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oversaw the establishment of two niche markets - the ESM, the ISE’s enterprise market which focuses on growth companies and GEM, a professional market for debt issuers. She is outspoken about the importance of the role of markets as a relevant and accessible funding source for issuers, particularly for high potential SME companies. A Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, Ms Somers was elected President of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) in June 2015 and sits on the Board. She also sits on the National Council of IBEC. She was Vice-President of FESE from 2010 – 2013 and is also a former Governor of University College Cork. Alain Courbebaisse Alain Courbebaisse is the Chief Information and Technology Officer of the Company. He leads the IT function across Euronext. Mr. Courbebaisse joined Euronext in June 2017. Prior to joining Euronext, Mr. Courbebaisse was Head of Prime Brokerage and Clearing Services and Head Of Platform Sales at Societe Generale Americas Services, and prior to this he was the Global CIO of Newedge. In his earlier roles, he was European CIO and Global head of Development at Fimat, Head of IT at Draeger Medical S.A., Consultant and Developer for IBM. Mr. Courbebaisse is a member of the Supervisory Board of Tredzone. Mr. Courbebaisse graduated from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Computer science. Amaury Houdart Amaury Houdart is the Chief Talent Officer of the Company. He leads the Human Resources function and strategic initiatives related to employee engagement, talent development, and organisational changes across Euronext. Mr. Houdart joined Euronext in 2016. Prior to joining Euronext, Mr. Houdart was group director of Human Resources and Employee Shareholding at groupe Steria SCA, a leading European IT services company. In his earlier roles, he was Business Consulting manager, Mergers & Acquisitions director and then Human Resources director at Unilog LogicaCMG, a leading international IT services company. Mr. Houdart graduated fromParis Dauphine University in International Affairs. Catherine Langlais Catherine Langlais is the Executive Legal Director and General Counsel of the Company. Catherine Langlais joined Euronext Paris’ subsidiary Matif S.A. (the French Derivatives exchange) in 1990. Prior to joining Euronext, she had been working since 1977 as an in-house lawyer at Credit National, a French bank (now Natixis). Ms. Langlais was involved in the creation of the Euronext group in 2000 and its subsequent listing in Paris in 2001. She was also involved in the merger of NYSE with Euronext in 2007, the acquisition of NYSE Euronext by ICE in 2013 and subsequent separation and IPO of Euronext in 2014. Senior Management

he was CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange’s blue-chip international equity business, SWX Europe (formerly known as virt-x). A member of the Management board of SIX Swiss Exchange since 2003, he held various executive leadership roles in Zurich including head of the client and products division and head of market operations. Prior to this he spent two years as Head of Market Development at the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. Mr. Hodgkinson is a director of EnterNext S.A. and of Euronext Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Hodgkinson began his career with the Markets Division of the London Stock Exchange, where he worked for nine years and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. Euronext announced on 25 January 2018 his departure in early April 2018. Vincent Van Dessel Vincent Van Dessel has been the CEO of Euronext Brussels since 2009. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Van Dessel was General Manager of Euronext Brussels. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chairman of the Market Authority of the Brussels Exchanges, responsible for members’ admission, listing, company information and the supervision of the markets. Upon the merger of the Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels exchanges into Euronext in 2000, he became member of the Executive Committee of Euronext N.V. Group. He joined the Brussels Stock Exchange in 1992 as Director Markets and Listing and later became member of the Managing Board of the Brussels Exchanges. Mr. Van Dessel started his career as a stockbroker in 1984. Mr. Van Dessel is a director of EnterNext S.A. He has an MSc in Applied Economics from KU Leuven University and is also a guest lecturer at several universities, including the KU Leuven, UCL Mons and Paris Sorbonne. Maurice van Tilburg Maurice van Tilburg has been the CEO of Euronext Amsterdam since 2015. Until this appointment to the Managing Board, he was Head of Business Projects & Design of the European Equity and Equity Derivatives Markets at Euronext, where he was responsible for the process reform of business initiatives and project delivery of new products and services. Prior to that Mr. Van Tilburg was in charge of issuer support and execution of corporate actions across all Euronext Cash Markets in Europe. Mr. Van Tilburg started his career in the exchange sector in 1995 at the EOE Options Exchange in Amsterdam and thenmoved to Euroclear Netherlands where he was responsible for the operational delivery of all settlement and custody services for the Dutch market. Mr. Van Tilburg is a member of the Supervisory Board of Company Webcast B.V. and of the Supervisory Board of iBabs B.V., and a director of EnterNext S.A. He holds an engineering degree and a post graduate audit degree from the VU University Amsterdam. Deirdre Somers Deirdre Somers is Chief Executive since June 2007. Having joined the ISE in 1995, Ms Somers was Director of Listing where she was instrumental in establishing the ISE’s leading position internationally in listing investment funds and debt securities. Ms Somers also

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