Karl Peterson has served as Accel s Chairman since 2019. He was appointed as Lead Independent Director of the Board in February 2026. Mr. Peterson currently serves as head of Peterson Capital Partners, a family office with numerous public and private investments. In 2022, he retired as a Senior Partner of TPG Global, LLC ( TPG ), an American private equity firm and Managing Partner of TPG Pace Group, where he previously headed the firm s effort to sponsor special purpose acquisition companies and other permanent capital solutions for companies. Mr. Peterson served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pace from February of 2017 through the consummation of the Business Combination. Previously, he served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pace from its inception in 2015 through its business combination with Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. in March of 2017. From 2010 through 2016, Mr. Peterson was Managing Partner of TPG Europe LLP. Since rejoining TPG in 2004, Mr. Peterson has led investments for TPG in technology, media, financial services, and travel sectors. Prior to 2004, he was a co-founder and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hotwire.com. He led the business from its inception through its sale to InterActiveCorp in 2003. Before Hotwire, Mr. Peterson was a principal at TPG in San Francisco, and from 1992 to 1995 he was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. Since 2021, Mr. Peterson has served as a director of Vacasa, Inc., an international vacation rental management company. Since 2017, Mr. Peterson has also served as a director of Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V., an owner, operator and developer of resorts. Since 2007, Mr. Peterson has served as a director of Sabre Inc., a travel technology company, and as chairman of their board from 2020 to April 2022. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Peterson served as a director on the board of Caesars Acquisition Company, a casino asset and entertainment company. Mr. Peterson has also served on the board of several TPG companies, including TPG Pace Beneficial Finance, as non-executive chair, from 2020 to the present, TPG Pace Solutions in 2021, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. from 2020 to 2021, and TPG Pace Beneficial II Corp., as non-executive chair, from 2021 to 2023. Mr. Peterson is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with High Honors. Mr. Peterson is well-qualified to serve as a director of our Board because of his significant directorship experience, his broad experience in the technology, media, financial services and travel sectors and his previous role as a director of Pace Holdings Corp.