Executive Officers

Eli Baker, 49
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Eli Baker has been our Chief Executive Officer since June 2024 and has been our Director since March 2021. Mr. Baker was previously our Chief Financial Officer and President from March 2021 through June 2024. Mr. Baker served as Screaming Eagle’s Chief Executive Officer and Director from November 2021 through May 2024. Mr. Baker is a Partner in Eagle Equity Partners (and its related companies). Most recently, Mr. Baker has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Soaring Eagle through the business combination with Ginkgo. Prior to Soaring Eagle, Mr. Baker served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Flying Eagle through the business combination with Skillz. Mr. Baker also served as president, chief financial officer and secretary of Diamond Eagle from March 2019 until the consummation of its business combination with DraftKings, in April 2020. Mr. Baker served as the president, chief financial officer and secretary of Platinum Eagle from July 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Target Hospitality in March 2019, and served as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors from March 2019 through December 2021. Mr. Baker served as Double Eagle’s vice president, general counsel and secretary from June 2015 through its business combination in November 2017. Mr. Baker was also a director of Silver Eagle from July 2014 through Silver Eagle’s business combination in March 2015. Mr. Baker is a co-founder and partner of Manifest Investment Partners, LLC, a growth equity/venture fund that focuses on early stage technology-enabled business where he has served since June 2016. Mr. Baker continues to be co-managing director and a partner in Hemisphere Capital Management LLC, a private finance company that specializes in special opportunity equity and credit investments in the media and entertainment industry. Mr. Baker is a former lawyer and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Hastings Law School.

Ryan O’Connor, 28
Chief Financial Officer

Ryan O’Connor has been our Chief Financial Officer since June 2024. Mr. O’Connor served as Screaming Eagle’s Vice President of Finance from November 2021 through May 2024. Mr. O’Connor has been an employee of Eagle Equity Partners since February 2021. Prior to joining Eagle Equity Partners, Mr. O’Connor worked as an associate in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs from July 2018 to December 2020. Mr. O’Connor graduated with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2018.

Board of Directors

Harry E. Sloan, 74
C0-Chairman

Harry E. Sloan has been our Co-Chairman since June 2024. Mr. Sloan was previously our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from March 2021 through June 2024. Mr. Sloan served as Screaming Eagle’s Chairman from November 2021 through May 2024, until Screaming Eagle consummated its business combination with Lionsgate Studios Corp. Mr. Sloan remains a director of Lionsgate Studios Corp. Since December 2021, Mr. Sloan has served as a member of the board of directors of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) (“Lions Gate Parent”), an independent motion picture and television production company. Mr. Sloan has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Soaring Eagle, which in September 2021 completed its initial business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) (“Ginkgo”). Mr. Sloan remains a director of Ginkgo. Prior to Soaring Eagle, Mr. Sloan was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Flying Eagle, which raised $690,000,000 in its initial public offering in March 2020 and in December 2020 completed its initial business combination with Skillz Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) (“Skillz”), a technology company that enables game developers to monetize their content through fun and fair multi-player competition. Prior to Flying Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Diamond Eagle, which raised $400,000,000 in its initial public offering in May 2019 and in April 2020 completed its initial business combination with DraftKings, Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) (“DraftKings”), a digital sports entertainment and gaming company known for its industry-leading daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting platforms, and SBTech (Global) Limited, an international turnkey provider of cutting-edge sports betting and gaming technologies. Mr. Sloan now serves as the Vice Chairman of DraftKings, Inc. Prior to Diamond Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Platinum Eagle, which raised $325,000,000 in its initial public offering in January 2018, completed its initial business combination in March 2019 with Target Logistics Management, LLC and RL Signor Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Target Hospitality Corp. Target Hospitality Corp. (Nasdaq: TH) (“Target Hospitality”) is a vertically integrated specialty rental and hospitality services company. Prior to Platinum Eagle, Mr. Sloan was a founding investor of Double Eagle, which raised $500,000,000 in its initial public offering in September 2015. Double Eagle completed its business combination in November 2017, in which its wholly-owned subsidiary acquired 90% of the shares of Williams Scotsman. In the transaction, Double Eagle changed its name to WillScot Corporation (“WSC”). WSC is a specialty rental services market leader providing modular space and portable storage solutions to diverse end markets across North America. Mr. Sloan previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Silver Eagle from April 2013 until the consummation of its initial business combination in March 2015 with Videocon d2h Limited (“Videocon”). From May 2016 to April 2018 Mr. Sloan served on the board of directors of Videocon, where he was a member of its Nomination, Remuneration and Compensation Committee. Mr. Sloan also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. from February 2011 until the consummation of its business combination in January 2013, and he remains a director of the combined company, Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. From October 2005 to August 2009, Mr. Sloan served as chairman and chief executive officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (“MGM”), a motion picture, television, home entertainment, and theatrical production and distribution company, and thereafter continued as non-executive chairman until December 2010. MGM filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Sloan was chairman and chief executive officer of SBS Broadcasting, S.A. (“SBS”), a European broadcasting group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Western and Central and Eastern Europe, which he founded in 1990 and continued as executive chairman until 2005. In 1999, SBS became the largest shareholder of Lions Gate Parent. Mr. Sloan served as chairman of the board of Lions Gate Parent from April 2004 to March 2005. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Sloan was co-chairman of New World Entertainment Ltd., an independent motion picture and television production company. He previously served on the boards of Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. (OTCMKTS: PRISY), Spain’s largest media conglomerate, and ZeniMax Media Inc., an independent producer of interactive gaming and web content. He currently serves on the UCLA Anderson School of Management Board of Visitors and the Executive Board of UCLA Theatre, Film and Television. Mr. Sloan received his B.A. degree from UCLA and J.D. Degree from Loyola Law School.

