LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kabir Nath, Michael Falvey, Matthew Owens and Meredith Prithviraj, signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of COMPASS Pathways plc (the "Company"), from time to time the following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") forms: (i) Form ID, including any attached documents (such as Update Passphrase Authentication), to effect the assignment of codes to the undersigned to be used in the transmission of information to the SEC using the EDGAR System; (ii) Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities, and Form 5, Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, including any attached documents, and any amendments of each thereof, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder; (iii) Schedules 13D and 13G, including any attached documents and any amendments of each thereof, in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder; and (iv) Form 144 including any attached documents and any amendments of each thereof, in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules thereunder (“Rule 144”); (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, Forms 3, 4 or 5, Schedule 13D or 13G, Form 144, or any amendment(s) thereto and timely file such form(s) with the SEC and any securities exchange, national association or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact, acting singly, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Regulation 13D-G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or Rule 144. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorneys-in-fact and the Company from and against any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information provided by the undersigned to the attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file such forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of the Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 29, 2023. /s/ Robert McQuade ____________________ Robert McQuade

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