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Mr Odell has more than 30 years of experience as a CEO in the consumer goods, technology and gaming industries to the Board. Mr Odell focuses on investments in technology start-ups in both Australia and the U.S. as co-founder of an Australian private assets growth fund, in partnership with Ellerston Capital (JAADE Private Assets Fund), which currently has over $700M FUM. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of CAMMS Group, a private company which develops software solutions in Global Risk, Strategy and Project Management. Previously, Mr Odell served as the CEO and Managing Director of Aristocrat Leisure Limited from 2009 to 2017.Prior to joining Aristocrat, Mr. Odell had a senior leadership career running multinational organizations across the U.S., Europe and Asia including Managing Director roles with Foster's Group, Beringer and Allied Lyons.

Mr Morro served as a non-executive director of Aristocrat from 2010 to 2020, including as Lead U.S. Director, and as an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and North America management team of Aristocrat from 2020 to 2022. From 1988 to 2010, Mr. Morro held various roles at International Game Technology PLC, including as President, North American Gaming Division, and Chief Operating Officer, from 2005 to 2007 and 2007 to 2008, respectively. Mr Morro has over thirty years of experience in the regulated gaming industry as a supplier, operator and regulator. He is the Chair of the Compliance Committee.

Ms Korsanos brings experience in the gaming industry and expertise in technology, finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, risk management and financial and regulatory compliance to the Board. During her career with Aristocrat, Ms. Korsanos obtained an understanding of the U.S. market and regulatory environment and led several transformational cross-border technology acquisitions. Ms. Korsanos is a Member of Chief Executive Women and a non-executive director of Treasury Wine Estates Limited. Previous directorships include Crown Resorts Limited, Webjet Limited and Ardent Leisure Limited. She also co-founded an Australian private assets growth fund in 2019, in partnership with Ellerston Capital (JAADE Private Assets Fund), which currently has over $700M FUM.

Mr McLennan has over 30 years of experience in the media industry and is currently Chairman of REA Group Limited (appointed February 2012 and Chairman since April 2012), a global online real estate advertising company, Chairman of ARN Media (formerly HT&E Limited, appointed October 2018), an Australian media and entertainment company and a Director of Magellan Asset Management (since 2016). Mr McLennan was previously Chairman of Rugby Australia (June 2020 to November 2023), Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, News Corporation, and Global Chairman & CEO of Young & Rubicam (Y&R) in New York, part of WPP, a communications services group. Mr. McLennan joined Young & Rubicam in 2002 as Chairman and CEO of Y&R Brands Australia/New Zealand, one of the marketing services groups in Australasia, and led the firm's global business operations from 2006 to 2011. Mr. McLennan was also previously Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (March 2014 to July 2015) and has previously served on the Boards of Directors for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the US Ad Council.

Mr Youngblood has served as a founding partner, chairman and CEO of Pharos Capital Group, LLC, a private equity firm that invests in the healthcare sector. He has previously served as a director of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, a director of TPG Pace SPACs and a trustee of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund. Formerly, he served on the board of directors of The Gap Inc., Burger King Holdings, Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. He is the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr Wilson is an experienced gaming industry executive and served as an Executive Vice President and Group Chief Executive of Gaming, where he led strategic growth plans for the Gaming team while overseeing product development, production, supply chain and sales of the Company's Gaming products, systems, and services. He became President and CEO in October 2022 and has worked to transform the business into three complementary business to collectively build games and take them across all channels. Before his time with Light & Wonder, Matt spent more than 15 years in a variety of positions at Aristocrat.

Ms Shanks, prior to joining Pinnacle in 2010, was the Chief Marketing Officer for Multimedia Games, from 2008 to 2010, where she led product strategy, project management and investor relations. Before joining Multimedia Games, Ms. Shanks held senior executive positions for more than 25 years at Caesars Entertainment Corporation (predecessor to Caesars Entertainment, Inc.), where she was responsible for setting overall corporate brand strategy and overseeing sports and entertainment marketing, strategic alliances, consumer insights, retail, public relations, and nationwide casino promotions. Ms. Shanks has also served on the board of directors for Altria Group, Inc. since 2017 and the board of trustees for EPR Properties since 2019. She has previously served on the board of directors for Global Gaming Women, an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to support, inspire and influence the development of women in the gaming industry, and Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada.

Mr Throsby brings financial and business development experience and previously served as CEO of Barclays Bank Plc and President of Barclays International where he designed and executed a comprehensive restructuring to help transform the performance and culture of the organization. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr. Throsby was the Global Head of Equities at JP Morgan Chase Bank, during which time he led the business to become one of the top firms in the industry. Earlier in his career he served as President of Citadel Asia and Japan, where he was involved in establishing the Citadel Investment Services business across Asia Pacific and Japan, growing a 120-person team over three years. He previously held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Macquarie. Mr Throsby currently serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals and Lumos Global, a solar power generation company

Mr Marchetti joined the board of Light & Wonder in 2024. He previously served as a director of SciPlay Corporation. Throughout his career, Mr. Marchetti has held various leadership positions in both gaming companies and financial institutions. Mr. Marchetti is currently CFO of Age of Learning, Inc., an education technology business. Prior to Age of Learning, Michael was CEO of Buffalo Studios (creator of the popular Bingo Blitz franchise) until its acquisition by Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. There, he recruited the full executive team, growing the company from a dozen employees to more than 60, and led the cross-platform efforts that brought Bingo Blitz to mobile devices. Mr. Marchetti started his mobile and interactive career as a founding executive and Chief Financial Officer of JAMDAT Mobile in 2000, one of the first publicly traded mobile game companies in the U.S.

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