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Attracting and retaining talent Exclusive Academy: tomorrow’s skills

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Exclusive Academy: tomorrow’s skills

The students will come from the partner schools Guardia (a cyber security school based in Paris and Lyon) and Oteria Cyber School (a cyber security school based in Paris), following interviews by Jean-Marc Muselli, Director of Services at Exclusive Networks France. The courses will be led by Exclusive Networks’ trainers, security, and network engineers, who have a thorough knowledge of the brands and all the technologies distributed by the Group. Jesper Trolle, CEO of Exclusive Networks, comments: “This is Exclusive Networks’ response to a critical challenge facing the cyber industry: to recruit, train and retain experts to stay on the cutting edge of technology. Only 15% of cybersecurity professionals in the world got to their position through cybersecurity training. This creates a huge mismatch between the needs of the industry and the supply of training. Today, I am extremely proud of the work accomplished by the Exclusive Networks teams. With this initiative, we are providing a sustainable solution to one of the biggest cybersecurity challenges in the world and sending a strong message to students and young talents, but also to the entire cybersecurity ecosystem. The Exclusive Academy programme will be extended to new countries in 2023. [GRI 404-2-a]/SDG 4.3 & 4.4

Launch of Exclusive Academy, a world-class cybersecurity training programme

In response to the global skills shortage, Exclusive Networks launched Exclusive Academy on 11 October 2022, a major concrete step forward to fill the talents and skills gap in the cybersecurity sector. Thanks to the Exclusive Academy, an initiative firstly launched in France, some twenty participants will benefit from a three-year specialised training course given by highly qualified and fully operational cyber experts, thus meeting the needs of the job market. As part of the Exclusive Academy, approximately 20 participants will benefit from specialised training over a three-year period, from highly qualified and operational cyber-experts who meet the needs of the job market. The Exclusive Academy will offer practical field experience as well as theoretical training, culminating in high level qualifications. The practical, hands-on experience in the field is a key differentiator for the programme. Students will spend 9 weeks working on technical projects in the field in the first year, 12 weeks in the second year and 14 weeks in the third year. The programme will also offer 12 weeks of classes in the first year, 10 weeks in the second and then 8 weeks in the final year. The Exclusive Group is committed to providing a caring work environment that promotes well-being, diversity, equity and inclusion. As such, the Group seeks to recruit employees from diverse backgrounds across its global operations and to treat everyone fairly. This approach is supported in 2022 by the formalisation of a Group Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy, which is currently being rolled out. This Policy is intended to be regularly updated, in line with progress made on the various indicators. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy of the Exclusive Networks Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is the daily reality of how we live and work within the company and of how we interact together with our business partners. We embed diversity, equity & inclusion in our organization, promote equal access to opportunity for all our employees, and hold 4.7

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our leaders accountable for all members of their teams. This is how we will continue to achieve superior business results, sustainable growth, and drive innovation, to keep our competitive advantage within our business. This policy supports and aims at contributing to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and in particular Goal 5. Exclusive Networks is committed to the achievement of these goals and has identified specific objectives to be achieved by 2025 with regular review and reporting. To kick off the implementation of this Policy, the Group launched a training course for all employees in early 2023 to raise awareness of this important issue.

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