Biography

Mr. H. C. Charles Diao has been a director since February 2022. Mr. Diao currently serves as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Treasurer at Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY), an international gaming and interactive entertainment company, with responsibility for and management of corporate finance, global treasury operations, tax, risk management/insurance, and capital markets. From 2012 until 2021, Mr. Diao was Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development and Corporate Treasurer at DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC) and Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of its predecessor, Computer Sciences Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, and from 2021 to 2023, Mr. Diao provided strategic and M&A advisory services to corporate clients, and from 2008 to 2012 Mr. Diao was CIO of an investment management firm that managed alternative investments on behalf of institutional family offices. Mr. Diao was formerly a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. where he was Group Head of Special Situations Credit, a partner within the firm’s TMT investment banking practice and a member of the firm’s Investment Banking Committee and IPO Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Diao was Group Head of the Telecom & Media Group at Prudential Securities Inc. where he began his career in mergers & acquisitions and in the Merchant Banking group. Mr. Diao has served on the board of directors of Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE: TPB), a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded consumer products, since 2012, where he is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and ESG Committee.