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Arden Hoffman

Member of the Remuneration Committee & Reputation and Responsibility Committees

Appointed 1 June 2025

Arden is the Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President at General Motors, a position she has held since 2023, overseeing Human Resources, Facilities, Security and Charitable Giving. These functions play a critical role in fostering a culture of innovation, ensuring the company attracts, retains, and develops top talent in a rapidly evolving industry. She brings to the Board a strong background in human resources and talent development in the global automotive, technology, and financial services sectors. Prior to General Motors, Arden served as Chief People Officer at Cruise and as Global Head of Human Resources at Dropbox, and has held senior positions in HR at Google and Goldman Sachs. Arden earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric from the University of California-Berkeley. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of Berkeley's College of Letters and Sciences and the Transformation CHRO Leadership Program.

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Omar Abbosh

Appointed as Chief Executive 8 January 2024.

Omar has a career spanning more than 30 years driving growth and transformation for leading multinational companies. He joined Pearson with a background steeped in technology and innovation, and with a deep understanding of how to shape and execute successful strategies in a world of disruption.

Most recently, Omar was the President of Microsoft Industry Solutions with responsibility for driving sales, service and solutions across Microsoft’s largest customers. While there he led industry and technical business units, including strategy, engineering, partnering and sales teams that shaped product roadmaps and strategic campaigns. Prior to Microsoft, Omar spent three decades at Accenture where he helped to orchestrate the company’s digital transformation, and led a large and highly successful business unit. He served in numerous senior leadership roles at Accenture, including Chief Strategy Officer and ultimately as Chief Executive of the global Communications, Technology and Media business.

Omar was previously a Non-Executive Director of Zuora, Inc., an enterprise SaaS company. He holds a degree in electronic engineering and information sciences from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD.

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Alex Hardiman

Member of the Audit and Reputation & Responsibility Committees

Appointed 1 June 2023

With more than 15 years of experience in media and technology, Alex brings to the Board deep expertise in consumer product strategy and growth, scaling subscription and digital advertising businesses, and high-quality journalism and content.

Alex currently serves as Chief Product Officer at The New York Times, where she oversees the company’s News, Cooking, Games and Audio products that power its digital business. She also leads its enterprise- wide approach to generative AI. Alex previously spent a decade at The New York Times in several leadership roles before leaving for Facebook in 2016 where she served as Head of News Products, overseeing news experiences for Facebook consumers and publishers. Alex also spent time at The Atlantic as its Chief Business and Product Officer where she relaunched the company’s consumer offerings and subscription model.

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Alison Dolan

Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees

Appointed 1 June 2023

Alison brings to the Board extensive commercial and operational finance experience, specifically in digital businesses. In January 2025, she joined the Board of Marks and Spencer Group plc as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Rightmove plc between September 2020 and September 2024 and she held several senior financial positions at Sky plc, including Group Treasurer, Director of Finance and was the Deputy Managing Director at Sky Business. She later moved to News UK to serve as Chief Strategy Officer at the forefront of the business’s digital transformation. Alison has a master’s in Finance from University College Dublin.

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Omid Kordestani

Chair of the Nomination & Governance Committee

Appointed 1 March 2022

Omid is an international businessman who serves on the board of Klarna Group plc and is a Council Member for Balderton Capital. He was Executive Chair of Twitter, Inc. between October 2015 and May 2020, and a Board Member until October 2022. From August 2014 to August 2015, Omid served as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google and previously from May 1999 to April 2009 as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development.

From 1995 to 1999, Omid served as Vice President of Business Development at Netscape Communications Corporation. Prior to joining Netscape Communications Corporation, Omid held positions in business development, product management and marketing at The 3DOCompany, Go Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company.

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Esther Lee

Member of the Nomination & Governance, Remuneration, and Reputation & Responsibility Committees

Appointed 1 February 2022

Esther brings significant experience to the Pearson Board through her prior executive management roles in developing customer strategies to drive growth, global marketing and branding, driving digital transformation and building high-performance teams.

