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Good morning, everyone. My name is Michael Bartels.

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I'm a senior Vice President here at

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NASDAQ with responsibility for our corporate Solutions business,

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which includes our government Solution segment.

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Within our government solution segment,

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we strive to drive governance excellence by providing governance professionals and

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board members tools and services to make them efficient and effective.

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As the previous slide add up there,

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75% of board members feel scrutiny is going to maintain or increase.

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And so we really think about how we can provide solutions.

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To make you be efficient because time is finite,

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and time is one of the most valuable assets that a board member does have.

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At Nazaq, we seek to set the direction for

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corporate governance through the lens of what the future of the board room will be.

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I think you saw the promotional advertisement that we had here to start.

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But we really think about where are we today,

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but where are we going to be going into the future.

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As I envisions a board room, where integrated technologies,

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AI driven insights, and expertise converge to empower governance teams and boards.

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Kay alluded to the partnership that we have with Microsoft.

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We're working and looking to deepen our partnership with

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leading technology companies so we can bring some of the connected ecosystem,

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more data driven insights,

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more artificial intelligence into our products and

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services to the benefit of both governance professionals and board members.

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Another cornerstone of our strategy and ensuring that we're always at the forefront of

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emerging governance trends so we can provide

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expertise and insights, similar to this forum.

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And with that being said,

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I think it's a very appropriate introduction for me to introduce Byron Laughlin,

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our global head of Board advisory up the stage to

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lead a discussion on the pillars of a high performing board.