G. Staley Cates
Former Vice Chairman, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
G. Staley Cates has been a director of the Company since April 2026. Mr. Cates served as the Vice Chairman of Southeastern Asset Management, Inc., an independent global investment management firm, from 2015 through 2024, having served as President from 1989 through 2015 after joining the firm in 1986. Mr. Cates is a Co-Founder of the New Hope Christian Academy, was a founding board member of the Soulsville Foundation, and was the Founding Chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation and of the Board of Crosstown Concourse. He serves as the Chairman of the Poplar Foundation, which supports various educational initiatives in Memphis, and was the Governor’s appointee to the Transition Planning Commission for the consolidation of Memphis City and Shelby County schools between 2011 and 2012. Mr. Cates received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.