Company: NPFD
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-045745
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Company: Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 representative on
various committees of The Bank of Canada, European Central Bank, and The Bank of England. Mr. Nelson previously served as a senior, external advisor to the financial services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP (2012-2014). At Fordham
University, he served as a director of The President’s Council (2010-2019) and previously served as a director of The Curran Center for

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Catholic American Studies (2009-2018). He served as a trustee and Chairman of The Board of Trustees of Marian University (2011-2013). Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Fordham University, holding
a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance. Mr. Nelson joined the Board in 2013.

Loren M. Starr

Mr. Starr was Vice Chair, Senior Managing Director from 2020 to 2021, and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Managing Director from 2005 to 2020, for Invesco Ltd.
Mr. Starr is also a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for AMG. He is former Chair and member of the Board of Directors, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement (GLISI); former Chair and member of the Board of Trustees,
Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE). Mr. Starr previously served on the Board of Trustees for the College Retirement Equities Fund and on the Management Committee for TIAA Separate Account VA-1
(2022-2023). Mr. Starr received a B.A. and a B.S. from Columbia College, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Starr joined the Board of each Fund other than Multi-Market Income in 2024
and has served as a consultant to the Board of Multi-Market Income since 2024.

Matthew Thornton III

Mr. Thornton has over 40 years of broad leadership and operating experience from his career with FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”), which, through its portfolio
of companies, provides transportation, e-commerce and business services. In November 2019, Mr. Thornton retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of FedEx Freight Corporation (FedEx
Freight), a subsidiary of FedEx, where, from May 2018 until his retirement, he had been responsible for day-to-day operations, strategic guidance, modernization of
freight operations and delivering innovative customer solutions. From September 2006 to May 2018, Mr. Thornton served as Senior