Simon Bracken Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, Us

• Lead Issuer Services Operations Services globally, for Securities Services; 450 staff in 9 countries, processing Agency & Trust and Depositary Receipts • Lead for Digital First program to rebuild operating environment • Budget of $40mm - my operations team 4% of annual revenue• Senior point of contact for major clients• Senior Sponsor for Community Affairs Group (Citi Dublin’s charity fundraising and community engagement committee) and mentor for CitiWomen, Prometheus and Presentation Skills programs.

New York, New York, Us

• Head of Custody Operations EMEA• 28 countries covering asset servicing, proxy, tax, FX, client service, billing, regulatory reporting, and sanctions – I launched 2 new branches• Global Head of Transaction Management processing and client service• Global and Direct Custody & Clearing (DCC) settlement processing for Citi’s network of 64 local markets – over 50% more than our next biggest competitor• I led 1,040 staff in 42 countries, including 6 Operations &Technology Country Heads• Operations lead globally for MIBL, a new strategic $50mm revenue client• 1.1mn settlements per day: increased 85% in 3-years with flat headcount• Senior Sponsor for CitiDisability and mentor for CitiWomen & Prometheus• Navigator for teams on ICG VP Development Programs in 2019 & 20• Promoted to Managing Director in Dec 21

New York, New York, Us

Operations Manager, Direct Custody & Clearing and Global Custody Settlements and Customer Services for 32 countries across EMEA. • Led DCC Operations EMEA; 8 SVP Direct Reports / 452 Direct Staff in 25 countries, processing 200,000 settlements per day and a budget of $41mm• Reduced headcount 18% from 502 in 2015 to 412, while volume up 33%• Launched 2 new branches: Denmark & Norway • Operations project lead for the implementation of T2S; DCC is the largest participant• Recognised by Senior Management for talent development and progression• Navigator for teams on ICG VP Development Programs in 2017, 18 & 19• Citi’s representative on the ISSA Risk in Custody working group• Graduated ICG Director Development Program 2015 & OE4 Leadership Program 2019• Completed UC Berkeley Executive Education: Accelerating Change Readiness & Agility

New York, New York, Us

Operations Manager, Direct Custody and Clearing Settlements and Customer Services for: UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and Sweden.Leadership• Lead 105 employees in 3 locations, with 12 SVP/VP managers• Manage >24mm trade settlements per year for 10 European markets• EMEA Project Manager for DCC’s location strategy & Target 2 Securities (T2S) implementation• Graduated from the Global Strategic Development Program Change Management• Budget reduced 50% from $21.1mm to $10.6mm, primarily by reducing headcount 43%• Volume up 41% and reduced operating expense means cost per trade reduced by 64% • Led outsourcing projects migrating 106 roles from 4 European locations into Dublin Innovation / People• Won the Citi200 Global Innovation Challenge: presented idea to the Citi CEO• Strong focus on talent development: top Irish scores in 2013 Voice of the Employee survey• Improved manager effectiveness scores from 75% to 85% year on year

New York, New York, Us

Department Manager for GTS Securities Income Operations: Global Custody, Direct Custody and Stock Lending• Manage 115 employees processing 850,000 payments per year worth $77bn across 90 global markets• Migrated 18 Corporate Action roles from London• Reduced >30-day debit break exposure by 98% and late income payments by 88%• Secretary of Dublin’s Sports & Social Committee Jan ’02 to Dec ’06: >1,000 members

New York, New York, Us

Vice President, Global Transaction Services Operations: European Income• Led 26 FTE processing Income for 11 European markets• Graduate of Citi Ireland’s first “Top Gun” leadership development programme• Facilitator for site wide Diversity Training – delivered training to >300 staff

New York, New York, Us

Vice President, Global Transaction Services Operation: UK Settlements• Managed 21 FTE processing all GTS Crest activity, up to 120,000 trades / week• Delivered 4 FTE saves and major market changes• Successfully completed 2 audits, 1 Risk Review and 1 Internal Consulting review• Chairman of Dublin Custodial Group (2003)• Taught Custody section of the Institute of Bankers’ Mutual Funds course in ’02 and ‘03

New York, New York, Us

Management Associate: Global Operations Leadership Development Programme• Attended training sessions in New York and London• 6-month project implementing the new global processing platform for Corporate Actions • 1-year management assignment leading a team in Income: reduced costs by $224k

New York, New York, Us

Global Custody Customer ServicesManaged creation of team liaising between Settlements and Customer Services

New York, New York, Us

Team Leader: European and Agent Bank SettlementsJoined Citi as an Operations Clerk, delivering the mail, faxes and SWIFT messaging. Progressed to Settlement processing and on to lead the European and Agent Bank Settlement teams,which I subsequently migrated to Dublin. • Managed team of 16 FTE and 36 of the 70 markets covered by Global Custody• Managed migration from London to Dublin for Agent Banks, Clearstream and Euroclear

London, Gb

Officer Cadet in the Birmingham Unifersity Officer Training Corps• Various roles including Section Commander and Captain of Sailing• Leader of eight-person section under extreme physical and mental pressure

• Taught Maths and Science, up to "Junior Cert" standard, 16-years old, in a rudimentary bush school• Organised funding and construction to finish building the school library

Gb

Led adventure training activities for residential groups and managed day-to-day running of Centre

Bsc Hons, Economics, Geograhpy

A-Levels, Maths, Geography, Design & Technology