Common use of Professional Background Clause in Contracts

Professional Background. In 1973, Xx. Xxxxx graduated with distinction in mathematics and economics from the University of Bombay in India. He is a chartered accountant, and he holds two master's degrees and a doctorate from Stanford University. Xx. Xxxxx has worked as an accountant and planner in industry, and also as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and Harvard University. His research interests are in the areas of cost management, measurement of productivity, new product development, innovation, time-based competition, incentives and performance evaluation. Xx. Xxxxx has also advised and worked with numerous companies in research, development and training. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx, British Function at Parent. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 23, 2016. She qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director and is the Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed her as Audit Committee Financial Expert. SC-6 Name, Citizenship and Business Address (If Applicable) Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Material Positions Held During the Past Five Years Other Activities. Since 2013, Xx. Xxxxxxx has served as a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Dunelm Group PLC (located at Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XX0, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0XX; tel.: +00 000 000 0000), the principal business of which is to sell home furnishings; and, since 2015, as a member of the supervisory board and audit committee of Corbion NV (located at Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 0000), the principal business of which is the production of food ingredients and bio-based chemicals. Since 2007, she has been a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (located at The Helicon, 0 Xxxxx Xx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 0000 0000), the principal purpose of which is to support management accountants. She has served since 2015 as a non-executive board member of the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000) and, since 2016, as a non-executive board member of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000).

Professional Background. In 1973, Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx graduated with distinction a doctorate in mathematics and economics pharmaceutical sciences from the Saarland University of Bombay in IndiaGermany. He is a chartered accountantjoined Sandoz Pharma Ltd. in 1982 and held various positions at Sandoz and later at Parent, and he holds two master's degrees and a doctorate from Stanford Universityincluding Head of Development. Xx. Xxxxx has worked as an accountant and planner in industryXxxxxx Xxxxx, and also as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and Harvard University. His research interests are in the areas of cost management, measurement of productivity, new product development, innovation, time-based competition, incentives and performance evaluation. Xx. Xxxxx has also advised and worked with numerous companies in research, development and training. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx, British Swiss Function at Parent. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Ph.D., has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 23, 2016. She 2011 and qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director Director. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. He is the Chairman also a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Risk Governance, Nomination and Corporate Responsibilities Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed her as Audit Committee Financial Expert. SC-6 SC-1 Name, Citizenship and Business Address (If Applicable) Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Material Positions Held During the Past Five Years Other Activities. Since 2013his retirement as director of McKinsey & Company in 2007, Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx has served as been an independent consultant. He is a non-executive director and chairman board member of the audit committee of Dunelm Group several companies working in industries from healthcare to private banking, including, since 2013, Advanced Oncotherapy PLC (located at Xxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XX0Xxxxxx X0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0XXXxxxxxx; tel.: +00 000 000 0000), the principal business of which is to sell home furnishings; and, since 2015, as a member of the supervisory board and audit committee of Corbion NV (located at Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 0000), the principal business of which is the production development of food ingredients and biocancer treatment through proton therapy technology. Xx. Xxxxx is also a board member of several non-based chemicals. Since 2007listed companies, she has been a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants including, since 2014, Lombard Odier SA (located at The HeliconXxxxx Xxxxx, 0 Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X X0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 0000 000 0000), the principal purpose business of which is to support banking with a specialization in asset and wealth management accountants. She has served and private banking services; since 2015 as a non-executive board member of the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice 2008, Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) SA (located at 000 0 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxx, London SW10000 Xxxxxx, United KingdomXxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 000 0000) and00 00), the principal business of which is private banking; since 20162010, as a non-executive board member of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom Eclosion2 (located at 000 Xxxxx Campus Biotech Innovation Park, Bâtiment F2, Xx. Xxxxxxxx 00, 0000 Xxxxxx, London SW1, United KingdomXxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 00 00) , the principal business of which is investing in therapeutics and platform technologies; and, since 2008, Xxxxxxx & Partners SA (located at Xxx xx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx 00, 0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 000000 00), the principal business of which is management resources consulting.

