Martin Brand has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2024. Mr. Brand is Head of Blackstone Capital Partners. Before joining Blackstone in August 2003, Mr. Brand worked as a derivatives trader with Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo from August 1998 through June 2000, and was with McKinsey & Company in London from 2000 through 2001. He is a director of London Stock Exchange Group, UKG Software, Liftoff Mobile, First Eagle, Smartsheet and Cvent. Mr. Brand also serves as a trustee of the American Academy Berlin. Mr. Brand received a BA/MA in Mathematics and Computation, First Class Honors, from Oxford University in 1998 and an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 2003.