Mr. Polak has been a director since May 2019. He is a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Farlie Turner Gilbert & Co. LLC, a merchant banking firm, since July 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Polak founded The ALP Group LLC, which focuses on merchant banking services, and where he served as Managing Partner until March 2025. From November 2021 until January 2024, he was Managing Director at Mizuho, and from April 2021 until October 2021, he was the Managing Member of Ionos Capital Partners LLC, an investment vehicle company. Prior to that, Mr. Polak served as Chief Investment & Development Officer at Cisneros Group of Companies, a private conglomerate focused on digital advertising, media and entertainment, telecommunications, real estate and new technologies, from April 2019 to April 2021. Before his tenure at Cisneros, he spent over 15 years as an investment banker in Wall Street, including heading the Latin America efforts at LionTree, a global investment and merchant banking firm, from 2013 to March 2019. He currently serves on the board of Reaching U, a charitable organization where he was chairman for the 2023-2024 two-year period. He is also involved with Endeavor as a mentor to entrepreneurs. Mr. Polak's significant experience in M&A, strategy and corporate development, and his network of corporate relationships in Latin America and in the payments sector provide great value to the Board.