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
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 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 qualifications to serve on the board of directors include his experience as an advisor and investor in public and private companies.

#### Sheila Khama
has served on our board of directors since the closing of the Business Combination in September 2021. Ms. Khama is a consultant, policy advisor and former mining industry executive with

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expertise in corporate governance and sustainable development of minerals, oil and gas resources. Ms. Khama currently serves as the chairperson of the sustainability and innovation committee. Since April 2019, Ms. Khama has been an independent consultant on oil and gas governance and policy reforms for SK Consulting Pty, Ltd. From November 2016 to March 2019, Ms. Khama served as Practice Manager and Coordinator of Donor Relations and Partnerships at The World Bank, where she led an international team of mineral, oil and gas specialists in implementing support programs ranging from policy reforms, technical assistance, research and knowledge dissemination for various countries. From November 2013 to November 2016, Ms. Khama served as Director African Natural Resources Center at the African Development Bank in Tunisia, where she led a support program for African governments to improve development outcomes from renewable and non-renewable resources. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Khama served as Director of the Extractives Advisory Program at the African Center for Economic Transformation, a pan-African think tank based in Ghana. Ms. Khama also previously held a number of senior roles in the private sector, including Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Botswana from 2005 to 2010, Head of Marketing and Communication at the First National Bank of Botswana Ltd