Guidepoint Advisor Review Issue 2 2022

QUARTERLY ADVISOR REVIEW

INSIDE THE ISSUE:

• From Our Team

• Top Advisor FAQs of the Quarter

• Meet Your Fellow Advisors

• Advisor Blog Revisited

• Dinner With an Expert

some of their career experience. This edition will also revisit a previous blog on the end of brick-and-mortar stores to update you on the pandemic’s effect. As usual, we have answered some of the most Frequently Asked Questions received by our team. If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to us!

TOP ADVISOR FAQS OF THE QUARTER

1. How can I contribute to the Guidepoint Advisor Blog?

If you are interested in contributing a post to the Guidepoint Advisor Blog, please email advisor.relations@guidepoint.com and note a topic that you would be interested in writing about if selected. Possible topics include recent industry and market trends, noteworthy disruptions, and long-term outlooks. Contributors hold senior roles in their industries/fields, and they have highly developed expertise on the topics that they write about. A Guidepoint representative will reach back out if they feel that your idea could be a good fit for the Advisor Blog. Please note that, while contributions are not compensated, they are a great opportunity to build your personal brand and receive recognition as an expert in your field.

3. Can I be both a Guidepoint Advisor and a Guidepoint client?

Yes, you can! After consulting with our clients, many Guidepoint Advisors see the value of our services firsthand and choose to become clients. If you are interested in learning more then please visit guidepoint.com/become-a-client to submit your information. A member of the Guidepoint team will be in touch to discuss our services.

2. How much will I be compensated for a completed consultation?

Guidepoint issues your payment using the hourly rate noted on your profile (which you can view any time at the Advisor Portal ) at the time when you accepted the project. Unless otherwise noted, payments are prorated by the minute based on the duration of your consultation (the total time that you and the client spend speaking with each other). Please note that all payments are issued from the US in US Dollars.

5. How can I maximize the number of consulting opportunities that I receive?

Keeping your Advisor profile up to date allows Guidepoint to identify which projects you are eligible for. Please be sure to provide detailed descriptions of your current and recent roles, including your specific responsibilities and accomplishmentsy. You should also note any areas of specialized experience and knowledge. You can view and edit your profile at any time at the Guidepoint Advisor Portal

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4. What do I do if I need assistance from Guidepoint?

We’re here to help! When visiting the Advisor Portal you can click “Request Assistance” to ask a question through the Portal. Your inquiry will be directed to the proper Guidepoint team. You are also welcome to email the Advisor Relations Team directly at advisor.relations@guidepoint.com or call us at +1 844 414 0000.

When you receive a project request, we recommend accepting as soon as possible to maximize your chance of being selected by the client. We find that Advisors who provide detailed 2-3 sentence screening responses are most likely to be selected. If you receive a project request that is not a good fit, please select “Decline” to help Guidepoint better understand the topics on which you can and cannot consult.

YOU CAN VIEW AND EDIT YOUR PROFILE ANY TIME IN THE GUIDEPOINT ADVISOR PORTAL .

We are working with new clients and opening fresh projects every day.

MEET YOUR FELLOW ADVISORS

In this section we wanted to highlight some of your fellow advisors across different industries who are doing great things in their industries. From healthcare to consumer goods, here are some of the briliant minds that are a part of the same network as you.

MARK GENG, PHD HEALTHCARE

Mark Geng is currently Principal Scientist at a global biotechnology company. Prior to this role, he was a Senior Scientist, Biologics Process and Clinical Development at a top pharmaceutical company. Mark was in charge of the new modality asset development including gene therapy, CAR-T, and antibody-drug conjugate therapeutics. He also held a previous role as Scientist II, Commercial Biologics Manufacturing Sciences & Technology (MS&T) at a pharmaceutical company.

RAMESH CHIKKALA CONSUMER

Ramesh Chikkala is currently a self-employed consultant for the operations, supply chain, and consumer industry & retail sectors. Some prior experience includes a senior leadership position for International Supply Chain at Walmart where Ramesh had expert oversight in end-to-end supply chain operations. This involved logistics, planning, forecasting, and food manufacturing for both e-Commerce and physical stores across 26 countries in Asia, Africa, Central America, South America, North America, and United Kingdom with over $120B business.

