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Howard W. Lutnick is Chairman & CEO of BGC Group, Inc., a leading global brokerage and financial technology company; Chairman of Newmark Group, Inc. (which operates as Newmark Knight Frank), one of the world’s leading commercial real estate advisory firms; and Chairman & CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., one of the world’s leading financial services firms. CF Group Management, Inc. is the managing general partner of Cantor.

Mr. Lutnick is a graduate of Haverford College and holds a degree in economics. He joined Cantor in 1983 and was appointed President and CEO in 1991. Five years later he was named Chairman. He rebuilt the firm following the tragic losses suffered on September 11, 2001, and since then has fostered corporate philanthropy across BGC Group and Cantor Fitzgerald through their annual Charity Day. Both firms, in conjunction with the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, donate 100% of their revenues from Charity Day to approximately 150 charities around the world and to date have raised approximately $159 million on Charity Day.

Since July 2014, Mr. Lutnick has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CF Finance Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (the “Cantor SPAC”). Since February 2017, Mr. Lutnick has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of each of Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc. and Rodin Income Trust, Inc., which are non-traded real estate investment trusts, or REITs. Mr. Lutnick served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of GFI Group Inc. (“GFI”) from February 26, 2015 through the closing of BGC’s merger with GFI in January 2016. Mr. Lutnick is a member of the Board of Directors of the Horace Mann School, the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City. Mr. Lutnick received the Department of the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor granted to non-military personnel by the Navy.

Mr. Lutnick and his wife Allison are proud parents of four children. More details about his role at Cantor Fitzgerald can be read here.

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Howard W. Lutnick

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BGC Group, Inc.
Howard W. Lutnick is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BGC Group, Inc., a leading global brokerage company serving the financial markets. In addition, Mr. Lutnick is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., one of the world’s leading financial services firms.
Linda A. Bell

Director, BGC Group, Inc.
Dr. Bell has been a director of our Company since July 2013. Dr. Bell is currently the Claire Tow Professor of Economics and Provost Emerita of Barnard College, Columbia University. Previously she has served as the Provost and Dean of Faculty at Barnard College, Columbia University since 2012, where she also was the Claire Tow Professor of Economics. Prior to joining Barnard, Dr. Bell was the Provost and John B. Hurford Professor of Economics at Haverford College from 2007 and 2012 and a member of the faculty since 1992.
David P. Richards

Director, BGC Group, Inc.
Mr. Richards has been a director of our Company since December 2017. Mr. Richards is the Chairman of Prodrive Holdings Ltd., a British motorsport and advanced engineering group, a position in which he has served since the firm’s founding in 1984.
Arthur U. Mbanefo

Director, BGC Group, Inc.
Mr. Mbanefo has been a director of our Company since October 2021. Mr. Mbanefo is the Managing Partner of Phoenix Merchant Partners LP, a merchant banking and private credit business. Previously, Mr. Mbanefo was the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Principal Business and Asset Management for ORIX Corporation USA. Mr. Mbanefo also previously served as the Chief Investment Officer of Barclays Bank PLC. Mr. Mbanefo currently serves as chairman of the advisory board of Datatailr Inc., a financial and data analytics and development firm, and has been a senior adviser to Banyan LLC, an e-commerce data solutions firm. Mr. Mbanefo graduated with a BSc with Honours from Loughborough University. He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant.
William Addas

Director, BGC Group, Inc.
Mr. Addas has been a director of our company since July 2023. From 2008 to 2023, Mr. Addas held numerous senior positions at BofA Securities, Inc., including Co-Head of Global Financial Institutions Group from 2021 to 2023, Co-Head of Americas Financial Institutions Group from 2019 to 2021, and Head of Specialty Finance from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Addas holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.

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