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 20
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 energy sector. Andrew C. Greig has served on the board of directors since October 3, 2022, and is currently our Lead Independent Director. Mr. Greig is the founder of ACAC Innovation Pty Ltd and its Senior Director and previously worked for Bechtel Group, Inc. (“Bechtel”) for 34 years, leading its global mining business for 13 years. In addition, Mr. Greig was managing director for its Australian operations and was group Human Resources Manager in his last assignment. Mr. Greig was also Senior Vice President and Director of Bechtel. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Greig served as President of Bechtel’s Mining & Metals global business unit, prior to becoming Project Director for the Brass LNG Project in Nigeria. As President of Mining & Metals, Mr. Greig was responsible for strategy, planning, execution and project delivery for the global business unit which peaked at 55,000 personnel across 14 countries and over $5 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Greig was elected as Principal Vice President in 1997 and as Senior Vice President in 2001. He was a member of Bechtel Group’s board of directors from 2011 until leaving Bechtel. Mr. Greig received a GDip in Business from Monash University Melbourne. Mr. Greig’s qualifications to be on the board include his long career in project development, overseeing major capital projects, his role leading the global HR team at Bechtel and his long tenure on Bechtel’s board of directors. Andrei Karkar has served on our board of directors since the closing of the Business Combination in September 2021 and served as a director of DeepGreen since March 2019. Mr. Karkar currently serves as the chairperson of the compensation committee. Since 2014, Mr. Karkar has served as Chief Executive Officer of ERAS Holdings, The Karkar Family Office, with its origins in Karkar Electronics founded in 1959 by Edward Karkar. ERAS Holdings engages in a broad range of investment activities and invests in a wide variety of asset classes. Since July 2019, Mr. Karkar has served as a member of the board of directors of CognitionX, a private company based in the United Kingdom, and is a board member of Shepherd OÜ based in Estonia. Mr. Karkar received a B.A. from Georgetown University. Mr. Karkar’s