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Jeffrey S. Stein, Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC

Mr. Stein has been Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2015 and has served as a director since May 1, 2013. Mr. Stein is Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC, a financial advisory firm that provides consulting services to public and private companies and institutional investors. Mr. Stein is an investment professional with over twenty-eight years of experience in the high yield, distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes who has substantial experience investing in the financial services industry. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Co-Founder and Principal of Durham Asset Management LLC, a global event-driven distressed debt and special situations equity asset management firm. From January 2003 through December 2009, Mr. Stein served as the Co-Director of Research at Durham responsible for the identification, evaluation and management of investments for the various Durham portfolios. From July 1997 to December 2002, Mr. Stein served as Co-Director of Research at The Delaware Bay Company, Inc., a boutique research and investment banking firm focused on the distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes. From September 1991 to August 1995, Mr. Stein was an Associate/Assistant Vice President at Shearson Lehman Brothers in the Capital Preservation & Restructuring Group. Mr. Stein currently serves as a board observer on the Board of TORM plc. Mr. Stein previously served as a director on the Boards of Dynegy Inc., NMC Health plc, and Westmoreland Coal Company. Mr. Stein received a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. with Honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University.

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Claude LeBlanc, President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. LeBlanc is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ambac, as well as a director of both Ambac Financial Group, Inc. and Ambac Assurance Corporation. He has held these positions since joining Ambac in January 2017. In the last six years, Mr. LeBlanc has led Ambac through a holistic transformation, winding down its legacy financial guarantee business and reshaping Ambac into a specialty property and casualty insurance platform. Previously, Mr. LeBlanc was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer of Syncora Holdings Ltd. from 2010 through 2016, and from 2006 to 2009 he held the position of Executive Vice President. During this period, Mr. LeBlanc led the successful global restructuring of Syncora. Prior to joining Syncora, Mr. LeBlanc served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy and as a member of the Executive Management Group for XL Capital Ltd. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and transaction advisory. Mr. LeBlanc holds a BA in Economics from York University, a BComm from the University of Windsor and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. He is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant. Mr. LeBlanc is a member of the Schulich School of Business Dean’s Global Council and Dean’s Strategic Council. He previously served on the Board of Maiden Holdings, Ltd. until May 2021.

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Ian D. Haft, Chief Executive Officer of Surgis Capital and Chief Financial Officer of Electric Monster Media

Mr. Haft has been a director since March 28, 2016. He is the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Surgis Capital LLC, an investment manager and consulting firm he founded in 2018. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Electric Monster Media, Inc., a digital media company focused on acquiring, optimizing and operating digital content properties. From 2009 until 2017, Mr. Haft was a founding partner and Vice President and Secretary of Cornwall Capital Management LP (“Cornwall”), an investment manager. At Cornwall, Mr. Haft previously held the positions of Chief Financial Officer (until November 2011) and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (until the end of 2015). Mr. Haft was also a member of Cornwall GP, LLC, the general partner of Cornwall Master LP. Prior to joining Cornwall, Mr. Haft was a Principal at GenNx360 Capital Partners, a private equity fund, from 2008 to 2009. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Haft was a Senior Associate and then Vice President (from 2004) at ACI Capital Co., LLC, where he focused on middle market leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments on behalf of two private equity funds. Mr. Haft began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in 1993 and was also employed by Merrill Lynch & Co. and The Blackstone Group prior to joining ACI Capital in 2002. Mr. Haft currently serves as member of the board of directors of Keweenaw Land Association. Mr. Haft graduated graduated magna cum laude with a BA in economics and mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1993 and he received his JD and MBA from Columbia University in 2000. Mr. Haft has extensive experience working with companies of all sizes and identifying, understanding and utilizing areas of value creation.

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Lisa G. Iglesias, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Unum Group

