On October 1, 2023, the Board of Near Intelligence, Inc. placed Anil Mathews, the Company?s Chief Executive Officer, on administrative leave from respective position with the Company pending an internal investigation conducted by outside legal counsel on behalf of the Committee. On October 1, 2023, the Board of Near Intelligence, Inc. appointed Gladys Kong, the Company?s Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, to serve as the Company?s interim Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Kong has served as Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of the Company since March 2023.

Ms. Kong joined the Company?s predecessor (?Legacy Near?) in April 2021 in connection with Legacy Near?s acquisition of UberMedia, where she served as Chief Executive Officer from September 2015 to April 2021 and Chief Technology Officer from 2012 to 2017. Ms. Kong served as Chief Executive Officer of Near North America from April 2021 to November 2021 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Legacy Near in November 2021. Prior to 2012, Ms. Kong was Chief Executive Officer of GoInteractive, Inc., a company she founded.

Before that, Ms. Kong held senior positions at Idealab and its operating companies since joining in 1999. She is currently on the board of directors for Stellar Lago, a customer cloud platform for the Sports and Live Audience industries, and also serves on the board of trustees for Yo San University, a nonprofit organization that educates students to become exceptional practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist healing arts. Ms. Kong holds a B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science from California Institute of Technology and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from UCLA.