Ms. Gayle was appointed Chairman of the Board in March 2017, and previously served as a Director since 2011. Additionally, Ms. Gayle has been the Group CEO since 2011; assisted with the restructuring of the Company, 2009-2010, and served as SVP of Coda’s Legal Affairs, 2006-2007. Earlier in her career she worked for a major London law practice, the United Nations and the European Union. Ms. Gayle has a strong background in restructuring and has spent more than 12 years in a number of countries where she has been the lead adviser to a number of transitional administrations on privatizing banks and reforming state-owned assets in the CEE countries including banking, infrastructure and telecommunications assets. Ms. Gayle has also managed a number of large European Union funded projects. Ms. Gayle holds a Law degree gained at the University of London and a Masters of Law degree from Cambridge University. She is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales.

Mr. Hamilton served as Coda’s Chairman of the Board, June 2010-March 2017, and continues to serve as a Director. Since 2014, Mr. Hamilton has provided accounting and valuation services for a varied list of clients. His career includes serving as Senior Vice President of Powerlink Transmission Company, 2011-2014, and audit partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, 1988-2003. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from St. Frances College and is a Certified Public Accountant and is accredited in business valuation.  Mr. Hamilton serves as the Chair of both the Board’s Audit Committee and  Compensation and Governance Committee, and as a member of its Nominating Committee.

Mr. Robert Harcourt has been a member of Coda’s Board of Directors since June 26, 2023.  Mr. Harcourt is a retired Audit and Advisory Partner of KPMG with a professional career spanning over 40 years where he executed a variety of roles at the partnership level during the time with KPMG, including Assurance Partner from 1978 – 1999 and Advisory Partner from 1999- 2007.  He also worked as Associate Director, Division of Registration and Inspection of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from 2011-2016.  He most recently worked for the Analysis Group and Cornerstone Research from 2018-2021.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BBA in Accountancy from Pace University and has completed course work at Harvard University and Stanford University.

Mr. Rouy-Poirier was nominated to the Board on April 10, 2024. Since January 2024 Mr. Rouy-Poirier has been an independent consultant for companies in the aerospace and defense sectors.  From May to December 2023, he was interim Chief Financial Officer for SHL Medical (Scandinavian Health Ltd), a private company backed by a private equity operating as a leading solutions provider in the design, development and manufacturing of advanced medical delivery devices such as autoinjectors and pen injectors.  From April 2021 to December 2022, he was Chief Financial Officer of GKN Aerospace, one of the world’s leading multi-technology Tier 1 aerospace suppliers, serving 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. From 2019 to 2021 he was Chief Financial Officer of Nobel Biocare Systems, a premium dental implant leader whose portfolio also included restorative solutions, dentist hardware equipment and digital treatment technologies.  Prior thereto, he worked for Honeywell mostly in the Aerospace division as well as in the homes and Building Technologies and Specialty Materials, L’Oreal and Arthur Andersen among others.  He earned a bachelor’s in mathematics from Lycée Victor Duruy and a Master of Management in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School in France. Because of his strong financial background and ties to the Defense and manufacturing industries, the Company believes that he is highly qualified to serve on the Board.