Mr. Augie K Fabela II has been a director of VEON Ltd. since June 2022 and the Company deemed Mr. Fabela to be an independent director through his term of appointment. Mr. Fabela was also a director of VEON Ltd. from June 2011 to December 2012, during which time he served as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Fabela is chairman emeritus and co-founder of VEON Ltd. He is executive chairman and co-founder of FastForward.ai. In addition, he is also a director (Finance Committee) at Shareability, Inc. since 2019. Mr. Fabela is a #1 bestselling author of “The Impatience Economy.” He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations and International Policy Studies.”