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Mr. Norris is Chair of Virgin Group Holdings Limited, a multinational privately held investment firm with holdings in a wide range of industries. He has over 45 years of experience in investment banking and business management. Mr. Norris began his career at Barings in 1976. In 1984, he joined Goldman Sachs, before returning to Barings in 1987 to head the South-East Asian advisory operations. After returning to London, in 1995 he became CEO of Barings Investment Banking Group. Three months after his appointment, the notorious derivatives trading scandal in Singapore was revealed, which brought down the bank. In 1996, Mr. Norris established a corporate finance business, constructed around the needs of a customer base of owner-entrepreneurs. In 2007, he merged this business with Quayle Munro Holdings Plc, an AIM listed company and became the CEO of the combined entity. He served in this capacity until the end of 2009, when he resigned his executive position to take the role of Chair of the Virgin Group. Prior to becoming Chair of Virgin, Mr. Norris had acted as an adviser to the Group from 1996 and chaired Virgin Active from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Norris graduated in 1976 from Oxford University with a first-class degree in Modern History and Modern Languages.

Ms. Clarke is a chartered accountant and Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. She qualified with PwC and spent 20 years in roles including external audit, transactions, internal audit, risk, governance, conduct and controls optimization. After admission to partnership in 2008 Carolyn established PwC as the leading international firm in Mongolia. In 2015 Carolyn moved to take on an in-house Head of Audit, Risk and Control role with Centrica plc, the largest utility and energy company in the UK. Carolyn founded and leads a boutique consultancy focused on assurance, risk, governance and control activities, Brave Consultancy. She is a former Chair of Care International UK, a global international development and humanitarian organization and the former Audit Committee and Ethics & Sustainability Committee Chair of Starling Bank, a pioneering digital bank.

Mr. Jakobsen is an Investor and Advisor in Economics and Trading. He joined Saxo Bank in August 2000 and has been instrumental in shaping the company’s investment strategies and market outlook. He has held numerous roles in sales trading, markets, and was key in establishing Saxo Bank’s reputation for insightful financial research and thought leadership. With over 25 years of experience in the financial industry, including senior roles at UBS, Christiania Bank, and Chase in New York and London, Mr. Jakobsen has gained expertise in proprietary trading, FX and options trading, and sales for Scandinavia, Benelux, hedge funds, and central banks.

An executive with 36 years of experience in the Chemical and Plastics industry, Catherine Keenan has deep experience in strategy development, government and public affairs, sustainability, crisis management, stakeholder engagement, branding and reputation management.