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Getty Images Holdings, Inc.

For the period ended Oct 8, 2026. Filed Aug 28, 2026.

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Oct 8, 2026 · Filed Aug 28, 2026

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Executive Officers

The following table identifies our current executive officers:

NameAgePosition
Craig Peters56Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mikael Cho40Senior Vice President, CEO, Unsplash
Grant Farhall50Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer
Gene Foca60Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer
Nate Gandert53Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Chris Hoel55Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Jerry Jenkins58Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Kjelti Kellough53Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Jennifer Leyden52Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Ken Mainardis55Senior Vice President, Editorial
Peter Orlowsky57Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Michael Teaster59Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff
Daine Weston39Senior Vice President, Ecommerce

Our Board of Directors chooses executive officers, who then serve at the discretion of our Board of Directors. There is no family relationship between any of the directors or executive officers and any of our other directors or executive officers. The biographical information for our Chief Executive Officer, Craig Peters, is provided above under “Proposal 1: Election of Directors” above.

Mikael Cho

Mr. Cho has served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Unsplash, a subsidiary of the Company, since 2013 and is responsible for leading and operating Unsplash’s overall strategy and vision. In 2013, Mr. Cho founded Unsplash as a blog with ten photos and the mission to make world-class images accessible to enable everyone to create. Prior to founding Unsplash, Mr. Cho held co-founder and leadership roles at companies in the digital and creative sectors, including Crew, a marketplace for creative talent, Uber Foundry, a digital design studio, and WHYNOTBLUE Digital Agency.

Grant Farhall

Mr. Farhall has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer since 2020, where he is responsible for our overall product strategy and vision. In his role, Mr. Farhall oversees our websites, user experiences, customer research and Generative AI strategy, with the aim of making it easier for our customers to discover, license and share content to connect with their audiences, and drive impact for the business. His career at Getty Images spans more than a decade, including his prior role as Vice President of Ecommerce from 2019 until 2020 and his role as General Manager of iStock from 2017 until 2019. Prior to joining Getty Images, Mr. Farhall worked in broadcast journalism and managed several design and web development agencies.

Gene Foca

Mr. Foca has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer since 2017 and effective May 1, 2023, as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer. As Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer, Mr. Foca is responsible for leading global marketing, sales, ecommerce and communications for Getty Images, overseeing our brand portfolio, strategy and execution for all marketing channels from digital to communications, marketing data science and operations and global sales, including outbound sales, customer success and customer service. He has a wealth of experience across ecommerce, product and digital marketing, bringing over 20 years’ experience as a strategic and data driven leader, launching and growing some of the world’s biggest content and ecommerce businesses. Mr. Foca joined Getty Images after nearly five years at Amazon in Seattle and New York from 2012 through 2016, working with Kindle and retail ecommerce, as well as a brief stint at Fresh Direct overseeing customer marketing. Prior to that, he served as SVP of Marketing for News Digital/News Corporation, where he focused on content app launches and subscription marketing from 2010 until 2011. He previously spent nearly 19 years at Time Warner in senior ecommerce and consumer marketing leadership roles, primarily with the Time Incorporated division from 1991 until 2010.

Nate Gandert

Mr. Gandert has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since 2016. In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Gandert is responsible for leading our overall technology strategy and vision, as well as our data and insights capabilities. Mr. Gandert oversees all advancements, innovations and operations delivered by the technology and product functions, including our search architecture, application and software development, ecommerce platform and websites with the aim of enriching our product offering to better serve customers worldwide. His remit also includes the development of internal and customer value using data, AI and machine learning.

Mr. Gandert’s career at Getty Images spans over 14 years during which time he has served in various vice president, senior director, director and professional level roles. Prior to joining Getty Images, Mr. Gandert held vice president and leadership roles at other companies in the ecommerce and media sectors, holding more than 25 years of industry experience overall.

Chris Hoel

Mr. Hoel has served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Getty Images since April 2014. Mr. Hoel is responsible for Getty Images’ Accounting, External Financial Reporting, and Finance Operations functions, and has 30 years of accounting and finance experience. He joined Getty Images in 2009 as the Director, Finance, before being promoted to Senior. Director, Finance in 2011, and then Vice President, Finance in 2013 and to Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer in 2014. Mr. Hoel previously held the role of Corporate Controller for Fisher Communications, Inc. from July 2005 to March 2009, and Controller/Associate Director of SEC Reporting for Xcyte Therapies from February 2001 to July 2005. Prior to his career with Xcyte Therapies, Mr. Hoel held progressively more responsible financial/accounting positions in both public accounting and private industry.

Mr. Hoel earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Central Washington University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1995.

Jerry Jenkins

Mr. Jenkins joined Getty Images in May 2025 as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer overseeing all aspects of the company’s global workforce. Mr. Jenkins has an extensive background leading people operations and global talent acquisition in dynamic organizations. Prior to joining Getty Images, Mr. Jenkins served as both Chief People Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for Doma Technology LLC, building the HR functions and teams from the ground up, designing a comprehensive human capital strategy and implementing an efficient and scalable infrastructure.

