Universal Electronics Inc. on July 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of the company appointed Romulo Pontual as a director, effective immediately, to fill a vacancy. Mr. Pontual will serve as a Class II director for an initial term ending at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Pontual, 62, is a technology advisor - since September 2015.

During this time, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Greenwave Systems Inc. from 2016 until May 2019. Prior to being a technology advisor, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of DirecTV from January 2004 until August 2015. Before joining DirecTV, Mr. Pontual served as Executive Vice President, Television Platforms of News Corporation from August 1996 until January 2004.

He attended INSEAD, Fontainebleau France, earning a degree in Business Administration and Management. Prior to that, he earned a degree in Satellite Communications from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, and a Bachelor of Science degree, Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Telecommincations from Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro.