Stephen CuUnjieng has served on our board of directors since March 13, 2026. Mr. CuUnjieng is a senior financier and board member with deep relationships throughout Asia within the financial sponsor, entrepreneur, and corporate communities.

Since September 2025, Mr. CuUnjieng has served as the Lead Independent Director of First Philippine Holdings Corporation, a holding company with principal interests in the renewable energy sector. Since July 2025, Mr. CuUnjieng has served as an independent director of Maharlika Investment Fund, the Philippine’s sovereign wealth fund, and as Chairman of its nvestment Committee.

Between 2020 and 2022, Mr. CuUneng served as a board member of AvePoint (Nasdaq: A VPI), a data security company, and. between 2022 and 2023, he served as an advisor to the board. From 2011 to 2020, Mr. CuUnjieng served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evercore Asia, a subsidiary of Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR), a global independent investment banking advisory firm.

Prior to Evercore, Mr. CuUnjieng was at Macquarie Group from 2004 to 2009, where he most recently served as Vice Chairman-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”). Mr. CuUnjieng was also a Managing Director and Head of Power and Energy at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific, from 1996 to 2000, and has held senior investment banking positions at Salomon Brothers Hong Kong, Morgan Grenfell Asia and PCIBank (formerly PSE: PCI). We believe Mr. CuUnjieng is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the banking industry.