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Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

Mr. Fink is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock. He also leads the firm’s Global Executive Committee. He is responsible for senior leadership development and succession planning, defining and reinforcing BlackRock’s vision and culture, and engaging relationships with key strategic clients, industry leaders, regulators and policy makers. Mr. Fink co-founded BlackRock in 1988, and under his leadership, the firm has grown into a global leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients.

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Pamela Daley, Former Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development of General Electric Company

Ms. Daley retired from General Electric Company (GE) in January 2014, having most recently served as a Senior Advisor to its Chairman from April 2013 to December 2013. Prior to this role, Ms. Daley served as GE’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development from 2004 to 2013 and as Vice President and Senior Counsel for Transactions from 1991 to 2004. As Senior Vice President, Ms. Daley was responsible for GE’s mergers, acquisitions and divestiture activities worldwide. Previously, Ms. Daley was a Partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, a large U.S. law firm, where she specialized in domestic and cross-border tax-oriented financings and commercial transactions.

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Gregory J. Fleming, President and CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management

Mr. Fleming has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller Capital Management since 2018. Previously, Mr. Fleming was the President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch from 2007 to 2009 and previously ran Merrill Lynch’s Global Investment Banking business. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Fleming was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Fleming is a member of the Trustee Advisory Board at Millennium Management, LLC. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York and the Board of Trustees of Deerfield Academy. He also serves as a Resource Council member of the Turn 2 Foundation. Mr. Fleming previously served as a director on BlackRock’s Board from 2006 to 2009 as a designee of Merrill Lynch in connection with the merger of BlackRock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 2006.

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William E. Ford, Chairman and CEO of General Atlantic

Mr. Ford has served as the Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic since 2007 and as the firm’s Chairman since 2021. Mr. Ford is involved with several educational and not-for-profit organizations. He is Chair of The Rockefeller University board, trustee of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, as well as a trustee of the Simons Foundation board.

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Fabrizio Freda, Former President and CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc

Mr. Freda has served as Special Advisor to the Chair of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (Estée Lauder), a global leader in beauty, since January 2025, and as Special Strategic Advisor to BRC Sarl, Luxembourg and Patrinvest SCA, Luxembourg since January 2026. He formerly served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Estée Lauder from 2009 to December 2024. Mr. Freda also previously served as Estée Lauder’s President and Chief Operating Officer from March 2008 to July 2009. Prior to joining Estée Lauder, Mr. Freda held various senior positions at Procter & Gamble Company over the span of 20 years. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Freda directed marketing and strategic planning for Gucci SpA. Mr. Freda previously served on the Board of Advisors of the Baratta Center for Global Business Education at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

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Murry S. Gerber, LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Former Chairman and CEO of EQT Corporation

Mr. Gerber served as the Chief Executive Officer of EQT Corporation (EQT), an integrated energy producer, from 1998 to 2010 and later became Executive Chairman of the company from 2010 to 2011. Prior to joining EQT, Mr. Gerber was instrumental in creating and was the first CEO of Coral Energy (now Shell Trading), the largest natural gas trading company in the USA. Before that, Mr. Gerber held a number of management and geo-technical positions at Shell, including service as Treasurer of the company. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Mr. Gerber serves as BlackRock’s Lead Independent Director.

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Margaret "Peggy" L. Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics

Ms. Johnson has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Agility Robotics, a leading manufacturer of mobile manipulation robots, since March 2024. Ms. Johnson previously served as the CEO of Magic Leap, Inc., an augmented reality company, from August 2020 to October 2023. Prior to this role, she was Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft Corporation from September 2014 to July 2020 and was responsible for driving strategic business deals and partnerships across various industries. Ms. Johnson joined Microsoft from Qualcomm Incorporated, where she served in various leadership positions across engineering, sales, marketing and business development.

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Robert S. Kapito, President of BlackRock

Mr. Kapito has been President of BlackRock since 2007 and is a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the Global Operating Committee. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of iShares, Inc. Mr. Kapito co-founded BlackRock in 1988. He is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of BlackRock’s key operating units including Investment Strategies, Client Businesses, Technology & Operations and Risk & Quantitative Analysis. Prior to 2007, Mr. Kapito served as Vice Chairman of BlackRock and Head of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group.

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Gregg R. Lemkau, Co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners

Mr. Lemkau is Co-Chief Executive Officer of BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and strategic, long-term investors. He is also Chairman of DFO Management, the investment office of Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell and his family, and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of MSD Partners, a predecessor firm of BDT & MSD. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lemkau was Co-Head of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Over his 28-year tenure, he advised clients on transactions totaling more than $1 trillion in aggregate deal value while working in offices across the United States and Europe. Mr. Lemkau currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Dartmouth College, where he earned a B.A. in Government and Economics.

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Cheryl D. Mills, Founder and CEO of BlackIvy Group

Ms. Mills is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackIvy Group, a private company that grows and builds businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, she served as Counselor to the U.S. Department of State and Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 2009 to 2013. Ms. Mills was with New York University from 2002 to 2009, where she served as Senior Vice President for Administration and Operations, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. She also served as Deputy Counsel to President Clinton and as the White House Associate Counsel. Ms. Mills previously served on the boards of Cendant Corporation (now Avis Budget Group, Inc.), a consumer real estate and travel conglomerate, and Orion Power, an independent electric power generating company.

