.Alberto Alsina Gonzalez has served as one of our directors upon the trading of our securities on Nasdaq. He has more than three decades of international experience in multinational settings where he held several executive positions at global and European levels in the U.S., UK, Brazil, Germany, Zimbabwe, Spain and Malta. He has also held Board positions in many African, Asian and South American companies. With more than 20 years of experience specifically in Private Equity, he has honed his skills at private equity firms such as Permira, and Mediterrania Capital Partners Ltd. (“Mediterrania”), which he founded in 2013 and where he currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Partner. Mediterrania invests in Africa, operating under regulators such as the Malta MFSA, the Mauritius FSC, and the Spanish regulator CNMV. As of 31st October 2024, the total assets under management pursuant to the Impact Principles amount to €556.8 million. The group companies and portfolio companies of Mediterrania deliver over €1.8 billion in annual revenues and employ more than 27,000 people in Africa. Mr. Alsina Gonzalez also serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Mediterrania.

Mr. Alsina Gonzalez’s professional journey spans over 25 years, marked by his expertise in general management on a global scale. From January 1993 to December 2001, he spent 9 years at General Cable, where he served as VP in the Telecomms division in the U.S. From 2001 to 2004, he served 3 years at Textron Inc, an aviation and aerospace manufacturing company. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Alsina Gonzalez spent over 2 years as a managing director at VWR (pharma) in the UK where he played a vital role in a successful Private Equity MBO project. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Alsina Gonzalez was a managing director at Riva y Garcia Financial Group.

Mr. Alsina Gonzalez holds an Executive Education Advanced Management Program degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from the University of Barcelona in Spain. He also holds a postgraduate degree in European Management from the University of Poitiers in France in conjunction with the University of Fulda in Germany and University of Poitiers in France. Mr. Alsina Gonzalez has completed a Finance executive education degree from Harvard Business School (U.S.) in 2003, an executive education degree in PE & VC from the London Business School (U.K.) in 2006, and an executive education degree in Leadership from Wharton (U.S.) in 2010. He received an Executive Advanced Management Program degree from IESE Business School (Spain). Since 2007, Mr. Alsina Gonzalez has been an associate professor at EADA School of Business and UIC University in Barcelona.

Mr. Alsina Gonzalez also demonstrates a strong commitment to philanthropy and social causes. As a board member a non-profit organization dedicated to treating children with disabilities and psychological problems, helping more than 15,000 children since 2012. Furthermore, Mr. Alsina Gonzalez serves on the board of African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and is a member of the African Council of Global Private Equity Association (GPAC).

Mr. Alsina Gonzalez is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive global finance and investing experience.