Executive Officers

Michael Klein, 57
Chief Executive Officer, President & Chairman 

Mr. Klein is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp II, a blank check company whose sponsor is an affiliate of M. Klein and Company, LLC, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp IV, a blank check company whose sponsor is an affiliate of M. Klein and Company, LLC and Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp V, a blank check company whose sponsor is an affiliate of M. Klein and Company, LLC. Mr. Klein is currently a Director of Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG. Mr. Klein was the co-founder and Chairman of Churchill Capital Corp, a blank check company formed in 2018. Churchill Capital Corp merged with Clarivate Analytics in May 2019. Mr. Klein was also the founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp III, a blank check company formed in 2019. Churchill Capital Corp III merged with MultiPlan, Inc. in October 2020, and Mr. Klein currently serves on the board of directors of MultiPlan, Inc. Mr. Klein is the founder and managing partner of M. Klein and Company, which he founded in 2012. M. Klein and Company is a global strategic advisory firm that provides its clients a variety of advice tailored to their objectives. Mr. Klein is a strategic advisor to global companies, boards of directors, senior executives, governments and institutional investors. Mr. Klein’s background in strategic advisory work was built during his 30-year career, including more than two decades at Citi and its predecessors, during which he initiated and executed strategic advisory transactions. He began his career as an investment banker in the M&A Advisory Group at Salomon Smith Barney and subsequently became Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Citi Markets and Banking, with responsibilities for global corporate and investment banking and Global Transaction Services across Citi. Mr. Klein is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Bachelors of Science in Economics with concentrations in finance and accounting.

Jay Taragin, 54
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Taragin is also the Chief Financial Officer of Churchill Capital Corp IV since April 2020, Churchill Capital Corp V since May 2020 and Chief Financial Officer of M. Klein and Company which he joined in May 2019. Prior to joining M. Klein and Company, Mr. Taragin served as the US Scotiabank Chief Financial Officer from 2013 to 2017. Prior to Scotiabank, Mr. Taragin held a Chief Operating and Financial Officer role from 2009 to 2012 at Fundcore Finance Group LLC and held a variety of senior finance and audit roles at Merrill Lynch & Company from 1993 to 2009. In addition, Mr. Taragin worked at Credit Suisse and PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior auditor and accountant. Mr. Taragin is a CPA and holds a master’s degree in business administration from New York University Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University.

Board of Directors

Glenn R. August, 59 [Resigned 1/5/22]
Director

Glenn R. August is also a Director of Churchill Capital Corp II, Churchill Capital Corp IV and Churchill Capital Corp V. Mr. August is the Founder, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Oak Hill Advisors. In addition, he serves as global head of the firm’s distressed investment business. Mr. August has played leadership roles in numerous restructurings and served on numerous public and private company boards since 1987. Since 1996, he co-founded each of Oak Hill Advisors’ funds, where he serves as Managing Partner. He co-founded the predecessor firm to Oak Hill Advisors in 1987 and took over responsibility for its credit and distressed investment activities in 1990. Mr. August earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Bonnie Jonas, 51
Director

Ms. Jonas has also been named as a director nominee in connection with Churchill Capital Corp VII’s initial public offering. She is the cofounder of Pallas Global Group, LLC (“Pallas Global”), a company that provides independent monitoring and consulting services to corporations and organizations. Prior to co-founding Pallas Global, Ms. Jonas served for 18 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the “SDNY”). Ms. Jonas’s most recent position with the SDNY was as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, from 2013 to 2016. She also served as the SDNY’s Financial Fraud Coordinator for President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force and as Co-Chief of the General Crimes Unit. Ms. Jonas was an attorney with the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and a law clerk for the Honorable Reena Raggi of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York. Earlier in her career, Ms. Jonas worked as a consultant at Peterson Consulting, where she evaluated settlement amounts in connection with pending asbestos litigation. Ms. Jonas is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School.

Mark Klein, 58
Director

Mark Klein is also a Director of Churchill Capital Corp II, Churchill Capital IV, Churchill Capital Corp V and has also been named as a director nominee in connection with Churchill Capital Corp VII’s initial public offering. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Rock Capital, and has been a director of Sutter Rock Capital since 2011. Since 2010, Mr. Klein has served as a Managing Member and Majority Partner of M. Klein and Company, LLC. Mr. Klein also serves on the Board of Directors for Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp. and has served as an investment adviser at B. Riley Wealth Management since April 2012. Mr. Klein was a Director of National Holding Corporations from 2011 to 2014, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer and Co- Chairman from March 2013 to December 2014. He served as a director of New University Holdings Corp., from its inception in 2010 through August 2011, when New University Holdings Corp. merged with ePals, Inc. In addition, from April 2010 until May 2011, Mr. Klein served as the Chief Executive Officer and President and a Director of 57th Street General Acquisition Corp. until it completed a merger with Crumbs Bake Shop. Subsequently, Mr. Klein served as a member of the Board of Directors of Crumbs from May 2011 to March 2014. Mr. Klein has a Bachelor’s degree, with high distinction, in Business Administration from Emory University and an MBA from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Malcolm S. McDermid, 42
Director

