRO of the Company and the Bank effective January 1, 2025, having previously served as Executive Vice President and CRO of the Company since October 2023. Prior to joining OceanFirst, Mr. Berninger was the Chief Risk Officer, US Region for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from April 2022 to October 2023, and the Deputy Chief Risk Officer and Director of Enterprise Risk Management of Valley National Bank from 2015 to 2022. Mr. Berninger has served in a number of other senior risk management roles in the banking and financial services industry during a career spanning nearly four decades, including at Hudson City Savings Bank and Societe Generale.