Mr. Jenkins has served on the board of INROADS, Inc. as Vice-Chair for the Rocky Mountain Region and participated in the Drury University Mentoring Network, helping students gain industry-relevant skills and knowledge prior to entering the workforce. Mr. Jenkins earned his B.S. Degree from Drury University and his M.B.A. in Human Resources Management from Baker College - Center for Graduate Studies and has also been certified as a Global Professional in Human Resources by the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Ms. Kellough has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel since 2019. In her role as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Ms. Kellough leads our global Legal and Facilities functions and is responsible for overseeing its worldwide legal affairs, including corporate governance, compliance, governmental relations, litigation, intellectual property and corporate matters, and real estate and facilities matters. Prior to her current role as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Ms. Kellough served as Vice President, Corporate Counsel from 2012 until 2019, overseeing corporate commercial legal matters for the Americas, as well as global legal support for our product and marketing functions. Ms. Kellough also held various Senior Director and Director roles with Getty Images. Ms. Kellough has more than 25 years of legal experience and prior to joining Getty Images in 2009, Ms. Kellough was a corporate finance partner at TingleMerrett LLP and an intellectual property and corporate associate at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

Jennifer Leyden

Ms. Leyden has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since January 2022. As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Leyden is responsible for our Global Finance and Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Business Intelligence, Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations functions. Ms. Leyden has more than 25 years of financial, accounting and leadership experience. She joined Getty Images in 2016 as the Senior Director, Enterprise Reporting and Analysis, before being promoted to Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis in February 2019, Senior Vice President of

Investor Relations and Finance in 2021 and to CFO in 2022. Before joining Getty Images, Ms. Leyden held the role of CFO for six years at Physique 57, a global fitness brand. In this role, she led Physique 57 through a period of rapid expansion and topline growth, driving scalable cost base efficiencies while navigating the business through a period of dynamic and explosive growth in the broader health and wellness industry. Ms. Leyden also spent 10 years at Sony Music Entertainment in several progressively impactful financial roles, ending her tenure there as the Senior Director of Finance for Columbia Records, one of the largest and most iconic record labels in the world. She launched her career by becoming licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and spent four years in public accounting.

Ken Mainardis

Mr. Mainardis was appointed as our Senior Vice President, Editorial in October 2023, and he previously served as our Senior Vice President, Global Content. He oversees all of our content divisions across its editorial spectrum. From sport, entertainment, news, to archival product lines, Mr. Mainardis has responsibility for overseeing the production and licensing of photography, video, paid assignment solutions and associated services. Mr. Mainardis joined Getty Images in 2004 as Managing Editor, EMEA and a year later became Director of Editorial Photography with a focus on major editorial events. In April 2010, Mr. Mainardis took on the new role of Senior Director, Editorial Services and Events with a global brief responsible for editorial event operations and services. In February 2013, he was appointed Vice President, Sports Imagery and Operations, before being promoted to Senior Vice President of Editorial in 2017. Mr. Mainardis began his career in 1995 as an assignments editor for the Reuters News Agency in their London bureau, before taking on the role of Global Sports Editor for Reuters Pictures in 2000. Mr. Mainardis is also a board member of the News Media Coalition, a not-for-profit trade organization protecting the news media’s access to events of public interest.

Peter Orlowsky

Mr. Orlowsky has served as our Senior Vice President, Strategic Development since 2017. Mr. Orlowsky is responsible for evaluating and building key business strategies and partnerships, as well as for identifying and developing new business opportunities for Getty Images. In this role, Mr. Orlowsky drives global content licensing and distribution deals with leading technology, multimedia and service providers worldwide, as well as oversees our relationships with global partners. Mr. Orlowsky has been with Getty Images for over 20 years, serving several roles at various levels including Vice President and Senior Director, across Getty Images in business development and sales.

Michael Teaster

As our Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff, since September 2022, Mr. Teaster supports our Global Leadership Team and our Board of Directors with company planning, priority management, and delivery. Mr. Teaster has 30 years of industry-related experience and has served in several executive roles for Getty Images. Prior to his current role, Mr. Teaster served as Senior Vice President of Business Operations from 2017 to 2019, before which he also served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales from 2008 to 2017, among other executive roles. Previously, Mr. Teaster served as Vice President of Licensee Relations for The Image Bank, a company that was later acquired by Getty Images in 1999.

Daine Weston

Mr. Weston was appointed Senior Vice President, Ecommerce, in May 2023. As the Senior Vice President of Ecommerce, Mr. Weston leads Getty Images’ efforts to enhance its online business by delivering exceptional customer experience across its ecommerce platform and websites, digital marketing initiatives, SEO strategy, and ecommerce operations. Based in New York, Mr. Weston sits on the company’s executive team, providing valuable insights and strategic direction to support the company’s growth. With over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, he has made significant contributions to Getty Images’ success. He was instrumental in developing a scalable global model for display and remarketing efforts across multiple brands and countries during his time in Calgary. As the head of Getty Images EMEA Digital Marketing team in London, Mr. Weston successfully drove growth in customer acquisition across all paid marketing channels. As Vice President of Digital Marketing & Demand Generation at Getty Images, he oversaw customer acquisition, paid marketing investments, and demand generation efforts globally. Prior to joining Getty Images in 2015, Mr. Weston was a key player at OMD Digital and OMD International, where he led efforts for major clients such as Vodafone, Sky Television, McDonald’s, Johnson & Johnson, Air New Zealand and Sony. Mr. Weston received a double major in advertising and marketing from AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand.

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