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David Tolley, Interim Chief Executive Officer

David Tolley has served as WeWork's Interim Chief Executive Officer since May 2023 and as a director since February 2023. He brings over 25 years of experience creating and executing strategies that increase corporate valuation, cash flow, and revenue. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Intelsat S.A. from 2019 to 2022. Over the course of his career, Mr. Tolley has also served as Chief Financial Officer of OneWeb, was a private equity partner at Blackstone from 2000 to 2011, where he focused on investments in the communications and media industries, and was Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of DigitalBridge and KVH Industries. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from the University of Michigan.

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Susan Catalano, Chief People Officer

Susan Catalano was promoted to serve as WeWork’s Chief People Officer in January 2022. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Catalano served as WeWork’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of People and Head of People for the Americas & Global Functions from June 2019 to January 2021. Prior to joining WeWork, Ms. Catalano spent over 20 years at Citigroup Inc. serving as Managing Director, Senior Human Resources Officer & Global Head of Recruitment from 2009 to 2019; Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer, HR Advisor & HR Corporate Affairs from 2005 to 2009; and Managing Director, Divisional Director of HR from 1998 to 2004. Ms. Catalano also served as Senior Vice President of Recruitment at Salomon Smith Barney from 1997 to 1998 and currently serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Hofstra University. Ms. Catalano earned both a Bachelor's degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Pace University - Lubin School of Business.

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Lauren Fritts, Chief Corporate Affairs and Marketing Officer

Lauren Fritts has served as WeWork’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Marketing Officer since December 2021, a role in which she is responsible for directing WeWork’s brand by leading the corporate communications, global public affairs, corporate social responsibility and global marketing functions. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Fritts served as WeWork’s Chief Communications Officer from 2020 to 2021, Vice President of Public Affairs from 2018 to 2020 and Senior Director of Public Affairs from 2017 to 2018. Ms. Fritts has also worked in the public sector, serving as the Digital Director and Deputy Communications Director for Chris Christie during his term as the Governor of New Jersey and on his 2016 presidential campaign. Ms. Fritts began her career as a producer for Fox News Channel where she worked from 2004 to 2011. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Fairfield University.

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Peter Greenspan, Global Head of Real Estate

Peter Greenspan has served as WeWork’s Global Head of Real Estate since November 2018. Mr. Greenspan first joined WeWork in 2014, serving as WeWork’s first real estate lawyer and was later promoted to serve as General Counsel from 2017 to 2018. Prior to joining WeWork, Mr. Greenspan spent nine years at NBCUniversal serving as Vice President of Corporate & Transaction Law from 2010 to 2014, Senior Corporate & Transactions Counsel from 2007 to 2010 and Corporate Transaction Counsel from 2005 to 2007. He began his legal career as an associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Greenspan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Philosophy from The State University of New York at Binghamton and a Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law.

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Pam Swidler, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Pam Swidler was promoted to serve as WeWork’s Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary in February 2023. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Swidler served as WeWork’s Senior Vice President, Head of Americas and International, Legal from July 2021 to February 2023, Global Head of Real Estate Legal from January 2020 to July 2021, and has served in various other legal roles since joining in March 2016, primarily serving as an adviser to WeWork's real estate function and Americas business. Ms. Swidler began her career as an associate at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel where she focused on complex commercial real estate matters for nine years. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and a Juris Doctorate from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

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Kurt Wehner, Chief Financial Officer

Kurt Wehner has served as WeWork's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since June 2023. Prior to hid promotion, Mr. Wehner served as WeWork's Chief Accounting Officer since October 2020. Before joining the Company, Mr. Wehner served as Chief Accounting Officer, and in other roles, at Discovery Inc. from September 20.. to December 2019. Prior to that Mr. Wehner was Audit Partner at KPMG LLP from 2000 to 2011. Mr. Wehner earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Allegheny Collage and his certification as a public accountant from the Virginia Board of Accountancy.

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Anthony Yazbeck, President and Chief Operating Officer

Anthony Yazbeck was appointed as WeWork’s President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2021. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Yazbeck served as WeWork’s President & Chief Operating Officer, International and WeWork’s Chief Operating Officer of Europe, China & Pacific for five years where he played a key role in scaling the European business and leading the transformation of the Company’s operations in China. Before joining WeWork, Mr. Yazbeck had 13 years of experience in international operations including holding various positions at Rocket Internet SE (Vaniday), AOL and CROWN Holdings. Mr. Yazbeck founded two businesses, selling the first to Rocket Internet and starting the second in partnership with Rocket Internet. Prior to that, Mr. Yazbeck was part of the European leadership team at AOL that helped turn around and transform the business from one of the largest internet service providers into an online media and advertising business. AOL was later acquired by Verizon. Mr. Yazbeck earned a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication from Institut National de la Communication et de l’information, a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from ESME - Paris and a Masters of Business Administration from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.