Hugh F. Johnston has served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney Company since December 2023. Prior to that time, he served as Vice Chairman of PepsiCo, Inc. from 2015 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2010. Mr. Johnston also currently serves as a member of the board and chair of the audit committee of Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Johnston is active with several corporate, NGO and academic organizations, including the University of Chicago s Booth School CFO Forum Advisory Board, Syracuse University s Whitman School of Management Advisory Council, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. In addition, he is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Advisory Council. Among other qualifications, Mr. Johnston was selected as a director in light of his extensive experience as an executive officer of large public companies and service as a director of other firms, including public companies. We believe this experience will continue to be beneficial in providing financial and general business expertise to the Board of Directors.