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DKSH Annual Report 2023 13Dr. Wolfgang Baier(1974, Austrian)Dr. Wolfgang Baier has been a member of the Board of Directors of DKSH since 2019. He has been the Group CEO of Luxasia, a leading Asian omni-channel beauty distributor and retailer, since August 2016, and has joined the Board of Directors in November 2022. Prior to that, Dr. Wolfgang Baier was the Group CEO of the Singapore Post Group from 2011 to 2016. Previously, he worked for McKinsey & Company in Europe and Asia from 2001 to 2011, as a partner at the Singapore office, leading the Transportation and Logistics area as well as the Operations activities of McKinsey & Company in Southeast Asia. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tapouts (since January 2021) and a member of the Board of Directors of Asia Retail Concepts (since October 2017), L Beauty (since November 2017), Indosing Distribution (since September 2019), and LEAP DigiCommerce (since November 2022). Dr. Wolfgang Baier holds a PhD in Law with distinction and a Master%u2019s degree in Law from the University of Vienna in Austria as well as a Master%u2019s degree in Business Economics from the Universities of Exeter, UK, and Graz, Austria.Jack Clemons (1966, Swiss/British) Jack Clemons has been a member of the Board of Directors of DKSH since 2019 and is currently a member of the Audit Committee, and the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee. He also coordinates the Board%u2019s overview in relation to sustainability matters. From 2006 until 2016, Jack Clemons led the Bata Group, a global manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer of footwear and accessories, as Group CEO and, previously, as Group CFO. Bata has substantial supply chain and sales operations throughout Asia. Before joining Bata, he founded an international consulting business operating in Europe and the US from 2004 to 2006, and was CFO and COO of the Firstream Group, developing digital and physical sales channels for brands throughout Europe, from 2000 to 2004. Prior to that, he was a partner at Deloitte in France and the USA from 1995 to 2000 and led Deloitte%u2019s European Technology practice. He worked as an Audit Supervisor at Touche Ross from 1989 until 1993. Jack Clemons has been a non-executive member of the Board of Directors, and member of the Audit Committee of Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) since 2016, and an advisor to the Board of Directors of Unit8 SA. Furthermore, he is a member of the International Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since 2017. Jack Clemons holds a Master%u2019s degree with honours from Cambridge University, UK, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He also has an MBA from INSEAD, France.