Valley National Bancorp On February 28, 2023, the Board of Directors of Valley National Bancorp appointed Dafna Landau as a director of the Company. Ms. Landau has been the Head of the Construction and Real Estate Subdivision for Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. in Israel since 2018. She also serves as Bank Leumi's Chair of the Real Estate Credit Committee for large credit facilities and is a member of its Supreme Credit Committee.

Prior to this role, Ms. Landau served as the Chief Risk Officer at the Bank of Jerusalem from 2017 to 2018. She has also served as the Head of Real Estate Investment and Management for Leumi Partners, the investment arm of Bank Leumi, where she established real estate investment activities in Israel, the U.S. and Europe. Ms. Landau earned a B.A. in Economics and Management, as well as her MBA in Finance and Marketing, from Tel Aviv University.

Ms. Landau was appointed to the Board as the designee of Bank Leumi pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2022, by and between the Company and Bank Leumi. Other than the Investor Rights Agreement, there are no arrangements between Ms. Landau and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Landau was selected as a director. Ms. Landau has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.