Mr Brayan is responsible for the company's leadership, strategy and culture. He has more than 30 years' experience in technology and services. Prior to joining Appen, Mr Brayan was CEO of MST Global, a provider of technology solutions to the resources sector. Before that, he was the CEO of Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI), an international software company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Mr Brayan was also Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the HR outsourcing company Talent2 (ASX:TWO) and CEO of Concept Systems (ASX:CSI) before its merger with Talent2.

Mr Freudenstein was appointed as Chair in October 2021 and has been a non-executive director since August 2021. Mr Freudenstein is a director of Coles Group Limited, REA Group Ltd and Cricket Australia. Previously, he was Chairman of REA Group Ltd and a director of Ten Network Holdings Ltd, Foxtel and Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. Mr Freudenstein has held the roles of Chief Executive Officer (CE0) at Foxtel, News Digital Media and The Australian, and was Chief Operating Officer at British Sky Broadcasting. He is currently Deputy Chancellor and Fellow of the Senate at the University of Sydney.

Mr Davis has over 30 years of experience as an international banker with the HSBC Group including roles in Hong Kong, New York, Taiwan, India and Australia. Most recently he was CEO India for the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (2009-2012), CEO and Executive Director for HSBC Bank Australia Limited (2002-2009) and CEO HSBC Taiwan (1999-2002). He was a member of the Australian Bankers Association from 2002 to 2009 and Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2009.

Ms Law is a non executive director who also serves on the boards of ASX listed companies AUB Group, IPH and Marley Spoon. She has finance, risk and business experience from her 28 year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she was a partner specialising in assurance and risk. Ms Law is a past Deputy Chairman of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Ms Shiff has enjoyed a business career covering senior roles in corporate positions and the legal profession. She was the founding CEO of Telstra's corporate venture capital arm, Telstra Ventures, and Group Managing Director, Telstra Business. Previously, Ms Shiff was a partner in the leading law firm, Mallesons Stephen Jaques. She is currently Chair of the Advisory Board for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decisions and Society, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Australian Centre for China in the World, and Chair of the Australian Broadband Advisory Council.

Mr Hasker is currently President and CEO of Thomson Reuters. He has been in this role since March 2020. Prior to this he was a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital and CEO of Creative Artists Agency Global, based in Los Angeles, where he oversaw CAA's commercial activities. Previously, Mr Hasker was Global President and COO of Nielsen, based in New York, responsible for Nielsen's commercial and product activities across its media and consumer businesses. Prior to joining Nielsen in 2009, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company's Global Media, Entertainment and Information practice in New York. Before joining McKinsey, Mr Hasker spent five years in several financial roles in the U.S., Russia and Australia. Mr Hasker is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Ms Liu has an understanding of emerging technology trends and enterprise uptake of artificial intelligence, especially in the US market. She was most recently the Vice President of SAP.iO, the early stage venture arm of SAP which invests in start ups in enterprise technology. Before SAP, Ms Liu was the Chief Operating Officer at Trigger Media Group, a digital media incubator. Previously, Ms Liu was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company's Media and Entertainment Practice, based in Amsterdam, London and New York. She was responsible for serving clients in a variety of media and high tech sectors on issues of digital strategy, emerging market strategy, growth and innovation.

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