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Dr. Baratz became the Chief Executive Officer of D-Wave Systems in January 2020 and of the Company in August 2022. Previously, as Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Product Officer of D-Wave Systems from August 2018 to December 2019, he drove the development, delivery, and support of all of the company's products, technologies, and applications. Dr. Baratz also acted as Senior Vice President of Software & Applications of D-Wave Systems from August 2017 to August 2018. He has over 25 years of experience in product development and bringing new products to market at leading technology companies and software startups. As the first president of JavaSoft at Sun Microsystems, Dr. Baratz oversaw the growth and adoption of the Java platform from its infancy to a robust platform supporting mission-critical applications in nearly 80 percent of Fortune 1000 companies. He has also held executive positions at Symphony, Avaya, Cisco, and IBM. He served as chief executive officer and president of Versata, Zaplet, and NeoPath Networks, and as a managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC. Dr. Baratz also served on the board of Versata from 2003 to 2005 and the board of TRW Inc. in 2002. Dr. Baratz holds a doctorate in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ms. Nguyen has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since July 31, 2025. She previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from May 1, 2023 to July 2025 and Vice-President, Legal from July 2021 through April 2023. Ms. Nguyen oversees all legal aspects of our day-to-day operations and the proper governance of the Company, and leads the Intellectual Property team in the development and protection of our world-class patent portfolio. Ms. Nguyen holds over 10 years of broad-based legal experience, including negotiating commercial agreements, corporate governance, business financing, intellectual property, and risk assessment. She joined D-Wave in 2018. From 2012 to 2017, she practiced corporate, commercial and intellectual property law at Morency, Societe d'avocats, LLP. She also served on the Board of the BC SPCA. Ms. Nguyen is a member of the bars of British Columbia and Quebec, an Authorized House Counsel with the Florida Bar and is a registered trademark agent. She holds a Master's degree in Business Law from the University of Montreal.

Mr. West is a 40-year veteran of the information technology and media marketplace. He is the founder and has been a managing partner of Emerging Company Partners LLC, a technology-consulting firm located in Incline Village, Nevada, since February 2004. Mr. West has held executive leadership positions in both large and early-stage information technology companies located in North America, Asia and Europe. His leadership positions have included CEO of Entera, an Internet content delivery firm (acquired by Blue Coat Systems, Inc.), President and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems in Santa Clara, California and Group Executive of EDS in Plano, Texas. As a partner in Emerging Company Partners LLC, Mr. West has completed consulting engagements with numerous companies specializing in early-stage firms. Mr. West's public board experience includes Cisco Systems from 1996 to 2019. As a board director of Cisco, he was audit committee chair and a member of the finance committee. He also served as a board member of Autodesk from 2008 to 2018 and was a member of the audit committee and chair of their compensation committee. He has also served on the boards of Delta-Q Technologies and Bycast Inc. Currently, Mr. West is a licensed Broadcast Engineer by the Federal Communications Commission. He also is an active member in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Mr. Ghai has served as President and CEO of Barracuda Networks since September 2025. He is also a member of the board of directors. Barracuda is a global company that offers cyber security solutions to resource constrained organizations. Prior to Barracuda, he was chief executive officer of RSA Security (RSA), a global leader in identity and access management solutions for security-first organizations, since 2017, and a director of RSA since 2020. Mr. Ghai has experience in both startups and large enterprises, with expertise in digital transformation in highly regulated markets and knowledge across software, systems and security. Mr. Ghai was president of RSA during its tenure as a Dell Technologies business. Prior to that, he served as president of Dell EMC's Enterprise Content Division and held senior engineering and management roles at Symantec, Computer Associates and Cheyenne Software. Mr. Ghai currently serves as a director for Pega Systems (Nasdaq: PEGA) since January 2025 and has also served as a director for Everbridge from January 2023 to July 2024, while it was a public company. Mr. Ghai holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of South Carolina and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.

