On June 14 2024, the Board of Directors of Nextracker Inc. appointed Jeffrey Guldner to serve as a Class III director. Mr. Guldner will serve until Nextracker?s next annual meeting of stockholders during which such class of directors is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. On June 14, 2024, the Board also appointed Mr. Guldner to serve as a member of the Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee of the Board (the ?Nominating Committee?).

The Board has determined that Mr. Guldner qualifies as an independent director in accordance with the Nasdaq listing rules and otherwise meets all applicable requirements to serve on each of the Board and the Nominating Committee. Mr. Guldner, 59, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, a utility holding company, and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of its primary subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company (?APS?), an electric utility company, since November 2019. He also served as President of APS from August 2021 to May 2022.

Mr. Guldner joined APS in 2004, and held several leadership positions at APS prior to his current roles. Prior to joining APS, Mr. Guldner was a partner in the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer LLP, where he practiced public utility, telecommunications and energy law. Before practicing law, Mr. Guldner served as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy and was an assistant professor of naval history at the University of Washington.

Mr. Guldner serves on the Board of Directors of Edison Electric Institute, the McCain Institute, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Electric Power Research Institute and the Smart Electric Power Alliance. Mr. Guldner also serves on the Board of Directors of Greater Phoenix Leadership and Arizona State University?s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience. Mr. Guldner earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law.

Mr. Guldner is also a graduate of the Reactor Technology Course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Advanced Management Program at Columbia Business School.