Malcolm S. McDermid is also a Director of Churchill Capital Corp II and Churchill Capital Corp IV and has also been named as a director nominee in connection with Churchill Capital Corp VII’s initial public offering. He was previously a Director of Churchill Capital Corp. Mr. McDermid is also a Managing Director with Emerson Collective, where he has led Emerson Collective’s venture capital investing efforts since August 2017. He was previously a Partner with Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California from March 2013 to July 2017. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Mr. McDermid was a Director with Stifel Nicolaus, formerly Thomas Weisel Partners, a technology focused investment bank in San Francisco. He began his career at Citigroup as a financial analyst. Mr. McDermid received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Karen G. Mills, 67
Director

Karen G. Mills is also a Director of Churchill Capital Corp II, Churchill Capital Corp IV, Churchill Capital Corp V and has been named as a director nominee in connection with Churchill Capital Corp VII’s initial public offering. Ms. Mills is also a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School since January 2014, focusing on economic policy, U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation. Ms. Mills was a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, serving as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from April 2009 to August 2013. Ms. Mills is the President of MMP Group since October 1993, which invests in financial services, consumer products and technology-enabled solutions businesses. Ms. Mills is Vice Chair of the immigration services company Envoy Global since September 2014. She also serves as Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Private Capital Research Institute since March 2017. Ms. Mills holds an A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude, and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.

Andrew Frankle [Appointed 5/11/21]
Director

Mr. Frankle is the Founder and Managing Director of Eleven Capital Advisors, an investment banking team that provides dedicated coverage to professionally managed family offices, successful entrepreneurs and family-sponsored pools of capital. From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Frankle served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, providing investment banking and capital markets coverage for family offices. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Group Head of ICG Business Development at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., where he focused on expanding financial products and services delivered to institutional clients. Mr. Frankle previously served as a Managing Director in Citigroup’s Media & Entertainment Group. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Frankle was a Managing Director and the Head of US Media & Communications Investment Banking at Schroder & Co, Inc. Mr. Frankle began his career as a financial analyst and associate in the Corporate Finance Department at Wertheim Schroder & Co Incorporated. Mr. Frankle was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp VII, effective May 11, 2021. Mr. Frankle earned his M.B.A., with honors, from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and received his B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude with the Robert J. Schweich Prize in Security Analysis.

Stephen Murphy [Appointed 5/11/21]
Director

Mr. Murphy is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Authentic Bespoke Limited, a boutique investment group, and serves on the boards of all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Mr. Murphy has significant past investment banking, principal investing, and direct entrepreneurial experience across a wide range of industries and is actively involved in a number of international businesses at board levels. Mr. Murphy is an angel investor in various technology companies which are pursuing “green” or sustainable solutions. Mr. Murphy served as a director of various companies related to Choiseul Africa Capital, which was involved in infrastructure investment in developing African countries, including a US$4.7 billion oil refining complex, electricity and gas production and distribution and waste management services. Mr. Murphy has also served principally as either a company director or chairman of various luxury goods companies in the UK and Ireland. Mr. Murphy was trained as a financial analyst in New York starting in 1985 and ultimately was made head of Salomon Brothers International’s M&A Group in London. As a Managing Director of Citigroup International, Mr. Murphy was involved in the evaluation of private and public financings and capital raising. Mr. Murphy was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp VII, effective May 11, 2021. Mr. Murphy received an M.B.A. from St. John’s University and a B.S. from CUNY’s John Jay College.

Alan M. Schrager [Appointed 1/5/22]
Director

Mr. Schrager is Portfolio Manager & Senior Partner with Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (“OHA”), where he shares portfolio management responsibilities for a number of OHA’s portfolios. Mr. Schrager serves on various OHA committees, including the compliance, investment strategy, valuation and several fund investment committees. Previously, he had senior research responsibility for investments in private credit companies, software, industrials and gaming. Prior to joining OHA in early 2003, Mr. Schrager was a Managing Director of USBancorp Libra, where he was responsible for originating, evaluating and structuring private equity, mezzanine and debt transactions and also held several positions at Primary Network, a data CLEC, including Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer. He previously worked in the Leveraged Finance and High Yield Capital Markets group at UBS Securities, LLC. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Associated Materials Incorporated since August 2020, Expro Group Holdings N.V. since October 2021 and New Heights Youth, Inc. since April 2016. Mr. Schrager also serves on the boards of directors of Churchill Capital Corp V and Churchill Capital Corp VII since January 2022. Mr. Schrager earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.