She has a long track record of senior leadership roles working for global consumer-facing brands. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President – Global Chief Marketing Officer at MetLife Inc.

Previously, Esther served as Senior Vice President – Brand Marketing, Advertising and Sponsorships for AT&T, and she has served as CEO of North America and President of Global Brands for Euro RSCG Worldwide. Prior to that, she served for five years as Global Chief Creative Officer for The Coca-Cola Company.

Esther is a Board member at The Clorox Company where she chairs the Nomination & Governance Committee and is a Non-Executive Director of Experian plc.

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Annette Thomas

Chair of the Reputation & Responsibility Committee and Member of the Nomination & Governance and Remuneration Committees

Appointed 1 October 2021

Annette has a 25-year track record in leading global publishing and data analytics businesses, across academic, educational and consumer media verticals. Most recently, she served as CEO of Guardian Media Group, a position she held until June 2021. Prior to that, Annette was CEO of the Web of Science Group at Clarivate Analytics, a data, analytics and software business focused on research and higher education. She has also served as CEO of Macmillan Publishers and led the digital and global transformation of Nature Publishing Group.

She is a Non-Executive Director of Schroders plc and currently serves as Senior Advisor to General Atlantic. Her previous non-executive experience includes serving as a Trustee of Yale University, Non-Executive Director at Clarivate Analytics (2017), and as a board member for Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment (2019–2020). She has also previously acted as an adviser to Creative Commons and Bain Capital.

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Lincoln Wallen

Member of the Audit and Reputation & Responsibility Committees

Appointed 1 January 2016

Lincoln has extensive experience in the technology and media industries, and is a Non-Executive Director of Improbable MV, which governs the MSquared Network of Web2 and Web3 services, and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Framestore Company 3, a global visual effects and media production company.

He was previously CTO of Improbable Worlds, a technology start-up supplying cloud hosting, networking and technology services to the video game industry, and CEO of DWA Nova, a Software-as-a- Service spin-out of DreamWorks Animation Studios in Los Angeles. He worked at DreamWorks Animation for nine years in a variety of leadership roles including CTO and Head of Animation Technology. He was formerly CTO at Electronic Arts Mobile, leading their entry into the mobile gaming business internationally. Lincoln is a Non-Executive Director of the Smith Institute for Industrial Mathematics and Systems Engineering, and Varjo, a manufacturer of XR/VR headsets for professional markets. His early career involved 20 years of IT and mathematics research, including as a Reader in Computer Science at Oxford. Lincoln holds a PhD in AI.

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Tim Score

Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees

Appointed 1 January 2015

Tim has extensive experience of the technology sector in both developed and emerging markets, having served for 13 years as CFO of ARM Holdings plc, the world’s leading semiconductor IP company. He is an experienced Non-Executive Director and was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Bridgepoint Group PLC in 2021, alongside his roles as Chair of The British Land Company plc, a Non-Executive Director of the Football Association, and a Trustee of the National Theatre. Tim has garnered extensive financial and listed company experience during previous and current positions. He served on the board of National Express Group plc from 2005 to 2014, including time as interim Chair and six years as SID. Earlier in his career, Tim held senior finance roles with Rebus Group, William Baird, LucasVarity plc and BTR plc.

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Graeme Pitkethly

Chair of the Audit Committee and Member of the Reputation & Responsibility and Nomination & Governance Committees

Appointed 1 May 2019

Graeme was Chief Financial Officer and a Board member of Unilever plc until December 2023. He joined Unilever in 2002 and, prior to his appointment as the CFO, was responsible for its UK and Ireland business. He also held a number of senior financial and commercial roles within Unilever and spent the earlier part of his career in senior corporate finance roles in the telecommunications industry. Graeme served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Vice President of Corporate Development at FLAG Telecom and started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Graeme is a Non-Executive Director of Sandoz Group AG and Chair of its Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. He is also a Trustee of The Leverhulme Trust, a charitable trust funding academic research in the UK, a member of the Strathclyde University Centre for Sustainable Development and a chartered accountant.

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