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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. He previously served as Chairman of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd., a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, from 2007 until 2013, and as a non-executive director of BGC European GP Limited from May 2009 until June 2017. Mr. Richards currently serves in the role of Chairman of the UK governing body of the Motor Sports Association. Mr. Richards has been a director of Phytome Life Sciences, a U.K. plant-based medical research company, since August 2019. From September 2021 to September 2022, Mr. Richards was a non-executive director of Raw Charging Group Limited, a U.K. electric vehicle charging company focused on distributing smart charging infrastructure to business customers in the U.K. and Europe. In the 2005 Queen’s New Year’s Honours, Mr. Richards was made a Commander of the British Empire, CBE, for his services to motorsport. Mr. Richards attended Brynhyfryd School in North Wales followed by five years of articles with a Liverpool firm of chartered accountants. He holds honorary doctorates and fellowships from the Universities of Wales, Coventry, Warwick and Cranfield.

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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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