Executive Officers

Charles Jobson, 61
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Since 2018, Mr. Jobson has been an active investor in a number of private companies. Mr. Jobson was the founder of Delta Partners L.P., a global equity hedge fund, and served as a Portfolio Manager of Delta Partners from 1999 to 2018. Prior to Delta Partners, Mr. Jobson was an Equity Analyst, Portfolio Manager, and member of the investment committee at Baring Asset Management from 1994 to 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Jobson was an Equity Analyst at State Street Research & Management from 1990 to 1994. Mr. Jobson also currently serves as a board member of Ecotone, board member of Good Times Restaurants, and board member of Kaycha Labs.

Charles Urbain, 67
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director

Since 2018, Mr. Urbain has been advising and consulting to senior management teams in the nutrition industry globally. Previously, Mr. Urbain served in a range of senior leadership roles at Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. from 1996 to 2018, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Urbain also served as Executive Vice President of Reckitt Benckiser from 2017 to 2018. Prior to Mead Johnson, Mr. Urbain served as Senior Vice President of Bristol-Meyers Squibb with senior financial responsibilities and general management roles in the United States and Asia Pacific, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that he served as Director of Finance at Schlumberger in London from 1982 to 1987. Mr. Urbain was also an audit senior at Price Waterhouse & Co. in London from 1978 to 1982.

Benjamin Kao, 45
President and Director

Since July 2012, Mr. Kao has served as a Partner at Mandalay Capital Group, a private investment firm. Since October 2013, Mr. Kao has served as a Principal at Mandalay Real Estate Partners. Since October 2015, Mr. Kao has also served as a Partner at Fairlead Group Holdings, a commercial real estate investment firm. Prior to that he was the co-founder and served as the Managing Director at MacauLand Developments, a Hong Kong-based real estate developer, from 2005 to 2012. Mr. Kao began his career at Elliott Associates, a hedge fund, and in the High Yield & Emerging Markets Fixed Income Research department at Goldman Sachs.

Board of Directors

Peter Roy, 65
Director

Since 2007, Mr. Roy has been a Director on the Board of United Natural Foods, Inc., one of the largest publicly traded wholesale food distributors in North America and the primary distributor to Whole Foods Market for more than 20 years. From 1990 to 2019 he was an Operating Advisor for North Castle Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that he served as a board member and consulted with many leading brands in the natural and organic foods industry including Stonyfield Farms, White Wave, Naked Juice, Avalon Natural, Traditional Medicinals, and Applegate Farms. Mr. Roy has also served as President of Whole Foods Market from 1989 to 1999.

James Macon, 45
Director

Mr. Macon co-founded and served as the Managing Partner of Closed Loop Capital, a venture capital platform investing in early stage agriculture and food technologies, from 2010 to 2020. Mr. Macon also founded and serves as the Managing Director of Barbour Alliance, an impact venture advisory company serving funds, incubators, accelerators, and new enterprises, since 2010. Mr. Macon has served as Venture Director at Criterion Ventures, a social and environmental venture holding and consulting B Corporation, from 2009 to 2010. Mr. Macon has also served as an advisory board member and mentor for Village Capital, advisory board member for Accel-VT, and as an advisory board member, mentor and competition judge for LaunchVT.

Daniel Germain, 48
Director

Since April 2020, Mr. Germain has served as Executive Creative Director of the Google Brand Studio (EMEA region). From July 2018 to April 2020, Mr. Germain served as the Head of Today at Apple program in EMEA region. Prior to Apple, Mr. Germain served in a range of senior leadership roles at Innocent Drinks, a healthy energy drink company, including as Group Head of Brand and Creative through the period when the company was acquired by Coca Cola, from 1999 to 2018. Mr. Germain has also consulted for the UK government, Dyson, Coca Cola, Wolff Olins and the BBC.

Peter Graham, 66
Director

Since June 2017, Mr. Graham served as a partner at One Better Ventures, a private advisory and investment company. Mr. Graham served as the Chairman of Seventh Generation from 1999 until 2016. From 1976 to 2004, Mr. Graham served in a range of senior positions at Ladenburg Thalmann Group, an investment bank, including as Head of Investment Banking, Principal, President and Vice Chairman. Since June 2017, Mr. Graham has served as a board member, Chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee for Montrose Environmental Group (NYSE: MEG). Mr. Graham has also served as a board member of ExamWorks Group, Inc. until it was sold to a private equity firm in May 2016.