Jerome Griffith - SAMS INTERNAT Non-Executive Independent Director

Mr. Jerome Squire Griffith serves as NonExecutive Independent Director of the Company. He recently served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Tumi Holdings, Inc., a company which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from April 2009 to August 2016. He has served as a member of the supervisory board of Tom Tailor Holding AG, a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, since June 2015. He has served as a director of Vince Holding Corporationration, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, since November 2013. He has served on the board of Parsons School of Design since September 2013. From 2002 to February 2009, he was employed at Esprit Holdings Limited, a global fashion brand, where he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and appointed to the board in 2004. He was then promoted to President of Esprit North and South America in 2006. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as an executive vice president at Tommy Hilfiger, an apparel and retail company. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as the president of retail at the J. Peterman Company, a catalogbased apparel and retail company. From 1989 through 1998, he worked in various positions at Gap, Inc., a retailer of clothing, accessories, and personal care products since 2019.