Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032724
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Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 23
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 from 2002 to 2005, and Group Secretary of the Anglo-American Corporation Botswana from 1994 to 2002. Ms. Khama also currently serves as a Non-Executive Director for Tullow Oil plc, a position she has held since June 2019. Ms. Khama received an M.B.A. in General Management from Edinburgh University and a B.A. from the University of Botswana. Ms. Khama’s qualifications to serve on the board of directors include her extensive experience as a corporate strategist and her deep understanding of regulatory frameworks in the minerals, oil and gas industry.

#### Christian Madsbjerg
has served on our board of directors since the closing of the Business Combination in September 2021. Mr. Madsbjerg currently serves as the chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Since 2019, Mr. 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