Ms. Knight has served as a director since September 2019. Ms. Knight has been a Non-Executive Director of Arbuthnot Banking Group plc since September 2023 and its principal subsidiary Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd since June 2016. In November 2021, Ms. Knight was appointed as the non-executive chair of the board of directors of Pool Reinsurance Company LTD (PoolRe), Britain s leading terrorism reinsurer. Ms. Knight is the chair of the board of Astana Financial Services Authority, a regulator set up by the Kazakhstan Government, under English law and UK/international regulatory standards. Since 1997, Ms. Knight has held several Non-Executive Directorships, including Vanquis plc (formerly known as Provident Financial plc) from August 2018 to January 2025, Taylor Wimpey plc from November 2016 to April 2022, TP ICAP plc (previously Tullett Prebon) from September 2011 to May 2021, Brewin Dolphin plc from 2007 to 2017, where she was the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and also chaired the Dublin subsidiary, until December 2018 and was the Chairman of the UK Treasury sponsored body, the Office of Tax Simplification, until March 2019. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Energy UK from 2012 to 2014, and prior to that was the Chief Executive Officer of the British Bankers Association, from 2007 to 2012. Between 1997 and 2006, Ms. Knight was the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers. Ms. Knight started her career at Air Products and Chemicals where she worked for five years, primarily as a development engineer and project leader. In 1977, she set up Cook & Knight (Metallurgical Processors) and was Joint Managing Director until the company was sold in 1988. She became a member of Sheffield City Council in 1987 and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Erewash in the East Midlands in 1992. She was the Parliamentary Aid to the Minister for Industry in 1993, then to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1994, before becoming Economic Secretary to HM Treasury from 1995 to 1997. Ms. Knight has a BSc degree in Chemistry from Bristol University. Ms. Knight s qualifications to serve on the Board include her substantial experience in international financial services, operations in regulated industries and service on international boards.