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Mr. Paul J. Taubman is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of PJT Partners. Since its founding, PJT Partners has become one of the most respected advisory firms in the industry. Prior to founding PJT Partners in 2015, Mr. Taubman spent nearly 30 years at Morgan Stanley, where he served in a series of increasingly senior leadership positions, including Executive Vice President and Co-President of Institutional Securities, with responsibility for all of that firm's investment banking, capital markets and sales and trading businesses. Mr. Taubman is actively involved in philanthropic efforts, serving as Board President of New York Cares, New York City's largest volunteer organization; Vice Chairman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Board Member of the Partnership for New York City; Advisory Council member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; National Advisory Board member of Youth, Inc.; and Trustee of the Foundation for Empowering Citizens with Autism. Mr. Taubman received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Kievdi Don Cornwell is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Dynasty Equity, a global sports investment firm focused on strategic investments across the sports ecosystem. Prior to founding Dynasty Equity in 2023, Mr. Cornwell was a founding partner at PJT Partners, joining our company in 2015 following an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley. At Morgan Stanley, Mr. Cornwell was in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and established a particularly focused area of expertise in media and entertainment, specifically in sports and gaming. Prior to leaving Morgan Stanley, he served as Head of Global Sports Investment Banking. Before he joined Morgan Stanley, Mr. Cornwell worked at McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant and in corporate development for the National Football League. He sits on the Board of Trustees of the Harlem Children's Zone, an education and social services organization in Central Harlem; the East Harlem Tutorial Program, an after-school program for children in East Harlem; Mission 44 (U.S. Board), a global charitable foundation founded by Sir Lewis Hamilton focused on promoting access to education and careers in STEM; the Board of Directors of New York Cares, New York City's largest volunteer organization, and the VFILES Foundation, an organization with the mission to increase business ownership for creators in underrepresented communities. Mr. Cornwell served on the Management Board of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business until July 2022. He received an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and an AB in Government from Harvard College.

Ms. Emily K. Rafferty is President Emerita of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beginning in 1976 and working in various roles in development, membership, and external affairs, she was elected President of the Museum in 2005 and served in that capacity until her retirement in March 2015. During her time as President and Chief Administrative Officer, Ms. Rafferty oversaw more than 2,000 full- and part-time employees and volunteers. Her work spanned a global reach during international negotiations for fundraising, diplomatic, and travel initiatives, including collaborations with the United Nations, the U.S. State Department, and many world leaders. Ms. Rafferty currently serves as a Vice Chair of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a Board Trustee of Carnegie Hall, and a member of the Board of Advisors for Hospital for Special Surgery, the Global Asia Society, and the Hispanic Society Museum and Library. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American University of Beirut as well as the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Rafferty served as a board member of the New York Federal Reserve Bank from 2011 to 2017 (Chair, 2012 to 2016) and Koc Holdings, Istanbul from 2018 to 2024, Senior Advisor for Heritage Protection and Conservation for UNESCO from 2015 to 2017, and was Chair of NYC & Company (the city's tourism, marketing and partnering organization) from 2008 to 2020, where she continues to serve as an ex-officio board member. She previously consulted for Russell Reynolds Associates in that firm's non-profit sector and for The Shed, a NYC performing arts center. Ms. Rafferty is principal of Emily K. Rafferty & Associates, a consulting resource for non-profit institutions.

Ms. Grace Reksten Skaugen has extensive experience working with a broad array of European companies. She currently chairs Orron Energy AB (Chair of the Compensation Committee) and is a board member of Investor AB (Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee). Ms. Skaugen is also a trustee and Honorary Treasurer of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. In 2009, Ms. Skaugen co-founded the Norwegian Institute of Directors, where she still serves on its board as Deputy Chair. She previously served as a senior advisor to HSBC (2014-2019) and Deutsche Bank (2007-2014). She was deputy chair (2012-2015) of the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) and served on its board (2002-2015). Ms. Skaugen served as deputy chair (2013-2020), board member (2012-2020) and chair of the Compensation Committee at Orkla ASA, was a board member and member of the Compensation and Sustainability Committees at Lundin Energy AB (2015-2022) and chaired Euronav NV (where she was a member of the Compensation Committee, Sustainability Committee and Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee) (2016-2023). She has previous investment banking experience, having worked at the Nordic bank SEB, where she advised companies within the energy, transportation and technology sectors. Ms. Skaugen started her career as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia Radiation Laboratory in New York. She is a physicist by education and holds a PhD in laser physics from Imperial College in London. She also holds an M.B.A. from the Norwegian School of Management, BI.

Mr. Kalra,currently the Company's Director of Finance, has spent the last decade helping Ms. Meates build the global finance function of the Company, having joined the firm in 2016, initially as head of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kalra was a senior member of the compensation team at UBS AG. Mr. Kalra holds a BSc from the London School of Economics.