Ms. Iglesias has been a director since August 4, 2021. She is currently the executive vice president, general counsel of Unum Group, a position she has held since January 2015. As the general counsel of Unum Group, Ms. Iglesias has overall responsibility for the legal affairs of the corporation, and heads a team of lawyers handling transactions, finance and investments, SEC and reporting, corporate governance, regulatory matters and relationships, compliance and complex litigation. She also oversees the company's Enterprise Audit and Corporate Services functions. Prior to joining Unum Group, Ms. Iglesias served as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc., a managed care company, from February 2012 to December 2014. She joined WellCare in February 2010 as vice president, securities and assistant general counsel. Prior to that, she served as general counsel and corporate secretary at Nordstrom, Inc., a fashion specialty retailer, from 2007-2008, and as general counsel and secretary of Spherion Corporation, a recruiting and staffing company, from 1999-2007. Earlier in her career she was an SEC and Mergers and Acquisitions attorney with the law firm of Greenberg Traurig from 1994 to 1998 and a tax CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick from 1989 to 1991. Ms. Iglesias serves on the board of the Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Ms. Iglesias received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of South Florida, and her law degree from the University of Miami. Honors and awards include being named in Latino Leaders magazine as one of the Top Latinos in Corporate America in 2020 and one of the Top Latino Lawyers in 2018. In 2014 Ms. Iglesias was named one of the Top Women Legal officers in Corporate Counsel magazine.

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Joan Lamm-Tennant, Independent Chair of the Boards of Directors of Equitable Holdings, Inc. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.

Ms. Lamm-Tennant has been a director since March 1, 2018. She is the independent Chair of the Boards of Directors of Equitable Holdings, Inc. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. Ms. Lamm-Tennant was the Founder of Blue Marble Microinsurance, and from January 2016 to June 2020 served as its Chief Executive Officer. Blue Marble Microinsurance is a corporation formed by a consortium of eight insurance entities for the purpose of developing service ventures enabling the insurers to enter the microinsurance market. Previously, Ms. Lamm-Tennant was the Global Chief Economist and Risk Strategist of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the reinsurance and risk advisory operating company of Marsh & McLennan Companies. Prior to joining Guy Carpenter in 2007, Ms. Lamm-Tennant was the founding President of General Reinsurance Capital Consultants. She was an Adjunct Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from September 2005 to May 2016 and held the Laurence and Susan Hirsch Chair in International Business. Ms. Lamm-Tennant was a tenured Professor at Villanova from September 1989 to May 2000 and was awarded the Thomas Labrecque Chair Professorship in Business in 1999. She currently serves on the Board of Hamilton Insurance Group, Equitable Holdings, Inc., AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. and Element Fleet Management Corp., as well as the Institutes. She is an Executive Advisor at Brewer Lane Ventures, an early stage venture firm focused on Insurtech and Fintech companies. Ms. Lamm-Tennant holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Investments from the University of Texas, Austin; an M.B.A. in Finance from St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas and a B.B.A. with Honors in Accounting from St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.

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Kristi A. Matus, Former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Buckle Agency LLC

Ms. Matus has been a director since June 22, 2023. From October 2020 until July 2022, she was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Buckle Agency LLC, a digital financial services company which provides insurance products and solutions for the rapidly growing ride-share and delivery segment and is a strategic partner for MGAs. Ms. Matus was an Executive Advisor for Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. from 2017 to 2020, advising the senior team within the healthcare IT portfolio on strategy, talent, and team integration prior to an acquisition. From 2014 to 2016, Ms. Matus served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Administrative Officer of athenahealth, Inc. (“athenahealth”), a company partnering with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results through technology, insight, and expertise. Prior to joining athenahealth, Ms. Matus served as Executive Vice President and Head of Government Services of Aetna, Inc. (“Aetna”) managing the Medicare, Medicaid, public and labor and Federal employee health plans. Prior to Aetna, she held several senior leadership roles at United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”), including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She began her career at Thrivent, where she held various financial and operational roles for over a decade. Ms. Matus is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Cerence, Inc., and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of Equitable Holdings, Inc. and AllianceBernstein Holdings, L.P.

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Michael D. Price, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.

Mr. Price has been a director since June 22, 2023. Mr. Price served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. from 2005 until its acquisition by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd in 2015. Platinum Underwriters Holdings provided property and casualty reinsurance coverages to insurance and select reinsurers worldwide. Prior to that, he served briefly as Platinum’s Chief Operating Officer, and was President of Platinum US from 2002 until 2005. Mr. Price was Chief Underwriting Officer of Platinum’s predecessor, the former reinsurance segment of The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Prior thereto, Mr. Price was Chief Operating Officer of Associated Aviation Underwriters Incorporated, a subsidiary of Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd., a leading global MGU of aviation insurance and risk management solutions. Earlier in his career, he held progressively senior roles within other companies in the property and casualty insurance industry. Mr. Price is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and holds the Financial Risk Manager designation of the Global Association of Risk Professionals. Mr. Price was a member of the Board of Directors of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. from July 2017 until May 2020.

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