Elisa M. Russo

SurePay is the initiator and leading provider of the IBAN-Name Check. Founded in 2016, the Dutch fintech pioneered this solution in the Dutch market in 2017 and has since expanded across Europe and the UK with its real-time Verification of Payee (VOP), Confirmation of Payee (CoP), and Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) solutions. SurePay gives payers greater confidence that their payments are reaching the intended recipient, helping to prevent misdirected transfers — whether caused by fraud or human error. Its innovative services play a critical role in improving payment accuracy, reducing fraud, and supporting clients in meeting evolving compliance and regulatory demands. SurePay serves more than 200 banks and 750 corporate customers, and has processed over 10 billion payment checks to date. Its services fully align with the requirements of the upcoming EU regulation for Instant Payments and SEPA transactions, which mandates the implementation of VOP from autumn 2025. SurePay is already directly connected to hundreds of financial institutions and businesses across Europe and the UK. Through its partnership with SWIFT’s Payment Pre-validation service, SurePay’s solution has been available globally in over 200 countries since 2024. Fraud Prevention, Payment Protection, IBAN-Name Check, VoP Solution Supplier, Secure Transactions

Hack The Box is the Cyber Performance Center with the mission to provide a human-first platform to create and maintain high-performing cybersecurity individuals and organizations. Hack The Box is the only platform that unites upskilling, workforce development, and the human focus in the cybersecurity industry, and it’s trusted by organizations worldwide for driving their teams to peak performance. Offering an all-in-one environment for continuous growth, assessment, and recruitment, Hack The Box provides solutions for all cybersecurity domains. Launched in 2017, Hack The Box brings together the largest global cybersecurity community of more than 3 million platform members. Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in the US, Australia, and Greece. For more information, please visit hackthebox.com

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI. Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Carlyle AlpInvest. With $477 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2025, Carlyle’s purpose is to connect people, ideas, and capital to fuel growth for companies and performance for investors. Carlyle employs more than 2,500 people in 27 offices across four continents. Nothing herein constitutes an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or product of Carlyle or any Carlyle-managed fund. Additional notices & disclaimers can be found here: https://www.carlyle.com/notices-and-disclaimers

SurePay is the initiator and leading provider of the IBAN-Name Check. Founded in 2016, the Dutch fintech pioneered this solution in the Dutch market in 2017 and has since expanded across Europe and the UK with its real-time Verification of Payee (VOP), Confirmation of Payee (CoP), and Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) solutions. SurePay gives payers greater confidence that their payments are reaching the intended recipient, helping to prevent misdirected transfers — whether caused by fraud or human error. Its innovative services play a critical role in improving payment accuracy, reducing fraud, and supporting clients in meeting evolving compliance and regulatory demands. SurePay serves more than 200 banks and 750 corporate customers, and has processed over 10 billion payment checks to date. Its services fully align with the requirements of the upcoming EU regulation for Instant Payments and SEPA transactions, which mandates the implementation of VOP from autumn 2025. SurePay is already directly connected to hundreds of financial institutions and businesses across Europe and the UK. Through its partnership with SWIFT’s Payment Pre-validation service, SurePay’s solution has been available globally in over 200 countries since 2024. Fraud Prevention, Payment Protection, IBAN-Name Check, VoP Solution Supplier, Secure Transactions

Hack The Box is the Cyber Performance Center with the mission to provide a human-first platform to create and maintain high-performing cybersecurity individuals and organizations. Hack The Box is the only platform that unites upskilling, workforce development, and the human focus in the cybersecurity industry, and it’s trusted by organizations worldwide for driving their teams to peak performance. Offering an all-in-one environment for continuous growth, assessment, and recruitment, Hack The Box provides solutions for all cybersecurity domains. Launched in 2017, Hack The Box brings together the largest global cybersecurity community of more than 3 million platform members. Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in the US, Australia, and Greece. For more information, please visit hackthebox.com

At 1E, we reimagine how technology serves people and we create new ways for IT to shape the future of work. What if each digital employee experience (DEX) was better than the last? The 1E platform helps IT teams improve end user experience, tighten security, reduce costs, and evolve operations from cost center to strategic enabler. Over one-third of the Fortune 100 rely on 1E’s single-agent solution with real-time automation and remediation for more visibility, control, compliance, and observability. Now, all IT teams can provide exceptional employee experiences, increase efficiency, and reduce service delivery time. Work Wonders™ with 1E.

Calastone is the largest global funds network, connecting the world’s leading financial organisations. Our mission is to reduce complexity, risk and costs, enabling the industry to deliver greater value to investors. More than 4,500 clients in 58 countries and territories benefit from Calastone’s services, processing over £250 billion of investment value each month. Calastone is headquartered in London and has offices in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, New York and Sydney. Calastone is a wholly owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC), a global provider of software and services for the financial services and healthcare industries.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI. Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.