Alexa Bartlett

About Alexa Bartlett

Alexa Bartlett (age 37) is a Principal at General Atlantic focused on Consumer investments. She has served on European Wax Center’s Board since April 2021 (also on EWC Ventures’ board since August 2020), is classified as an independent director under Nasdaq rules, and holds a B.A. in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business .

Past Roles

External Roles

Board Governance

• Independence: The Board determined Alexa Bartlett is independent under Nasdaq listing rules .
• Board attendance: The Board met nine times in 2024; each director attended at least 75% of Board and applicable committee meetings .
• Committee assignments:
  • Compensation Committee member (Chair: Andrew Crawford); met six times in 2024 .
  • Nominating and Governance Committee member (Chair: Andrew Crawford); met five times in 2024 .
• Election outcomes (2025 Annual Meeting – Class I):
  • Bartlett received 31,228,499 “For”, 10,049,015 “Withhold”, and 7,864,049 broker non-votes .

• Governance context: General Atlantic Equityholders have nomination rights (initial nominees included Bartlett, Andrew Crawford, Shaw Joseph) and consent rights over key corporate actions; GA is entitled to have one nominee on each Board committee while it retains certain ownership thresholds .

Fixed Compensation

Performance Compensation

• No performance-based compensation disclosed for directors (no bonus/PSU metrics tied to director pay) .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

• Note: Multiple EWCZ directors have roles at Buff City Soap (consumer category adjacency), which can influence information flow and perceived independence depending on counterparties and transactions; no specific related-party transactions tied to Bartlett are disclosed .

Expertise & Qualifications

• Private equity investing across consumer and healthcare, with roles at GA, Warburg Pincus, Bain Capital; early PE experience at Goldman Sachs .
• Educational credentials: Dartmouth (B.A., Engineering), Stanford GSB (M.B.A.) .
• Board qualifications cited: extensive financial services and business experience .

Equity Ownership

• Company policy prohibits hedging/pledging of company stock by directors and officers (reduces alignment risk from derivatives or collateralization) .
• Control/Alignment context: General Atlantic Equityholders collectively beneficially own ~41.4% of Class A and ~81.8% of Class B; GA nominated Bartlett to the Board under its rights .

Governance Assessment

• Strengths: Independent classification; active committee roles; robust meeting cadence and ≥75% attendance; prohibition on hedging/pledging; no compensation committee interlocks with company officers in prior three years .
• Investor support signal: 2025 re-election passed with 31.2M votes “For” (with 10.0M “Withhold”), indicating mixed but sufficient support; auditor ratification passed overwhelmingly .
• Alignment considerations: Bartlett did not receive director cash/RSU in 2024 and has no reported individual beneficial ownership, suggesting alignment may be primarily via GA rather than personal shareholding; GA nomination and broad consent rights heighten perceived influence of a significant shareholder on governance and committees (including Compensation and Nominating) .
• Potential conflicts/RED FLAGS to monitor:
  • Significant shareholder governance rights (GA) over major actions and committee representation can create perceived conflicts relative to minority shareholders; continued oversight via the Audit Committee’s related-party policy is important .
  • Multiple interlocks with Buff City Soap among EWCZ directors (Bartlett, Crawford, Lively) could raise conflict concerns if material transactions arise; none disclosed tied to Bartlett .

Appendix – Election Results (2025)