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TEAM

SIR JOHN LEWIS OBE

Joined the Board in 2008 and appointed Chairman in 2010. Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Currently a consultant to Messrs Eversheds and a Director of AIM market company, Prime People plc, as well as various private companies.Previously a practising solicitor and partner in Lewis Lewis and Co, which became part of Eversheds after a series of mergers. Also previously served as Chairman of

Cliveden Plc and Principal Hotels plc and as Vice Chairman of John D Wood & Co plc and Pubmaster Group Ltd.

SERGE CRASNIANSKI

Appointed to the Board in 2009. Previously served on the Board from 1990 to 2007; until 1994 as a Non-executive Director, from 1994 as an Executive Director and as Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2007. Founded KIS in 1963.

JEAN-MARC JANAILHAC

Joined the Group as a Non-Executive Director and appointed to the Board in July 2019. Appointed Executive Director in 2020 and assumed the role of chair of the newly formed Strategic Committee responsible for reviewing and implementing operational decisions across the Group. Currently he is a senior adviser of Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited, which he joined in 2016, and is a non-executive director of Athena Investments A/S, which is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. Previously, he established and developed several corporations around the world for Veolia Environment and for Quillery (now part of Eiffage group) and he was founder and CEO of GB SA construction.

EMMANUEL OLYMPITIS

Appointed to the Board in 2009. Senior Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination and Audit Committees. Previous directorships include China Cablecom Holdings Limited (NASDAQ), Canoel International Energy Limited (Canada), Matica plc, Secure Fortress plc, Bulgarian Land Development plc, Norman 95 plc, Pacific Media plc (Executive Chairman) and Bella Media plc (Chairman). Early career in merchant banking and financial services, including as Executive Director of Bankers Trust International Ltd, Group Chief Executive of Aitken Hume International plc and Executive Chairman of Johnson & Higgins Ltd.

FRANCOISE COUTAZ-REPLAN

Appointed to the Board in 2009. Retired from her executive role as Group Finance Director on 27 August 2015, continuing as a Non-executive Director. Joined KIS in 1991. Appointed to the Audit Committee on 20 October 2016.

JEAN-MARCEL DENIS

Appointed to the Board in 2012. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Founded his own auditing firm in 1970 in Paris; Auditeurs & Conseils Associes (ACA) and sold his interest in ACA in 2005. Subsequently a consultant in Finance & Conseils Associes, which specialises in business valuations.

DEL MANSI

Joined the Group in 2006. A qualified solicitor. Served as interim Company Secretary from April to July 2008. Appointed Group General Counsel in 2009, a role retained upon being appointed Company Secretary in May 2013.