Supervisory Board

Ms. Aufreiter was appointed as member and chairperson of our Supervisory Board effective 1 July 2021. She currently serves on the Audit Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. She is a former director and senior partner of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. Throughout her 27 year career at McKinsey, Ms. Aufreiter held multiple leadership roles including Managing Director of McKinsey’s Toronto office, leader of the North American Retail practice, the Digital and Omni Channel service line and was a member of the firm’s global personnel committees. She has worked extensively in the U.S., Canada and internationally serving her clients in consumer facing industries including major retailers, financial institutions and other consumer-facing companies. Before joining McKinsey, Ms. Aufreiter spent three years in financial services working in corporate finance and investment banking. She is a member of the Board of Directors of The Bank of Nova Scotia where she is chair of the governance committee and is a member of the compensation committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Kroger Company where she is chair of the public responsibilities committee and a member of the financial policy committee. In addition, Ms. Aufreiter is on the board of a privately held company, Cadillac Fairview Property Trust, a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. Ms. Aufreiter also serves on the boards of Unity Health Toronto, The Canadian Opera Company and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Ivey Business School in Ontario, Canada. Ms. Aufreiter holds a B.A. (Honours) in business administration from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In June, 2018, Ms. Aufreiter was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws at The University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Kaplan was appointed to our Supervisory Board in January 2021 and was Chairperson until June 30, 2021. He currently serves as member of the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. Mr. Kaplan is a Co-Founder, Director and Partner of Ares Management Corporation and Co-Chairman of the Ares Management Private Equity Group. He is a member of the Ares Management Executive Management Committee and on the Ares Private Equity Group's Corporate Opportunities, Asia Private Equity and Special Opportunities Investment Committees. Additionally, Mr. Kaplan is the Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ares Acquisition Corporation (“AAC”). Mr. Kaplan joined Ares Management in 2003 from Shelter Capital Partners, LLC, where he was a Senior Principal from June 2000 to April 2003. From 1991 through 2000, Mr. Kaplan was a Senior Partner of Apollo Management, L.P. and its affiliates, during which time he completed multiple private equity investments from origination through exit. Prior to Apollo Management, L.P., Mr. Kaplan was a member of the Investment Banking Department at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. Mr. Kaplan currently serves on the supervisory board of directors of MYT Netherlands Parent B.V., the parent entity of Mytheresa GmbH. Mr. Kaplan also serves as a member of the boards of directors of Guitar Center Holdings, Inc. and Number Holdings, Inc. and as the Chairman of the board of directors of the parent entity of Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants. Mr. Kaplan's previous public company board experience includes Floor and Decor Holdings, Inc., Maidenform Brands, Inc., where he served as the company’s Chairman, GNC Holdings, Inc., Dominick's Supermarkets, Inc., Stream Global Services, Inc., Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, Smart & Final, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. Mr. Kaplan also currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a non-profit hospital, and on the President's Advisory Group of the University of Michigan. Mr. Kaplan graduated with High Distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, concentrating in Finance.

Marjorie Lao (1974) was appointed to our Supervisory Board in November 2020, and currently serves as Vice-Chairperson of the Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Ms. Lao is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the LEGO Group, a position she held from February 2017 to March 2020, after serving as Senior Vice President - Finance and Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance from January 2014 to January 2017. Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Ms. Lao was the Vice President – Projects at Seadrill Limited during 2013. She served as the Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Tandberg ASA from 2006 to 2010, and as Vice President – Business Development and M&A in 2006. When Tandberg was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc., Ms. Lao joined Cisco as Senior Director – Finance and Senior Director – Strategy and Business Analytics from 2010 to 2012. Previously, she held Finance and Strategy managerial positions at McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble Company in Asia. Ms. Lao currently serves on the Board of Directors of Logitech SA, Modern Times Group MTG AB, and Sitecore Holding II A/S, and is a member of the Harvard Business School European and Global Advisory Board. Born in the Philippines, Ms. Lao holds a BSc degree in Business Administration and Accountancy from the University of the Philippines, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She was certified as a public accountant in the Philippines in 1996.

