On July 15, 2023, the Board of Directors of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. appointed Mary G. Puma to its board of directors and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective July 15, 2023. Ms. Puma will serve as a Class I director, with an initial term expiring at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders and until her successor has been elected and qualified or until her earlier death, resignation, disqualification, retirement or removal. Prior to becoming CEO of Axcelis in January 2002, Puma served as its president and COO from July 2000.

In 1998, she was named general manager and vice president of the company?s predecessor, the Implant Systems Division of Eaton Corporation, after having joined in 1996 as general manager of Eaton?s Commercial Controls Division. Prior to Eaton, Puma spent 15 years in various marketing and general management positions at General Electric. Puma has served as executive chairperson of the board at Axcelis since May 2023, and previously served as chairperson of the board from 2005 to 2015.

She is also a director of Nordson Corporation, and since December 2022, she has been chairperson of the board of SEMI, a global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries. Puma holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Master of Science degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.