Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036264
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Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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 Madsbjerg has served on the board of directors of Fritz Hansen A/S Copenhagen. Since August 2018, Mr. Madsbjerg has served as Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School for Social Research. Since January 2009, Mr. Madsbjerg has served as a director and senior partner of the consulting firm, ReD Associates, which he co-founded in August 2007. Mr. Madsbjerg is also a writer whose work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel , and Bloomberg Businessweek . His latest book, Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm , was published in the spring of 2017 by Hachette Book Group. His book The Moment of Clarity , co-written with ReD partner Mikkel B. Rasmussen, was published by Harvard Business Press in the fall of 2014. He studied philosophy and political science in Copenhagen and London and has a Masters from the University of London. Mr. Madsbjerg’s qualifications to serve on the board of directors include his expertise in advising senior executives, including the practical application of the human sciences in business. Brendan May has served on our board of directors since May 2024. Prior to joining the board, he served as a consultant to us from February to May 2024. Mr. May is chairman and founder of Robertsbridge, a leading global sustainability consultancy he formed in 2010 with a number of prominent environmental thinkers, which has also been providing consulting services to the Company since April 2023. He was previously a managing director of Weber Shandwick’s global sustainability practice for five years. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. May worked in oceans sustainability as Chief Executive of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Mr. May is a former contributing editor to Ethical Corporation and the former European chairman of the Rainforest Alliance. Mr. May holds an M.A. from the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics & Economics. Mr. May’s qualifications to serve on the board of directors include more than 25 years in the sustainability world, first as an NGO campaigner, then as a corporate advisor. He and his company have worked all over the world with many leading companies and brands including Nestle, Unilever, Cargill, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Avantium, Everland, Alliance Boots, Ovo Energy, APRIL, Asia Pulp &