Stefan Merz — Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development at Diebold

Mr. Stefan E. Merz served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development and Director at Diebold Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft since October 1, 2016 until March 31, 2017. Mr. Merz has been Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development at Diebold, Incorporated since August 18, 2016 and served as its Senior Vice President of Strategic Projects from August 1, 2013 to August 18, 2016. Mr. Merz is responsible for driving Diebold's transformation strategy, helping execute on its previously disclosed multi-year realignment plan and identifying other areas of improvement that drives future growth. He held a series of senior leadership positions at Hewlett- Packard Co. (HP). He served as Vice President of Sales Strategy and Operations at HP Enterprise Group. In this role, he was responsible for planning and optimizing sales and field selling costs, compensation design and effectiveness and sales productivity. In addition, he oversaw major transformational initiatives. He worked at Siemens AG, where he spent 13 years in sales, marketing and strategy working in Germany as well as in the United States. In his most recent role at Siemens, he served as Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for the Communications division. In this position, he was responsible for defining the organization's enterprise services strategy and growth initiatives. He has been a Member of Supervisory Board at Diebold Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft since May 2, 2017. He received a Master???S Degree in Economics from University Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany and a Bachelor???S Degree in Marking and Finance from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Stuttgart, Germany.