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Ms. Jennifer L. Wong, also known as Jen, serves as an Independent Director at IMAX Corporation since March 06, 2023. She serves as a Director at Discover Bank. She served as Director at Group Nine Acquisition Corp. since January 14, 2021 until 2022. Ms. Wong serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Reddit, Inc. since April 2018 and in her role oversees business strategy and growth for the global community and discussion platform. She has led the growth of Reddit’s advertising business, evolved the platform’s content and advertising policies and expanded the brand and company to international markets including the UK, France, Germany, Australia and Canada. She was President of Digital at TI Gotham Inc. since January 2016 until January 31, 2018. Ms. Wong has been an Independent Director of Discover Financial Services since July 18, 2019. She served as the Chief Operating Officer of TI Gotham Inc. from September 15, 2016 to January 31, 2018. She served as Executive Vice President at TI Gotham Inc. since January 2016 until April 22, 2016. Ms. Wong served as the Chief Business Officer of PopSugar, Inc. from 2011 to 2015, where she led business operations, business development and growth strategy across all content and commerce platforms. She served as an Executive Vice President of Operations, Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Sugar, Inc. since September 12, 2011. Ms. Wong was responsible for overseeing business operations and for developing strategic initiatives across Sugar s media, commerce and social media portfolio of brands. Ms. Wong has experience building digital products and platforms and an understanding of digital and social media as an essential marketing tool. In addition to her extensive digital and marketing experience, her skills include business strategy and growth development, risk management and technology. She is a digital media veteran. Ms. Wong served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Premium Network Display Products, where she led the development and go-to-market strategies for its premium network display products. She served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of AOL Huffington Post Media Group’s lifestyle portfolio of brands, including StyleList, HuffPost Style, HuffPost Food and HuffPost Travel. Ms. Wong held several executive management roles at AOL, where she oversaw Global Business Operations and then AOL Huffington Post Media Group’s lifestyle portfolio of brands, including StyleList, HuffPost Style, HuffPost Food and HuffPost Travel. During her tenure at AOL, Ms. Wong helped oversee M&A efforts and integrations including acquisitions of TechCrunch, 5Min and The Huffington Post. She held several management roles at AOL in The Huffington Post Media Group and AOL Advertising. Ms. Wong helped oversee M&A efforts including acquisitions of TechCrunch, 5Min and The Huffington Post. She served as Senior Vice President/General Manager for AOL Media Lifestyle, as well as global head of business operations and head of operations for AOL Media. Ms. Wong was an Associate Partner in the Media, Entertainment and Information practice at McKinsey & Company. In her role, she worked with a broad range of digital media clients advising them on integrated print and digital advertising sales and editorial operations, online video distribution, advanced advertising in cable and brand portfolio optimization. Ms. Wong has been a Director of Marfeel Solutions, S.L. since December 2015. She is a Member of Advisory Board of Uprise Ventures. She serves on the Board of BRIC Arts Media. She has deep expertise across the media industry, with a focus on building successful consumer digital businesses for leading global media portfolios and brands, including Time Inc. She served as the Chief Operating Officer and President of Digital at Time Inc. where she led the consumer and digital businesses for some of the world’s leading media brands, such as People, Fortune, Time, Real Simple, Food & Wine, Travel Leisure, across digital advertising, video, paid consumer services and licensing
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discover Financial Services | Board | Member | 01/01/2019 | |
| Discover Financial Services | Remuneration | Member | 01/01/2019 | |
| Discover Financial Services | Risk & Compliance | Member | 01/01/2019 |