Thomas Staggs

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Mr. Thomas Staggs is the Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Candle Media. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Komi. He served as Executive Chairman at Vejo. He serves as a Partner at Smash Capital. He served as Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Committee and director at Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II. He serves as a Board Member at Spotify. He has been a member of our board of directors since June 13, 2017, and his term will expire on the date of the general meeting of shareholders to be held to approve the annual accounts of 2022. In addition to his role on our board of directors, Mr. Staggs serves as the co-Chairman and co-CEO of Candle Media LLC, co-CEO and as a partner of Smash Capital Advisors LP. Mr. Staggs previously served as a top executive at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as its Chief Operating Officer. Before that, he was Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide after having been Disney's Chief Financial Officer for nearly 12 years. As Chairman of Disney Parks, Mr. Staggs more than doubled operating profits while overseeing the company's roughly 140,000 cast members. While at Disney, he helped lead the purchases of Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Cap Cities/ABC. He also served as a member of the board of directors at Euro Disney SCA from 2002 until 2015. Mr. Staggs holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.