Director Since 2023. Age 66. Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. French retired as a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company in December 2019, and currently is Senior Partner Emeritus. Over his 33-year career in consulting, he served leading technology-driven industrial companies on strategy, marketing, governance, and organization design. He led the firm s Global Marketing and Sales Practice for five years, the Americas Practice for seven years, and served on multiple firm governance committees. He is a trustee of several non-profit organizations. Experience, Skills, and Qualifications of Particular Relevance to Corning: Mr. French brings four decades of management consulting experience to the Board. In particular, he brings deep familiarity with how global, technology-driven companies approach strategic planning, digital transformation, customer engagement, organization design, innovation, and matters of governance. Mr. French also provides significant experience with respect to the financial controls, risk management approaches, and financial reporting practices of complex global companies. He is also deeply versed in the dynamics of Corning s end markets, including telecommunications, display glass, advanced materials, and consumer electronics. In his role leading McKinsey s Marketing and Sales Practice, he gained unique insight into how innovation-driven industrial companies commercialize new technologies and build businesses. Top Skills Brought to Our Board Finance and Accounting Enterprise and Emerging Risk Oversight Expertise in Our Industries and End Markets Commercial Strategy Enterprise and Digital Transformation Corporate Development Global Perspective