TuSimple announced additional independent appointments to its Board of Directors – including a new Government Security Director, Michael Mosier, and an Audit Committee Chair, Wendy Hayes. Michael Mosier will serve as the Government Security Director and will be responsible for overseeing the Company's compliance with federal government legal and regulatory requirements. In order to be appointed, he passed through extensive background checks to receive non-objection from CFIUS.

Mr. Mosier has vast experience in the federal government across national-security related roles, including at the U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of Justice, and White House National Security Council. Most recently, Mosier served as Acting Director of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. He was also Counselor to the Deputy Treasury Secretary, focused on emerging technology and cybersecurity.

Mosier has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and began his career in public service as a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Wendy Hayes brings to TuSimple extensive financial and business oversight experience. In her new role as an independent member of TuSimple's Board of Directors, she will serve as chair of the Audit Committee.

Ms. Hayes is a partner at a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and also serves on the boards of other NYSE and NASDAQ listed companies. Previously, Ms. Hayes worked at various Deloitte global offices as an Audit Partner after she first joined Deloitte San Francisco in 1997. She also was an Inspections Leader for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), which was established by Congress to supervise audits of public companies and protect investors, and is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).