Biography

Ms. Asmau Ahmed was appointed as our independent non-executive Director in November 2024 and is responsible for providing independent opinion and judgment to the Board. Ms. Ahmed currently serves as a director at QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNST) since July 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Ahmed served as a director, product management at Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) from 2021 to April 2024, served at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) from September 2018 to July 2021, and served as a senior director, customer program at Capital One (NYSE: COF) from September 2016 to March 2018. Ms. Ahmed founded Plum Perfect (which was launched in 2014) and was the chief executive officer of Plum Perfect prior to joining Capital One. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ahmed served at and was later promoted as a manager of Deloitte from July 2005 to September 2012. She has also been a member of the board of advisors of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Ms. Ahmed obtained a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Virginia in the United States in May 2000 and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia Business School in the United States in May 2006.