Mr. Ruggiero has served as a member of our Supervisory Board since September 2020 and currently serves on the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. Mr. Ruggiero is a managing director with CPP Investments in the Portfolio Value Creation group. He works with portfolio companies across private equity, infrastructure and sustainable energies investments to achieve full value potential. He serves on the Real Assets Investment Committee. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, Cesare worked at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he advised companies in business strategy and operational improvement. Prior to BCG, Cesare worked at Capgemini (formerly Cap Gemini Ernst & Young) as the head of the U.S. M&A practice area and co-led the global M&A practice. Mr. Ruggiero is a member of the Board and the Nomination and Governance Committee of Informatica Inc. since July 2022. He serves on the board of Ports of America and is member of the Compensation Committee and Operations Committee since December 2021. Cesare holds an Hons. BA with high distinction in International Relations from the University of Toronto.

Ms. Saideman was appointed to our Supervisory Board in November 2020 and currently serves on the Audit Committee. Ms. Saideman is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Portage Bay Limited, LLC, which provides consulting and advisory services. Ms. Saideman founded Portage Bay Limited, LLC in September 2019 after serving as the General Manager for Amazon, Inc. (e-commerce) in Seattle from November 2013 to November 2016 and January 2019 to August 2019, and in London from November 2016 to December 2018. Prior to joining Amazon, Ms. Saideman held a series of General Management roles at Mars, Mikasa, Newell Rubbermaid and Campbell Soup. In these roles, she worked across channels that included retail stores, wholesale and ecommerce as well as geographies that included the United States, Canada, Europe, China, India, and the Middle East. Ms. Saideman started her career in finance at Chase Manhattan and as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company before joining PepsiCo where she was promoted through increasingly responsible positions at Pepsi-Cola North America and KFC. Currently, Ms. Saideman is a board member of Church & Dwight since June 2019. She is the chairperson of the board of PrePac Manufacturing since October 2019, serves on the advisory board of Endeavor.org and serves on the board of FIRST Washington since September 2019. Previously, she was on the board of DevaCurl. She served on the board of Harvey Mudd College until recently. Ms. Saideman holds an MBA from Harvard business School and a BA from Dartmouth College.

Ms. Tod was appointed to our Supervisory Board in January 2021 and currently serves on the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. Ms. Tod previously served as the co-Chief Executive Officer of ProSiebenSat1 TVD GmbH from April 2019 to July 2020, prior to which she served as the President (Greater) China of Dyson Technology Ltd. from July 2015 to February 2019, where she was responsible for the operational leadership of the Greater China business. Ms. Tod has also served as the Chair of the Supervisory Board of Directors of Virtual Minds AG from April 2019 to April 2020, a member of the Supervisory Board of NUCOM Group SE from April 2019 to March 2020 and a member of the Supervisory Board of Join GmbH from September 2019 to June 2020. Ms. Tod is a member of the Supervisory Board of AUGA group since April 2021 and a member of the Advisory Board of Pro Gamers Group since November 2021. Ms. Tod holds an MA in Business and Economics from Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

Mr. Zahnd was appointed to our Supervisory Board in December 2020 and currently serves on the Audit Committee. Mr. Zahnd is the Chairman of the Board of Valora Holding AG, a leading small-scale retailer in the convenience and food service sector, and a member of its Audit Committee. Mr. Zahnd served as Vice President EMEA of Tesla International from December 2019 to May 2020. In May 2016, Mr. Zahnd joined the senior management team of U.S. Tesla, Inc. in Palo Alto, California, as Vice President Global Supply Chain. Prior to his departure from Tesla in December 2020, he was actively involved in helping to develop future global topics such as mobility, energy, artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0. Previously, Sascha Zahnd worked for six years at ETA SA/Swatch Group, where as a member of the Executive Board he was responsible for the global supply chain and the component production plants. In this role, he completely repositioned the entire purchasing and logistics organization and significantly increased production flexibility. Between 2001 and 2010, Mr. Zahnd worked for IKEA, initially in Switzerland and then in Sweden, Mexico, the United States and China. He started his career at the retail company as Regional Logistics Manager and went on to hold various roles including Sales Manager and Deputy to the General Manager of IKEA Retail in New York and finally Head Supply Division Asia Pacific in Shanghai.