Sec. Nielsen brings deep experience at the intersection of national security, enterprise risk, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure resilience. She has served as President of Lighthouse Strategies, a national security consultancy she founded focused on emerging technology and emerging threats, since 2019. From 2017 to 2019, Sec. Nielsen served as the sixth Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security leading the 240,000 law enforcement, civilian, and military employees and overseeing the development and expenditure of its $70 billion in total annual budget authority. As an attorney, public servant, successful entrepreneur, subject matter expert, and regular public speaker, she brings over two decades of domestic and international experience in the homeland and national security sectors and has advised governments, private sector companies, international organizations, and NGOs throughout her career. She continues to promote government, nonprofit, and private sector security collaboration. Sec. Nielsen serves on the Board of Advisors for the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida, as a Board Member of the Global Resilience Federation, the Business Council for International Understanding, the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure and the National Defense University Foundation Board. Sec. Nielsen also sits on the Advisory Boards of several emerging technology companies and charities. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Ms. Holt is the co-founder and has served as a principal at Fraser Stuart Ventures, LLC, a private investment and advisory firm since 2016. From 2019 to 2025 she served on the board of directors of Infinera Corporation (Nasdaq: INFN), an industry-leading supplier of intelligent transport network solutions (Infinera). Ms. Holt also served as the chair of Infinera's compensation committee and previously served as the chair of Infinera's nominating and governance committee. From August 2016 to May 2021, Ms. Holt served on the board of directors of Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR), a developer of haptics technology for cellphones and other devices, having served as the chairman of the board, lead independent director, the chair of the nominating and governance committee, the chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee. From 2004 to 2012, Ms. Holt was a senior executive at Rambus Inc., a leading technology development and licensing company, where she served as Senior Vice President of Sales, Licensing and Marketing and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Business Group. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Holt served as an executive at Agilent Technologies in the Semiconductor Products Group (now Broadcom), where her last position was Vice President & General Manager of Americas Field Operations, overseeing sales and technical support operations for the semiconductor business, including ASICs, ASSPs, optical and wireless ICs. Prior to that, she ran sales operations focused on Agilent's largest global customers. From 1986 to 1999, Ms. Holt held various positions at HP in Applications Engineering, Sales, and Distribution Channel Management for the Semiconductor Products Group. Ms. Holt received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

Greg Golkov the Company's Senior Vice president of Finance, became the Company's acting Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and principal accounting officer with effect from 02nd September 2026.. Mr. Golkov brings more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience across publicly traded and private equity-backed technology companies, including building finance teams, improving financial processes, supporting strategic decision-making, and establishing policies and internal controls. Mr. Golkov has served as D-Wave's senior vice president of finance since May 2023, with responsibility for accounting, SEC reporting, financial planning and analysis, treasury and tax. From October 2020 to March 2023, Mr. Golkov served as vice president, controller of Butterfly Network, Inc., where he helped lead the company's transition to public company reporting. From August 2018 to October 2020, he served as senior vice president, finance of Kaseya where he led finance transformation and merger and acquisition integration initiatives. Mr. Golkov holds a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Ames has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since September 2024. In this role, she is responsible for our global human capital strategy, including talent acquisition, learning and development, organizational effectiveness, compensation and benefits, and HR operations essential to our growth. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Ames served as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Mitel Networks Corporation from 2023 to 2024, where she led HR strategy and organizational integration following a significant acquisition. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at ServiceMax, Inc. from 2021 to 2023, a field service management software company that was subsequently acquired by PTC Inc. Ms. Ames has over 25 years of global human resources experience in public and private international technology and services companies. She holds a bachelor's degree in Applied Foreign Languages/Business from Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier, France. Ms. Ames also holds a current NACD Directorship certification from the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Black has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer since September 2025. In this role, he is responsible for our enterprise cyber security, product security, risk management, compliance, physical security, safety, and related governance functions. Mr. Black is a security veteran with more than 20 years of experience protecting global enterprises and guiding security strategy at technology companies. Prior to joining us, Mr. Black held executive security leadership roles at Nuance Communications for three years, Citrix for six years, and Delinea for three years. He has built his career around making security practical, scalable, and effective whether in multi-cloud environments, AI governance, or regulatory compliance. His leadership has helped shape public-private security collaborations and anti-cyberterrorism efforts, and he has also pioneered AI-driven frameworks for risk management, setting a model for how organizations adopt emerging technology responsibly.