On March 27, 2024, the board of directors of Globant S.A. appointed Andrew McLaughlin to serve as a director and member of each of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee, effective immediately. Mr. McLaughlin?s appointment fills the vacancy on the board of directors created by Richard Haythornthwaite?s resignation on September 6, 2023. Mr. McLaughlin will stand for election by the Company?s shareholders at the Company?s next annual meeting.

Mr. McLaughlin is a co-founder and Partner at Higher Ground Labs, a startup accelerator for and venture investor in startups that strengthen democratic institutions and governance. Mr. McLaughlin also serves as Senior Advisor at Sandbox AQ, which combines artificial intelligence and quantum technologies to address challenging problems in cybersecurity, life sciences and healthcare, materials science and manufacturing, global navigation and financial services. From 2019 to 2023, Mr. McLaughlin served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Assembly OSM.

In addition, Mr. McLaughlin serves as Co-Chair of the board of Access Now. He is also a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Starknet Foundation, a permissionless protocol to scale Ethereum while retaining Ethereum?s security and decentralization. Mr. McLaughlin?s prior experience also includes the following: Executive Director of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale University from 2017 to 2018, Partner at Betaworks from 2012 to 2016, Chief Executive Officer of Digg and Instapaper from 2013 to 2015, board member of Chartbeat from 2012 to 2019, Executive Vice President of Tumblr from 2011 to 2012, member of President Obama?s senior White House staff as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States from 2009 to 2011, Director of Global Public Policy at Google from 2003 to 2009 and Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Chief Financial Officer of ICANN from 1999 to 2023.

Mr. McLaughlin holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a B.A. from Yale University. The Company believes that Mr. McLaughlin is qualified to serve on the board of directors due to his extensive business, management and leadership experience.