Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036264
Chunk: 23

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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 Paper (APP), Golden Agri Resources (GAR), IOI Group, Astra International, Sime Darby Plantation, Heathrow Airport Ltd, Drax Group Plc, Primark, Total Energies, Live Nation & Warner Music Group. He recently stepped down after four years as Chairman of Cargill’s Forest & Land Use Sustainability Advisory Panel. He is a regular commentator on corporate responsibility and sustainability issues. In 2019, his firm was acquired by Stonehaven, a London based strategy firm, where he is also Deputy Chairman. Mr. May’s qualifications to serve on the board of directors include his significant experience in advising on sustainability matters and his experience as an advisor to public and private companies. 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS Stephen Jurvetson has served on our board of directors as Vice Chairman and as a Special Advisor to our Chief Executive Officer since April 9, 2024. Mr. Jurvetson is a co-founder of Future Ventures, a venture capital firm formed in 2018, and previously was a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a venture capital firm, from 1995 to 2017. Mr. Jurvetson sits on the SpaceX Board of Directors and was a member of the Board of Director of Tesla from 2006 to 2020. Before co-founding Future Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, he was a Research and Development Engineer at Hewlett-Packard and he previously worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT and management consulting with Bain & Company. Mr. Jurvetson holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Business School. Mr. Jurvetson’s qualifications to serve on the board of directors include his experience as an advisor, investor and board member in public and private companies. In addition, his experience as a venture capitalist with a focus on founder-led, mission-driven companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology and new industry formation will provide us valuable guidance and experience. There are no family relationships, as such term is defined in Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K, between or among any of our directors or executive officers. Independence of the Board of Directors Nasdaq rules generally require that independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, the board of directors has determined that the following director nominees are “