Jerome Upton has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) since March 1, 2023. Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) from April 2022 to March 2023. From June 2010 to April 2022, Mr. Upton served as Vice President of the Company (during which time he also served as Deputy CFO from August 2020 to April 2022, as interim CFO of the Company’s U.S. Life Insurance segment from August 2019 to August 2020, as the Chief Financial and Operations Officer of the Company’s Global Mortgage Insurance businesses from May 2012 to August 2019, and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the International mortgage insurance businesses of the Company from June 2010 to May 2012). Prior to joining the Company’s predecessor in 1998, Mr. Upton was with KPMG Peat Marwick, where he served in accounting positions of increasing authority before attaining the position of Senior Manager – Insurance. Prior thereto, Mr. Upton was the Controller and Director of Financial Reporting for Century American Insurance Company and obtained the status of Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Upton received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.