DAME ALISON J. CARNWATH, age 73, has been a senior adviser to Evercore Partners, an independent corporate finance advisory firm (formerly known as Lexicon Partners) in the United Kingdom, since 2005. She has served as chair of EG Group Ltd. since 2021 as well as compensation committee chair since 2025 and audit committee chair from 2021 to 2025. She has served as a director of Coller Capital Ltd. since 2015. Dame Alison previously served as a director and audit committee chair of ASDA Group Ltd. from 2021 to 2025 and as chair of Land Securities, a FTSE 100 property company, from 2008 to 2018. She has served as a director of the Company since 2005. Dame Alison has the attributes and qualifications listed in the Company guidelines for board membership including certification as a chartered accountant, service as chair and chief executive of Videndum PLC (formerly the Vitec Group), a British supplier to the broadcast industry, and extensive experience in international finance and investment banking.