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Bryan Leach

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of our Board of Directors

Bryan Leach is the Founder and CEO of Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA), a leading performance marketing platform that allows CPG brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). Under his leadership, Ibotta pioneered a pay-per-sale model that allows brand marketers to gain market share cost effectively, only paying when their campaigns lead directly to sales.

After founding Ibotta in 2012, Bryan took the company public in 2024 in what was the largest tech IPO in Colorado history. Bryan is a frequent commentator on loyalty and rewards, digital media, and the role of AI in pricing and promotions. He has been recognized as a Top 10 CEO in the United States (small/medium size businesses) by Glassdoor.com, CEO of the Year by ColoradoBiz magazine, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region.

Prior to Ibotta, Bryan was a partner at Bartlit Beck LLP and served as a law clerk to former US Supreme Court Justice David Souter. As a lawyer, he specialized in international arbitration and dispute resolution, and handled trials and arbitrations in London, New York, Seattle, and San Francisco. Bryan is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford (Marshall Scholar), and Yale Law School. He resides in Denver with his wife and two teenage daughters, and has climbed to the summit of Colorado’s 58 tallest mountains.

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Stephen Bailey

Director

Mr. Bailey joined our board of directors in February 2024. Mr. Bailey has served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ExecOnline, Inc., a leading provider of B2B leadership development solutions, since 2011. Prior to that he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Product Officer of Frontier Strategy Group, LLC, a software and information services business, from January 2006 to May 2011. Before joining Frontier Strategy Group, Mr. Bailey was an associate in the venture capital and private equity group of WilmerHale. Since June 2020, Mr. Bailey has served on the board of directors of Match Group, Inc., a digital technology company designed to help people make connections. Mr. Bailey earned a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Emory University.

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Amanda Baldwin

Director

Ms. Baldwin joined our board of directors in August 2021. Since December 2023, Ms. Baldwin has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Olaplex Holdings, Inc., a science-enabled haircare company. Prior to joining Olaplex, Ms. Baldwin served as Chief Executive Officer of Supergoop LLC from August 2016 to November 2023. Prior to joining Supergoop LLC, she served as a Senior Vice President at L Catterton, a global consumer-focused investment fund, collaborating with management teams across the portfolio with a particular focus on the beauty sector. She previously led the omnichannel marketing strategy of Dior Beauty North America at Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) and held several positions at Clinique, a part of The Estée Lauder Companies. Ms. Baldwin currently serves on the board of directors of Olaplex and KIPP NYC, a charter school network. Ms. Baldwin holds a M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and a A.B. from Harvard University.

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Amit N. Doshi

Director

Mr. Doshi joined our board of directors in December 2011. Since 2012, Mr. Doshi has been the Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Harbor Spring Capital, LLC, an investment firm which he founded. From 2008 to 2012, he was a Managing Director at Tiger Global Management, LLC, an investment firm. From 2002 to 2004, he was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners, an investment firm. From 2000 to 2002, he was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, an investment banking firm. Mr. Doshi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a Master of Business Administration and a J.D. from Harvard University.

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Thomas D. Lehrman

Director

Mr. Lehrman joined our board of directors in March 2015. Mr. Lehrman has been the Managing Partner of Teamworthy Ventures, a venture investment firm, since January 2015. Mr. Lehrman also has served as co-founder and director of Gerson Lehrman Group, a research and information services company, since June 1998, and served as its Co-CEO from June 1998 to August 2001. Mr. Lehrman has also worked as an Office Director in the International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau at the U.S. State Department from 2006 to 2007 and started his investing career as a financial analyst at Tiger Management from 1995 to 1997. He holds a B.A. in History from Duke University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Valarie Sheppard

Director

Ms. Sheppard joined our board of directors in August 2021. Ms. Sheppard worked at Procter & Gamble (P&G) as Treasurer, Controller & Executive Vice President Company Transition Leader from April 2019 until she retired from P&G in March 2021. Ms. Sheppard led P&G’s global Finance, Accounting and Treasury team, responsible for the external financial reporting, financial planning, global business development and Treasury operations for company businesses and operations in over 70 countries, with annual sales of more than $65 billion. She also led the global implementation of P&G’s new organization design, P&G’s most significant restructuring initiative in 25 years. Ms. Sheppard served as a board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, from January 2018 to December 2021 and Innovative International Acquisition Corp. from October 2021 to July 2023. Ms. Sheppard also was a board member of Sovos Brands, Inc. from September 2021 to March 2024. She is currently a board member of KDC-One, a package design and manufacturing solutions provider, since April 2021. From 2015 to 2020, Ms. Sheppard was a board member of Anixter International, Inc., a distributor of network and security solutions. Ms. Sheppard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Industrial Administration from Purdue University.

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Larry W. Sonsini

Director

Mr. Sonsini joined our board of directors in October 2014. Mr. Sonsini is a Senior and Founding Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. where he has practiced since 1966 and has served as CEO and Chairman for more than 35 years. Mr. Sonsini received an A.B. degree in Political Science and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.