ANDREW MCLEAN TMT

Andrew McLean is currently a senior executive at Inventus Media, an independent media planning, buying & strategy company that offers clients a unique approach to media. They recognize the greater role of technology and data in the media marketplace. Their clients span CPG, Financial services, Retail, Pharma and Media and are active in digital and traditional media. Andrew has prior experience as a senior executive at Mercy Media Inc., a provider of marketing and media services.

SOFIA FREYDER FINANCIALS

Sofia Freyder is currently Executive Director of Product Management, Digital Payments at JPMorgan Chase (02/2018-present). Prior to this role, she was the Global Head of Product Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Earthport, a provider of cross-border payment services to banks and businesses. She led the development of go-to-market strategies, product innovation and strategic partnerships and contributed to company’s global expansion of Global Payments, Receivables and FX Trading products. Sofia was also Vice President of Product Management, Global CrossBorder Payments at Mastercard.

ANNIE LIU INDUSTRIALS

Annie Liu is currently the Principal and Co-Founder of Alto Group Inc. Concurrently, she is a Non-Executive Board Director at Vulcan Energy Resources Limited. She is providing consulting services to the company in relation to the Lithium market, battery supply chain and offtake. Prior to this, she was the Head of Supply Chain, Battery and Energy at Tesla, as well as Senior Group Manager, Global Supply Management, Glass and Enclosure. During her time at Tesla, she led a team of over 50 Global Supply Managers and Industrialization Engineers to support Tesla’s Battery and Energy business units including Battery, Battery Raw Materials, Energy Storage, Solar, and Solar Glass.

A few years ago, Guidepoint Advisor Christopher Bruck wrote a blog on the end of brick-and-mortar stores that touched on today’s evolving marketplace. He touched on how shopping has fragmented into several channels and that retailers must adapt and become omnichannel retailers with an online presence and those that don’t will be overshadowed by those that do. We recently asked him how he thought today’s shopping landscape was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

AFTER COVID, WHAT’S NEXT IN BRICKS AND MORTAR RETAIL AND MALLS?

As we transition to the endemic phase of COVID, we face new and unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Did COVID accelerate the trends well underway in bricks and mortar retail in America? There is still too much physical retail square footage per capita in the USA. In fact, we still have more than virtually anywhere else in the western world. Some describe the current environment as economic Darwinism, accelerated during COVID, with the best physical retail locations gaining ground. Many “A” malls continue to re-merchandise and densify. Some “C” malls are on the verge of disappearing altogether, or face repurposing into higher and better uses.

How will omnichannel trends continue to evolve in coming years and who will be the winners and losers? Are further gains ahead for digitally native brands expanding into physical retail? Will we see more densification of the best malls to include residential, hospitality, office, and more service uses, transforming these centers into “town centers” rather than just traditional malls? Will

we continue to see more entertainment and food uses added to enhance the experience of physical retail? Will physical retail that is heavily dependent on tourism (especially international) recover in 2022-23 as the world reopens? Regarding trends toward suburbanization, will gains made, be supported past COVID and the social unrest which prompted much of this migration? Is the hybrid work environment a permanent societal change and in scale? What will be the long-term impact to urban areas and supporting retail, heavily dependent on daytime foot traffic? How will changes in fed policy and higher interest rates affect the consumer? Are we headed towards a recession next year? Which mall and other retail property owners benefit in such an environment? Which ones will not? Lots of questions to be answered and unprecedented challenges continue in physical retail. As some before us have said, “we live in interesting times.”

DINNER WITH AN EXPERT

Expertise is all around us, our loved ones are experts, the people we work with, people in the news and sometimes these experts do some pretty amazing things. Below we have highlighted three famous experts who have accomplished amazing feats and want you to click this link to vote on which expert you would have dinner with if you could. We’ll post the results in our next newsletter!

Dr. Kizzmeika Corbett was instrumental in the development of Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. She was the scientific lead on the team and her work earned her a TIME Magazine Hero of the Year Designation. Since developing the vaccine, Dr. Corbett continues to work on battling vaccine misinformation.

Dr. Katie Bouman is computer scientist who led the development of the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole. The image of the black hole was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) and was rendered by Dr. Bouman’s algorithm.

Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III is a retired American fighter pilot, diplomat, and airline pilot. He is best known for his role in the US Airways Flight 1549 incident where both engines on the plane failed after a bird strike. He safely landed the plane in the Hudson River and all 155 people aboard survived.