Jeff Sagansky, 72
Co-Chairman

Jeff Sagansky has been our Co-Chairman since June 2024. Mr. Sagansky served as a Director of Screaming Eagle from December 2021 through May 2024. Mr. Sagansky served as the Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Eagle from January 2018 until the consummation of its business combination with Target Hospitality and served as a member of Target Hospitality’s board of directors until November 2023. Mr. Sagansky has been a director of WillScot Corporation since Double Eagle was formed in June 26, 2015 and served as Double Eagle’s President and Chief Executive Officer from August 6, 2015 until the consummation of its business combination in November 2017. He also co-founded, together with Mr. Sloan, Silver Eagle, which invested approximately $273,300,000 in Videocon d2h in exchange for equity shares of Videocon d2h represented by ADSs in March 2015. In March 2018, Videocon d2h merged with and into Dish TV India Limited (NSE: DISHTV). Mr. Sagansky served as Silver Eagle’s president from April 2013 through March 2015. Mr. Sagansky also co-founded with Mr. Sloan and Eli Baker Soaring Eagle which completed a merger with Gingko Bioworks in September of 2021, Diamond Eagle which merged with Draft Kings in April of 2020, and Flying Eagle which merged with Skillz in December of 2020. Mr. Sagansky was formerly chief executive officer and then vice chairman of Paxson Communications Corporation (“PAX”) from 1998 to 2003, where he launched the PAX TV program network in 1998. In addition, Mr. Sagansky drove substantial improvement in the network’s financial performance. Prior to joining Pax, Mr. Sagansky was co-president of Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”), from 1996 to 1998 where he was responsible for SPE’s strategic planning and worldwide television operations. While at SPE, he spearheaded SPE’s acquisition, in partnership with Liberty Media Corporation and other investors, of Telemundo Network Group, LLC, (“Telemundo”). Previously, as executive vice president of Sony Corporation of America (“SCA”), Mr. Sagansky oversaw the 1997 merger of SCA’s Loews Theaters unit with the Cineplex Odeon Corporation to create one of the world’s largest movie theater companies, and the highly successful U.S. launch of the Sony PlayStation video game console. Prior to joining SCA, Mr. Sagansky was president of CBS Entertainment (“CBS”) from 1990 to 1994, where he engineered CBS’s ratings rise from third to first place in eighteen months. Mr. Sagansky previously served as president of production and then president of TriStar Pictures, where he developed and oversaw production of a wide variety of successful films. Mr. Sagansky graduated with a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also serves on the boards of Omio, the leading European travel ticketing company, Sharecare, the Nasdaq listed health and wellness company and the National Parks Conservancy Association.

