On March 31, 2023, the board of directors (the board) of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation increased the size of the board to 14 directors and appointed Abraham (Bram) Schot to the board, effective April 3, 2023. Mr. Schot will stand for re-election at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Schot, 61, brings to Cognizant more than three decades of experience in the automotive industry, including management positions at DaimlerChrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group and Audi.

From 2011 to 2020, he worked for the Volkswagen AG group of companies, including most recently as the Chairman and CEO of the Audi Group, Member of the Group Board of Volkswagen AG, Chairman Premium Car Group, Chief Commercial Officer Volkswagen Group and Vice Chairman Porsche Holding, Salzburg, Austria from 2018 to April 2020. Prior positions include his roles as a Member of the Board of the Audi Group from 2016 to 2018, Member of the Board of Volkswagen CV from 2011 to 2016, and President and CEO of Daimler/Mercedes-Benz Italia from 2006 to 2011. From 2003 to 2006 he was President & CEO of DaimlerChrysler in the Netherlands.

Prior to that, Mr. Schot held a number of director and senior leadership roles within Mercedes-Benz and Daimler AG in the Netherlands. Mr. Schot currently sits on the Board of Directors of Shell plc and Signify NV. He has also been an Associate Professor of Practice in Corporate Strategy at the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy, since 2021 and has held senior advisory roles with various companies, including, currently, ADS-Tec Holding since 2022, Carlyle Group since 2021 and TomTom N.V. since 2020.

Mr. Schot received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Bradford, England.