On November 30, 2023, the Board of Directors of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. removed Rangan Padmanabhan, the Company?s principal financial officer, and M. Dilshad Kasmani, the Company?s Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, as officers of the Company. On December 1, 2023, the Board appointed Victoria Hay as the principal financial officer of the Company. Mrs. Hay, 40, has been the co-owner and President of Flexible Consulting, LLC, a financial and accounting consulting firm, since May 2021.

In her capacity as President of Flexible Consulting, LLC, Mrs. Hay has acted as a financial and accounting advisor for numerous companies, including acting as contracted Chief Financial Officer of Enovate, an AI company focused on the oil and gas sector. Prior to her time at Flexible Consulting, LLC Mrs. Hay was at Weatherford International plc (NASDAQ: WFRD) from 2008 to May 2021 in accounting and finance roles of increasing seniority, most recently as the Senior Director ? Global Accounting and Reporting Services.

Mrs. Hay began her career as a finance analyst with Morgan Stanley. Mrs. Hay is a CIMA chartered accountant and has a BSC(Hon) in Biotechnology with a Management emphasis from Edinburgh University.