The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. appointed Carlyn R. Taylor as member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Taylor has been the Global Co-Leader of Corporate Finance at FTI Consulting, Inc., a global business advisory firm, since 2016. Since 2017, Ms. Taylor has also served as a Chairperson of FTI Capital Advisors, an investment banking subsidiary of FTI Consulting.

She has held various roles at FTI Consulting and its affiliates since 2002. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Taylor spent 12 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, first as a consultant in Price Waterhouse from 1990 to 1998 and then as a partner from 1998 to 2002, where she founded and led the telecommunication industry practice within the Financial Advisory Services group. Ms. Taylor has served as a director of Flowserve Corporation (NYSE) since August 2020.

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board has determined that (1) Ms. Taylor is independent" as defined by applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC") applicable to Board and Audit Committee service, and (2) Ms. Taylor is an audit committee financial expert" as defined by applicable SEC rules.