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Andy Hopkins serves as Senior Vice President, Global Development and APAC
                                                                                               Finance for The Walt Disney Company’s Parks, Experiences and Products                        11
                                                                                               segment (DPEP). In this role, Andy leads the team responsible for global
                                                                                               strategy, business development and real estate across the DPEP global
                                                                                               portfolio of businesses.  In addition, Andy has oversight over the CFOs of
                                                                                               Disney’s Asia theme parks and Walt Disney Imagineering and over the team
                                                                                               responsible for managing third party tenants and partnerships within Disney
                                                                                               resort properties.


                                                                                               He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Hong Kong International
                                                                                               Theme Parks Limited with the Government of Hong Kong and a member of the
                                                                                               Board of Directors for Shanghai International Theme Park Company Limited
                                                                                               with Shanghai Shendi Tourism & Resort Development Company.



                                                                                               Andy joined The Walt Disney Company in 2006, and prior to taking a new role
                                                                                               within DPEP in 2017, he served as the Senior Vice President, Corporate
                                                                                               Strategy and Business Development for the company. In this role, he executed
                                                                                               acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships and divestitures, including the
                                                                                               transformational acquisitions of Marvel and Lucasfilm, across all business units
                                                                                               and throughout the world with aggregate value in excess of $20 billion.
         ANDREW (ANDY) HOPKINS                                                                 Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Andy served as the Vice President,


                                                                                               Corporate Development for Expedia, Inc.  He also previously held similar roles
                                                                                               at InterActiveCorp, Artisan Entertainment and Universal Studios.   Andy began
                 Senior Vice President, Global                                                 his career as an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions group of

              Development and APAC Finance                                                     Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City and Los Angeles.
       Disney Parks, Experiences and Products                                                  Andy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Wesleyan

                                                                                               University majoring in Economics.



                                                                                               Andy is married with two children and resides in Burbank, California.
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