Executive Officers

Peter Ort, 54
Principal Executive Officer and Co-Chairman

Mr. Ort has been a General Partner at Cambium Capital Management LP, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the advanced computing sector, since January 2020. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of CurAlea Associates LLC, a customized software and advisory firm to wealth and asset managers, from 2010 to 2022. Mr. Ort began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1996 and most recently was Managing Director and co-head of the Investment Management Division’s Hedge Fund Strategies Group until 2009. Mr. Ort also served on the board of directors of the Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III (collectively, the “Concord SPACs”) from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively, and has served as the chair of the audit committee for each of the Concord SPACs. Mr. Ort is also a member of the board or advisory board of a number of privately held technology companies and is an active investor in early-stage companies and venture capital funds in the digital asset and other sectors. Mr. Ort graduated from Duke University, obtained J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from New York University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan.

Jeff Tuder, 51
Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chairman

Mr. Tuder founded Tremson Capital Management, LLC in January 2015 to invest in undervalued public equities and to make private equity and credit investments in partnership with a number of family offices. In addition, Mr. Tuder was the chief executive officer of each of Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively. In addition, Mr. Tuder has served on the board of directors of Inseego Corporation (NYSE: INSG), since April 2017, where he is Chairman of the Audit and Compensation committees. Mr. Tuder has also served on the board of directors of GCT Semiconductor (NYSE: GCTS) since March 2023 where he serves on the compensation committee. Mr. Tuder held various investment positions at JHL Capital Group, KSA Capital Management, and CapitalSource Finance. Mr. Tuder began his career as a private equity professional at Fortress Investment Group, Nassau Capital, and ABS Capital Partners. Mr. Tuder is currently an Operating Partner at Atlas Merchant Capital. Mr. Tuder received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale College.

Board of Directors

Robert Neal, 57
Director Nominee

Mr. Neal has been the portfolio manager of Skellig Capital Management LLC since May 2007. Mr. Neal has also served on the board of directors of Sierra Metals Inc. (TSX: SMT) since June 2022, and served as the head of its compensation committee and on its corporate governance and audit committees.

Mark Smith, 65
Director Nominee

Mr. Smith has been the chief executive officer, and has served on the board of directors of, NioCorp Developments Ltd. (Nasdaq: NB). From April 2015 to September 2019, Mr. Smith has served as President and on the board of directors of Largo Resources Ltd. Mr. Smith has also served on the board of directors of IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (“IBC”), a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, since May 2016, and as chief executive officer of IBC since July 2020. From October 2008 through December 2012, Mr. Smith served as president and chief executive officer, and served on the board of directors, of Molycorp, Inc., a rare earths producer, where he was instrumentally involved in taking it from a private company to a publicly traded company with a producing mine. Mr. Smith is a Registered Professional Engineer and serves as an active member of the State Bar of California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering from Colorado State University in 1981 and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Western State University, College of Law, in 1990.

Eduardo Munemori, 52
Director Nominee

Mr. Munemori has been a director at B2L Ventures. From August 2007 to November 2022, Mr. Munemori was the co-founder and chief executive officer at Explora Investimentos Ltda. And chaired its investment committee. From November 2002 to July 2007, he was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager at Constellation Investimentos Ltda. Prior to that, Mr. Munemori was a portfolio manager at Utor Investimentos e Participacoes Ltda. From March 2000 to July 2001. Mr. Munemori was a sell side analyst at Unibanco SA, Banco Pactual SA and Banco Santandar SA from January 1994 to November 1995, November 1995 to February 1998 and March 1999 to March 2000, respectively. In those positions, Mr. Munemori covered Latam TMT and mining sectors.