Garrett Curran has served as one of our directors upon the trading of our securities on Nasdaq. He is a Board member, advisor and investor specializing in financial services, technology and real estate. He has been a manager and Board Member at specialist asset management firm EQCapital SL (Madrid) since June 2020; an Independent Non-Executive Director at Santander Alternative Investments SGIIC, SAU, part of Santander Asset Management (Madrid) since June 2023; and Member of the Advisory Board of quantitative research “FinTech” Quant Insight since March 2018.

Mr. Curran’s most recent Board member and advisory roles include acting as Independent Non-Executive Director at Santander Bank UK (London) from 2019 to 2022, Independent Non-Executive Director at Spanish “Build-to-Rent” developer Bext Space Holding SL (Madrid) from 2021 to 2023; Independent Non-Executive Director at listed insurance group Argus Group Holdings (Bermuda) from 2021 to 2023; Board Member/Consultant of developer and W-Hotel-Verbier-owner Les Trois Rocs SA, (Verbier, Switzerland) from 2017 to 2023; Senior Independent Advisor to the Investment Committee at Apollo-owned insurance company Catalina Holdings Ltd (Bermuda/London) from 2018 to 2020.

Mr. Curran previously spent 22 years in investment banking in a variety of positions in London and New York. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse in the UK and the bank’s Chief Client Officer in EMEA, whilst also managing and supervising their Global Markets EMEA client business, with responsibilities spanning strategy, operational management, supervision, culture, senior client relationships and deal origination. He frequently represented the bank in public forums and conferences, such as the World Economic Forum, Eurofi, The Economist Future of Banking summit, and was a Board member of Credit Suisse UK Ltd.

He is a Fellow Commoner of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University and is Chairman of the Foundation Board of Queen’s University, Belfast. Mr. Curran holds a Doctorate in Economics (Honoris Causa) from Queen’s University Belfast. He received both of B.A. in Law and M.A. in Law from Cambridge University.

Mr. Curran is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive finance and investing experience in financial services, technology and real estate.