Professional Background. In 1973Xx. Xxxxx received the degree of Master of Laws from XxXxxxxx School of Law in 1986. Xx. Xxxxx is a leading practitioner of corporate, banking and mergers and acquisitions law, as well as an expert in corporate governance and arbitration. He started his career as an associate at Bär & Xxxxxx Ltd. in Zurich in 1987, became partner in 1992, and advanced to the positions of senior partner (from 2003 to 2011) and executive chairman of the board (from 2007 to 2011). Since 2011, Xx. Xxxxx graduated with distinction has been chairman of Globalance Bank AG (located at Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00, 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 00 00), the principal business of which is the provision of banking services, and, since 2013, a board member of Geberit AG (located at Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 00, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx-Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 00 00), the principal business of which is the development and production of sanitary products and systems. He is also a board member of Avenir Suisse, a think tank for economic and social issues. He previously served as chairman and board member of several listed and non-listed companies. Xx. Xxxxx was admitted to the Zurich bar in mathematics 1985 and economics received his doctorate in law from the University of Bombay Zurich in IndiaSwitzerland in 1990. He is a chartered accountantSome of his past memberships include the International Bar Association, where he was co-chair of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee from 2007 to 2008, and the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats, where he holds two master's degrees and a doctorate was president from Stanford University1998 to 1999. Xx. Xxxxx has worked as an accountant and planner in industry, and also as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and Harvard University. His research interests are in the areas of cost management, measurement of productivity, new product development, innovation, time-based competition, incentives and performance evaluation. Xx. Xxxxx has also advised and worked with numerous companies in research, development and training. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, British Function at Parent. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx has been CEO of Sandoz since 2014 and is a member of the Board of Directors since February 23, 2016. She qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director and is the Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed her as Audit Committee Financial Expert. SC-6 SC-14 Name, Citizenship and Business Address (If Applicable) Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Material Positions Held During the Past Five Years Other Activities. Since 2013, Xx. Xxxxxxx has served as a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Dunelm Group PLC (located at Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XX0, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0XX; tel.: +00 000 000 0000), the principal business of which is to sell home furnishings; and, since 2015, as a member of the supervisory board and audit committee of Corbion NV (located at Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 000 0000), the principal business of which is the production of food ingredients and bio-based chemicals. Since 2007, she has been a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (located at The Helicon, 0 Xxxxx Xx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx; tel.: +00 00 0000 0000), the principal purpose of which is to support management accountants. She has served since 2015 as a non-executive board member of the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000) and, since 2016, as a non-executive board member of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000).Years

Professional Background. In 1973, Xx. Xxxxx graduated with distinction holds an engineering degree in mathematics and economics chemistry from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland; a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Bombay Lausanne; and the degree of Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in IndiaFontainebleau, France. He is began his career as a chartered accountantresearch engineer at the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) in California and joined McKinsey in Zurich in 1980. He managed the Geneva office for McKinsey from 1988 to 2004, and he holds two masterconsulted for companies in the pharmaceutical, consumer and finance sectors. He led McKinsey's degrees European pharmaceutical practice and served as a doctorate from Stanford University. Xxmember of the firm's partner review committee prior to his retirement in 2007. Xxxxx has worked as an accountant and planner in industry, and also as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and Harvard University. His research interests are in the areas of cost management, measurement of productivity, new product development, innovation, time-based competition, incentives and performance evaluation. Xx. Xxxxx has also advised and worked with numerous companies in research, development and training. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) X. Xxxxxxx, British American Function at Parent. Xxxxxxxxx (Liz) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D., Ph.D., has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 23, 20162015. She qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director and is the Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and a member of the Research & Development Committee and the Risk Committee. The Board of Directors has appointed her as Audit Committee Financial Expert. SC-6 SC-2 Name, Citizenship and Business Address (If Applicable) Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Material Positions Held During the Past Five Years Other Activities. From 2007 to 2017, Xx. Xxxxxxx served as xxxx of the Duke University School of Medicine (located at Duke University Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000) and as vice chancellor for academic affairs at Duke University (located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX Xxx 00000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000). She is also a professor of pediatrics, pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke, a position she has held since 2007, and has been elected as a fellow of several organizations, including, since 2006, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (located at 0000 Xxx Xxxx Xxx XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000), the principal purpose of which is the promotion of the sciences; also since 2006, the National Academy of Medicine (located at 000 0xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000), the principal purpose of which is supporting those in the health and medical fields; and, since 2007, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000), the principal purpose of which is providing scholarship in the arts and sciences. She is also the chair of the board of directors of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, since 2011, of the Xxxxxxxxx Wellcome Fund (located at 21 X. X. Xxxxxxxxx Drive, Research Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000; tel.: 000 000 0000), the principal purpose of which is independent biomedical research. Since 20132017, Xx. Xxxxxxx has served as been a non-executive director and chairman member of the audit committee Massachusetts Institute of Dunelm Group PLC Technology (located at Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, MIT) Corporation (77 Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XX0, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 0XXXxxxxxxxx XX 00000; tel.: +00 000 000 0000), the principal business of which is to sell home furnishings; and, since 2015, as a member make decisions for MIT. She is the former president of the supervisory board and audit committee of Corbion NV American Society for Clinical Investigation (located at Xxxx Xxxxxxxx 0000000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xx, 0000 Xxx Xxxxx, XX Xxxxxxxxx, xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx00000; tel.: +00 00 000 000 0000), the principal business purpose of which is the production of food ingredients honor and biosupport physician-based chemicals. Since 2007scientists, she and has been a fellow member of that society since 1998. Since 2006, Xx. Xxxxxxx has served on the Council of the Chartered Institute National Academy of Medicine, and, since 2008, on the Scientific Management Accountants Review Board of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (located at The Helicon0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, 0 Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Xxxxxx XxxxxxxXxxxxxxx 00000; tel.: +00 00 0000 000 000 0000), the principal purpose of which is to support management accountantsdevelop and distribute biomedical and public health research for the U.S. government. She has served since 2015 as a non-executive board member of SC-3 Name, Citizenship and Business Address (If Applicable) Present Principal Occupation or Employment; Material Positions Held During the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000) and, since 2016, as a non-executive board member of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in the United Kingdom (located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, London SW1, United Kingdom; tel.: +00 000 000 0000).Past Five Years