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Maria Pinelli

Ms. Pinelli has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2021 and our audit committee since August 2021. She currently serves on the board of directors of Archer Aviation, Inc (NYSE: ACHR) and Clarim Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: CLRMU).  Previously, Ms. Pinelli served as Global Vice Chair of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) from 2011 to 2017 and led EY’s Global Strategic Growth Business unit with a focus on serving entrepreneurs and private and public companies poised for exponential growth. Ms. Pinelli led EY’s efforts across all business sectors overseeing the Americas, Europe, Middle East, India, Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan, regions covering over 150 countries. During the same period, she also served as EY’s Global IPO Leader, helping clients prepare for the public markets including IPO readiness, SOX compliance and how to manage stakeholder expectations. Prior to leading the global business of EY, Ms. Pinelli was EY’s Director of Strategic Growth Markets for the Americas from 2006 to 2011. In this role, Ms. Pinelli led a team of over 5,000 professionals serving high growth private, pre-IPO companies, and public and private equity backed businesses. Following her role as Global Vice Chair, from 2018 to 2020, Ms. Pinelli led EY’s Consumer Products and Retail sector based in the US Southeast. Ms. Pinelli is a qualified public accountant in Canada and the United Kingdom, and prior to her career at EY, was a lead client service partner serving significant clients in the technology, consumer and retail sectors. She has been involved in multiple IPOs and M&A strategic transactions over her career. Ms. Pinelli received her Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University and completed executive programs at Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Management. Ms. Pinelli has also participated as a speaker at the Most Powerful Women Summit and G20 summits, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNBC and Squawk Box. In addition, she was admitted to the Committee 200 and named to the list of Power 100 Women. Ms. Pinelli has also served as Chair of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and a member of the World Economic Forum Global Growth Company Advisory Committee. We believe that Ms. Pinelli is well-qualified to serve as a director and financial expert due to her previous leadership roles, international business experience, financial acumen and extensive experience in advising growth companies.

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  Chair
  Audit Committee