On May 8, 2024, the board of directors of Better Home & Finance Holding Company (appointed Chad Smith to serve as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Better Mortgage Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company (?Better Mortgage?), effective retroactively as of May 6, 2024. Prior to joining Better Mortgage, Mr. Smith, 49, served as Chief Executive Officer of Mission Loans LLC, an online mortgage lender, from December 2020 to May 2024, and as the Executive Vice President, Consumer Direct and Portfolio Retention, of Caliber Home Loans Inc., a mortgage lender and mortgage loan servicer, from May 2018 to September 2020.