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Kathleen Murphy, Former President of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments

Ms. Murphy served as President of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments from 2009 to 2021. From 2022 until her retirement in July 2023, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Investments. Ms. Murphy also held various roles with Voya Financial, Inc. (formerly ING) from 2000 to 2008, including CEO of ING U.S. Wealth Management Services, President of ING U.S. Institutional Businesses and General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer to the CEO of ING U.S. Financial Services. Prior to that, Ms. Murphy served in various positions at Aetna, Inc., including General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Aetna Financial Services, and in various positions in law, government and public affairs. Ms. Murphy is Vice-Chairman of the National Football Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of the St. John XXIII Foundation, and a member of the Markle Foundation Board. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Snyk, a private cybersecurity technology company.

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Amin H. Nasser, President and CEO of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Mr. Nasser has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, known as Aramco, since 2015, and as a member of the Board of Directors since 2010. He joined the company in 1982 as a petroleum engineer. As President and CEO, Mr. Nasser leads Aramco’s efforts to produce cleaner energy and products. Mr. Nasser is a member of the HUMAIN Board of Directors, the International Advisory Board of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presidential CEO Advisory Board.

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Gordon M. Nixon, Former President and CEO of Royal Bank of Canada

Mr. Nixon served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) from 2001 to 2014. He first joined RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in 1979, where he held a number of operating positions and from December 1999 to April 2001 was CEO of RBC Capital Markets (the successor company to RBC Dominion Securities Inc.). Mr. Nixon has served on the board of directors of BCE Inc. since 2014 and as Chairman of the board since 2016, but he will not be standing for reelection in 2026. Nixon is Chairman of the board of Fiserv, Inc., Lead Director of George Weston Limited and a member of the advisory board of KingSett Capital.

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Adebayo "Bayo" Ogunlesi, Chairman & CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners

Mr. Ogunlesi is a Founding Partner and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). He is a Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee and is based in New York. Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held several senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of its Investment Banking Division. From 2002 to 2004, he was Head of the Global Investment Banking Division and a Member of the Executive Board and Management Committee. Previously, Mr. Ogunlesi was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been a Lecturer at the Harvard and Yale Law Schools and the Yale School of Management where he taught courses on transnational investment projects. Mr. Ogunlesi holds a B.A. (First Class Honors) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, a J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Topgolf Callaway Brands, Kosmos Energy Holdings and Terminal Investment Limited. He was previously the Lead Director of Goldman Sachs Group. He is a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Boards of the Harvard Law and Business Schools and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council.

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Kristin Peck, CEO of Zoetis, Inc.

Ms. Peck has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Zoetis Inc., a leading animal health company, since 2020. Prior to becoming CEO, Ms. Peck was Executive Vice President and Group President, U.S. Operations, Business Development and Strategy from 2018 to 2020. Before joining Zoetis, Ms. Peck served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Business Development and Innovation at Pfizer Inc. and as a member of Pfizer's Executive Leadership Team. Earlier in her career, Ms. Peck held roles at Boston Consulting Group, as well as in private equity and real estate finance at The Prudential Realty Group, The O’Connor Group and J.P. Morgan. She serves on the boards of Mayo Clinic and Business Roundtable.

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Charles H. Robbins, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Mr. Robbins serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco). Prior to assuming the CEO role in July 2015, he was Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Worldwide Field Operations and led its Worldwide Sales and Partner Organization, where he helped drive and execute many of Cisco’s investment areas and strategy shifts. He is Chair of the Business Roundtable, Chairman Emeritus of the U.S.-Japan Business Council and a member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum.

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Hans E. Vestberg, Special Advisor, Former Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, Inc.

Mr. Vestberg has served as Special Advisor to Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) since October 2025. He formerly served as the Chief Executive Officer of Verizon from 2018 to 2025 and as Chairman from 2019 to 2025. Prior to Verizon, Hans led the successful transformation of Ericsson from a hardware focused manufacturer to a software and services company. Previously, Hans served as Co-Chair of the New Jersey CEO Council and as Chair of the World Economic Forum's EDISON Alliance, a collaborative initiative to foster global digital inclusion. A former athlete and semi-professional Team Handball player in Sweden, Hans is founder of the Jan Vestberg Handball Academy, named after his father, who was his handball coach for most of his sports career. Hans is also the past Chairman of the Swedish Olympic Committee. Mr. Vestberg has lived and worked in China, Chile, Brazil and Mexico, in addition to the U.S. and Sweden.

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Susan L. Wagner, Former Vice Chairman of BlackRock

Ms. Wagner retired as Vice Chairman of BlackRock after serving in that role from 2006 to 2012. Ms. Wagner also served as a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee and Global Operating Committee. Ms. Wagner previously served as BlackRock’s Chief Operating Officer and as Head of Corporate Strategy. Ms. Wagner currently serves as a director of Apple Inc., Samsara Inc., and Color Health, a privately held health technology company. She previously served as a member of the board of trustees of Wellesley College.

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Mark Wilson, CEO of RIQ

Mr. Wilson has served as the Chief Executive Officer of RIQ, a global reinsurance platform based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), since May 2025. Previously, Mr. Wilson served as the CEO of Aviva plc (Aviva), a multinational insurance company headquartered in the U.K., from January 2013 to October 2018. Prior to joining Aviva, Mr. Wilson worked in Asia for 14 years, including as President and CEO of AIA Group Limited, a leading pan-Asian company.