President Director since 2013 Committees None Relevant Skills Audit & Financial Expertise Corporate Strategy & Business Development Corporate Governance Ethics/Social Responsibility Oversight Financial Services Executive Leadership & Management Mergers & Acquisitions Risk Oversight Global Business & Operations Key Qualifications As our President for over twelve years and a long-standing executive officer of Jefferies Group, Mr. Friedman brings managerial, strategic, transactional and investing experience in a broad range of businesses and, most significantly, in financial services. His additional extensive experience serving on the boards of directors of both public and private companies qualifies him for service on our Board. Professional Highlights Mr. Friedman has served as a director and our President since March 2013 and served as a director and executive officer of legacy Jefferies Group since July 2005 until its merger with Jefferies in November 2022. Since 1997, Mr. Friedman has also served as President of Jefferies Capital Partners (formerly, FS Private Investments), a private equity fund management company controlled by Mr. Friedman in which we have an ownership interest, and that is in the process of completing the wind down of its last legacy investment. Mr. Friedman was previously employed by Furman Selz LLC and its successors, including serving as Head of Investment Banking and a member of its Management and Operating Committees. Prior to his 17 years with Furman Selz and its successors, Mr. Friedman was an attorney with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Stock Ownership Since Mr. Friedman became an executive officer of the Jefferies Group and as President of Jefferies, approximately 70% of his direct compensation has consisted of non-cash, equity-related securities generally vesting over three to five years. Pro forma for all earned and unearned deferred shares and options, and assuming that performance goals relating to performance-based awards are achieved at target levels, Mr. Friedman would own 6,792,309 shares, representing approximately 3.2% of our outstanding shares. Other Engagements Mr. Friedman serves as a director of Vitesse Energy, Inc. which was spun off to our shareholders in January 2023. As a result of his historic management of various private equity funds and the significant equity positions those funds held in their portfolio companies, Mr. Friedman served on a large number of boards of directors of such private and public portfolio companies. Mr. Friedman also served as our representative on the boards of Fiesta Restaurant Group from 2012 through April 2021 and HomeFed Corporation from 2014 to July 2019. Mr. Friedman is also engaged in a range of philanthropic efforts personally and through his family foundation and serves as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Strive, a workforce training effort, and as a Board Member of the HC Leukemia Foundation. Mr. Friedman also serves as the Co-Chair of the Employee Resource Group Council at Jefferies. Education Mr. Friedman received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude , and M.S. in Accounting from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.