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Richard I. Morris, Jr.

Independent shareholders’ representative

Biography

Year of birth: 1949
Nationality: American, British

Place of residence: London, Great Britain

Year of first appointment to the Supervisory Board: 2018
End of current appointment to the Supervisory Board: 2027

Education

1967 – 1968	Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, USA
1963 – 1967	Hingham High School, Hingham, MA, USA

Professional career

Since 2004	Advisor to TA Associates Management LP, London, UK
2014 – 2019	Non-Executive Director, Söderberg & Partners AB, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 – 2020	Non-Executive Director, Merian Global Investors, London, UK
2007 – 2013	Non-Executive Director, Jupiter Fund Management plc, London, UK
2008 – 2017	Non-Executive Director, Arrowstreet Capital LP, Boston, MA, USA
2011 – 2015	Non-Executive Director, DNCA Finance SA, Paris, Frankreich
2003 – 2009	Non-Executive Director, Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc, Boston, MA, USA
06/2002-2003	President, Putnam Lovell Group Inc., London, UK
1999 – 2004	Non-Executive Director, Arrowstreet Capital LP, Boston, MA, USA
1997–2003	Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Putnam Lovell Group Inc., London, UK
1997 – 05/2002	Chief Operating Officer, Putnam Lovell Group Inc., London, UK, and San Francisco, CA, USA
1996 – 1997	President and Chief Executive Officer, Cursitor Alliance LLC, London, UK
1983 – 1995	Principal and Chief Financial Officer, Cursitor Holdings, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
1968 – 1983	Vice President, The Boston Company, Boston, MA, USA

Principal occupation

Former Advisor to TA Associates Management LP

Other supervisory board positions and directorships outside DWS Group

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