Diarmuid Cummins, 55
Director Nominee

Diarmuid Cummins will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Cummins currently serves as an advisor to Target Hospitality and Guardian Fall. Mr. Cummins served as the Chief Executive Officer of Algeco Scotsman, Inc. (now Modulaire Group) from September 2016 to September 2018, and as a senior advisor from September 2018 to December 2021. Previously, Mr. Cummins was a Partner at TDR Capital LLP from January 2011 to August 2016. Prior to TDR, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Phoenix Group Holdings Plc from September 2008 to December 2010, a Partner at MidOcean Partners from April 2003 to August 2008, and European Chief Operating Officer of Deutsche Bank AG from August 2000 to February 2003. Mr. Cummins currently serves on the non-profit board of RIVET. He is a qualified Chartered Secretary of the U.K. Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators and studied Political Science at Arizona State University.

Amy Gershkoff Bolles, 44
Director Nominee

Amy Gershkoff Bolles will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Dr. Bolles currently serves as an independent consultant to public and private companies. Previously, she served as Global Head of Digital & Emerging Technology Strategy at Levi Strauss & Co. (Nasdaq: LEVI) from March 2022 until September 2023. Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co., she served as Chief Operating Officer at Tradesy, Inc., an ecommerce company, from May 2021 until March 2022. Prior to joining Tradesy, Inc. in May 2021, she served as Chief Data Officer and General Manager at Bitly, Inc., an enterprise SaaS company, from September 2018 until April 2021. Prior to Bitly, Inc., she worked as an independent consultant from October 2017 until September 2018. Previously, she served as Chief Data Officer at Ancestry.com LLC, a genealogy and consumer genomics company, from November 2016 until September 2017. From March 2015 until November 2016, Dr. Bolles served as General Manager of Advertising and Chief Data Officer for Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a social online and mobile gaming company. From July 2013 until March 2015, Dr. Bolles served as Head of Customer Analytics & Insights and Head of Global Data Science for eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), a multinational ecommerce corporation. Dr. Bolles also served on the board of Screaming Eagle from January 2022 until May 2024. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Jason Park, 47
Director Nominee

Jason Park will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Mr. Park is the Chief Transformation Officer at DraftKings. Mr. Park joined DraftKings as Chief Financial Officer and served in that capacity from June 2019 to May 2024, and was responsible for the accounting, tax, treasury, financial planning and analysis and investor relations departments. Mr. Park also serves as a member of the board of directors of Pine Street Inn, a non-profit organization that partners with homeless individuals to help them find and retain housing, and Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. 2 (Nasdaq: TRON) and Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: COOL) (since December 2020), which are special purpose acquisition companies formed for the purpose of effecting a merger or similar business combination with one or more businesses primarily within technology industries. Previously, Mr. Park served as a member of the board of directors of Belong Acquisition Corp., which was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger or similar business combination with one or more businesses primarily within technology industries from July 2021 to July 2023. Prior to joining DraftKings, from January 2009 to June 2019, Mr. Park worked at Bain Capital Private Equity where he was an Operating Partner and focused on technology investments. For more than 10 years, Mr. Park worked collaboratively with chief executive officers, chief financial officers and management teams to develop and achieve value creation plans. Before Bain Capital Private Equity, Mr. Park was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Park has previously served as a director of Central Square Technologies. Mr. Park received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MAcc (Master of Accountancy) and a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Anna Marie Wagner, 34
Director Nominee

Anna Marie Wagner will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering. Ms. Wagner is the owner and managing partner of AutoSci Advisory, LLC, which provides consulting services on commercial development and AI/ML strategies. Prior to starting her own advisory practice, Ms. Wagner was a Senior Vice President and the Head of AI and Head of Corporate Development at Ginkgo. She also served as Ginkgo’s interim Chief Financial Officer in 2020 and was instrumental in taking Ginkgo public via its merger with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. Prior to Ginkgo, Ms. Wagner was an investor at Bain Capital Private Equity, focusing on technology, media, and telecommunications. Ms. Wagner also serves as an Independent Director of Turbine Simulated Cell Technologies Ltd., a UK company applying machine learning to target identification and therapeutic development, sits on the Board of Advisors for the Boston Museum of Science, and serves on the AI Governance Alliance for the World Economic Forum.

Simon Watson, 48
Director Nominee

Simon Watson will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering. He is a retired Partner of Goldman Sachs. He worked for Goldman Sachs for 23 years in London and New York within Equity Capital Markets. Mr. Watson’s final role was running Equity Capital Markets in New York. He was educated at the London School of Economics and currently resides in the UK with his wife and two sons.