Board of Directors

Experience

Douglas was Chief Financial Officer of Skype during its acquisition by eBay. Prior to this, Douglas was an
Arthur Andersen Partner with international management responsibilities. He has served as a director of companies in multiple jurisdictions and was the founding Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg.

External appointments

Chairman, Socrates Health Solutions Inc.; Director, Medtop Group S.A.; Member of the board of managers, AI Monet Parento S.àr.l.

Experience

Mark is one of Europe’s best-known entrepreneurs and since founding the Regus Group in Brussels, Belgium in 1989, he has achieved a formidable reputation for leadership and innovation. By understanding the way that globalisation, personal mobility and digital technology have enabled new ways of working,

Mark has overseen the growth of IWG into the world’s largest workspace provider.

Prior to Regus and IWG he established businesses in the retail and wholesale food industry.

Mark has received many awards for enterprise and is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of the workspace industry who revolutionised the way business approaches its property needs with his vision of the future of work.

Experience

Prior to joining IWG, Charlie was Chief Financial Officer of Babylon, a US-listed digital-first, value-based healthcare provider, Global Head of Corporate Development at CMC Markets, a retail-focused financial services business, Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG and held positions at Lehman Brothers and IBM. Charlie holds a degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

External appointments

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, Department of Work and Pensions in the UK Government; Non‑Executive Director, AICPA.

Experience

Laurie was a global engagement audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, advising large public companies, including Fortune 100 financial services companies, in the US and internationally over her 38-year career. Laurie is Chair of the Audit Committee as the Board considers her to have recent and relevant financial experience.

External appointments

Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, QBE North America; Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASAQ: SNCR); Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, Hagerty Inc (NYSE: HGTY); Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, Everlake Insurance Company.

Experience

During her 30-year career with Bestfoods and its predecessor company CPC International, Nina held a number of international and North American general management and executive marketing positions, including Corporate Vice President of Bestfoods and President of Bestfoods Grocery. She has also served as a director of numerous companies including AXA

Financial Inc., Royal Dutch Shell plc, Del Monte Food Company and Pactiv Corporation. Nina holds a Bachelor of Science with honours from Drexel University.

External appointments

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc (LSE: HKM); Director and Human Resource Compensation Committee Chair, CNO Financial Inc. (NYSE: CNO); Vice Chair, Drexel University’s Board of Trustees; Commissioner, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery; Director, the Foreign Policy Association; Director, VNS Health; Trustee, Philadelphia Orchestra & Ensemble Arts Kimmel Center; Director, St Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Experience

Sophie is President of LeaderXXchange™ which advises investors and companies on sustainability and ESG strategies. She initially practised as a M&A lawyer and later specialised in finance as Managing Director of a New York-based investment fund. She also launched a consulting business focused on sustainability and corporate governance strategies and is a cofounder of the International Corporate Governance Network. She has served as Chair of Suez SA and Lead Independent Director of Kering.

External appointments

Non-Executive Director, Herbalife (NYSE); Non-Executive Director, Africa50; Non-Executive Director, Agence France-Locale; Non-Executive Director, Echiquier Positive Impact Europe funds; Non-Executive Director; Member, HCGE (Haut

Comité de Gouvernement d’Entreprise); Vice President, Ideas and Prospective at the MEDEF; Senior Fellow, The Conference Board ESG Center in New York.

Experience

Tarun, born in Bhagalpur and raised in Delhi, India, brings extensive franchising expertise to the Board from over 25 years with Yum! Brands, Inc., where he served as President of KFC U.S. until May 2025 and previously held executive roles, including KFC’s Global Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director – KFC Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey, Africa, and India.

External appointments

CEO and Director, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY)

Experience

Lázaro’s professional career included 25 years at the international banking platform SWIFT, which serves customers in over 200 countries, where he ended his career as the CEO leading the company through a major transformation post the financial crisis in 2008. After leaving SWIFT in 2012 Lázaro co-founded FinTechStage, a company specialised in innovation programmes for the financial services sector around the world, where he now serves as Chair.

Previous appointments include roles as Senior Independent Director of the Bank of England’s RTGS/CHAPS Board and as Chairman of open banking platform DirectID.

External appointments

Independent Chairman, PPRO GmbH; Independent Director, Starling Bank; Independent Director, Payoneer; Chairman, FinTechStage.

Experience

Stephen’s professional career included serving as a senior Strategy Principal at Deloitte, LLP, and as a member of both Deloitte’s U.S. Board of Directors and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Global Board of Directors prior to his retirement in June 2023.

Prior to Deloitte, Stephen was the Managing Partner of Monitor Group, where he led the global strategy firm from 2006 until its successful acquisition by Deloitte in 2013. Over his career as a senior advisor at Deloitte and Monitor Group, Stephen held executive leadership roles with industry specialisations including technology and hospitality sector practices. In addition to his expertise in enterprise growth, innovation, M&A, organisation transformations, and strategy, Stephen brings deep corporate governance experience from advising Fortune Global 500 C-suite executives and Boards of Directors. His previous board experience includes serving as Chair of the Board at AspenTech (NASDAQ:AZPN) and as an independent Director of LTX-Credence (NASDAQ:LTXC).

External appointments

Lead Independent Director, Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI).