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John J. Kelley III

EVP and Chief Legal Officer, Equifax Inc.

Mr. Kelley was appointed to the Board effective August 1, 2024. Mr. Kelley has served as the Chief Legal Officer of Equifax Inc., since 2013. He has responsibility for legal services, compliance, government and legislative relations, and corporate governance. Before joining Equifax, Mr. Kelley was a senior partner at King & Spalding in its corporate practice group, where he practiced a broad range of corporate finance transactions and securities matters, and advised public clients regarding SEC reporting and disclosure requirements, among other corporate governance and compliance matters.

Mr. Kelley graduated summa cum laude from Hamilton College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law

As part of his focus on corporate governance, Mr. Kelley was instrumental in helping create the Lead Director Network. The network is made up of lead directors, presiding directors and non-executive chairmen from many of America's leading companies who meet to discuss how to improve the performance of their corporations and earn the trust of their shareholders through more effective board leadership.