Executive Officers

Maxime Franzetti, 41
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Maxime Franzetti joined Mubadala in 2008 and was a founding member of Mubadala Capital in 2011 where he currently is the Head of Public Equities and SPACs. Mr. Franzetti is responsible for Mubadala Capital’s public market initiatives including overseeing a registered investment adviser founded in 2019 that manages public portfolios following a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value strategy. Mr. Franzetti is also a member of the Investment Committee of Mubadala Capital. Prior to joining Mubadala in 2008, Mr. Franzetti worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions group of Dresdner Kleinwort and R.W. Baird in London. Mr. Franzetti graduated with First Class Honors from Queen Mary College, University in London, in 2001.

Russ Pillar, 56
Chief Financial Officer

Russ Pillar has spent most of the last three decades running some of the world’s best loved and well-known consumer brands. He founded and currently is Executive Chairman of Reigning Champs, the world’s largest NCAA-compliant path-to-college company for student-athletes, where he has served since 2011. Mr. Pillar also is Senior Advisor to Mubadala, where he initiates, evaluates, and manages direct investment opportunities globally. Prior to founding Reigning Champs, Mr. Pillar was President and Director of the Los Angeles Marathon; President of the Viacom Digital Media Group; President and Chief Executive Officer of the CBS Internet Group; President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Entertainment Group; President and Chief Executive Officer of Prodigy Internet and Vice Chairman of Prodigy Communications Corporation; and President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Paul Allen’s Precision Systems. He began his career as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch Capital Markets’ Japan Banking Group and then served as President of international merchant bank Japanese Capital Affiliates. Over the course of his career, Mr. Pillar has been a member of the Board of Directors of more than three dozen for-profit public and private consumer-facing sports, media, entertainment, and technology companies as well as a host of non-profit organizations. A Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Mr. Pillar graduated Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude from Brown University with an A.B. in East Asian Studies.

Board of Directors

David H. Johnson, 74
Chairman and Independent Director

David H. Johnson has been a lawyer and executive in the music business for 45 years. During that time, he has been the CEO of two of the major music publishers (Warner Chappell and EMI Music Publishing) and General Counsel of two of the major record companies (Sony Music and Warner Music). He started his career as a lawyer for CBS Records, the predecessor of Sony Music. Mr. Johnson was the first person to move directly from the Board of the RIAA (the recorded music trade association) to the Board of the NMPA (the music publishers’ trade association). He has also served on the Boards of ASCAP, the Harry Fox Organization, IFPI and the TJ Martell Foundation for Cancer Research. He is currently on the Board of Rainshine Entertainment, an Indian mobile entertainment company. In the course of his career Mr. Johnson has played a significant role in numerous landmark transactions in the worldwide music business including the sale of CBS Songs to SBK Entertainment; the sale of CBS Records to Sony Corporation; the formation of Sony/ATV, the music publishing joint venture between Michael Jackson and Sony Corporation; the sale of Warner Music to Edgar Bronfman Jr and a private equity consortium; the IPO of Warner Music; and the sale of Warner Music to Access Industries. In 2011, Mr. Johnson was a consultant to Mubadala in connection with its joint bid with Sony for EMI Music Publishing. Upon the completion of that transaction in 2012, he became CEO of EMI Music Publishing, a position he held until November 2018 when Mubadala sold its majority interest to Sony. During his tenure at EMI Music Publishing, Mr. Johnson led numerous successful refinancings of EMI Music Publishing’s debt, including the first ever high yield bond offering by a music publisher. Mr. Johnson received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale College, J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and LLM from the NYU Law School.

Zahavah Levine, 52
Independent Director

Zahavah Levine is a digital music and media pioneer, with two decades of experience on the technology side of the business. She spent 13 years at Google, in several roles. As the first lawyer and General Counsel of YouTube she helped negotiate its sale to Google in 2006. She stayed on as Associate General Counsel of Google and Chief Counsel of YouTube, where she oversaw music licensing and hammered out new business models with the music industry for user-uploaded content. Ms. Levine also directed copyright and rights-management policies, including the development of YouTube’s landmark Content ID platform. Then, as VP Partnerships for Google Play, she helped launch Google Play Music, and managed global partnerships, licensing and distribution. Most recently Ms. Levine managed Android’s partnerships with wireless carriers in North America. Before YouTube, Ms. Levine helped develop the music streaming licensing model for Rhapsody, the first on-demand music streaming subscription service. After RealNetworks acquired the company (Listen.com), Ms. Levine served as Director of Music Licensing and Associate General Counsel for RealNetworks, Inc. Throughout her career, Ms. Levine has been active in public policy and licensing reform initiatives. Ms. Levine’s accomplishments have been recognized with awards from Billboard Magazine (2012, 2013, 2014), Hollywood Reporter (2012) and Digital Media Wire (2011). Ms. Levine graduated Order of the Coif from Berkeley Law School and received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. She spent last year as a DCI Fellow at Stanford’s Distinguished Career Institute. Ms. Levine currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Kitchen, a vibrant startup synagogue in San Francisco. Ms. Levine is also a Senior Research Director of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project and Stanford Public Interest Redistricting Project.

Gregg Walker, 49
Independent Director

Gregg Walker joined Muller & Monroe Investments as a Managing Director in 2021. At Muller & Monroe, Mr. Walker leads the co-investment efforts of the firm, heads the firm’s New York City office, and manages the development of the firm’s strategic partnerships. Also, Mr. Walker has been the Managing Member of G.A. Walker, LLC since July 2016 when he left his position as the Senior Vice President for Corporate Development at Sony Corporation of America (Sony), a position he had held since March 2009. At Sony, Mr. Walker helped lead many major transactions and strategic efforts, including the acquisition of EMI Music Publishing and the acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in smartphone manufacturer Sony Ericsson (now Sony Mobile), as well as Sony’s purchase of the 50% of Sony/ATV Music Publishing previously owned by the Michael Jackson Estate. Mr. Walker served on the Board of Directors of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as well as on the boards of EMI Music Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Walker was the Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Viacom for three years. Before Viacom, Mr. Walker was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division where he worked for nearly a decade. Mr. Walker is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Last Lion Holdings, Ltd. Mr. Walker earned an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a law degree from Yale Law School. Mr. Walker is the former President of the Levitt Foundation, the former Chairman of the Harlem YMCA, and a member of the Board of Harlem RBI. In 2010, he was chosen by Crain’s New York Business as one of New York City’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars.

Jordan Zachary, 38
Independent Director

Jordan Zachary was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV) in 2015. Mr. Zachary currently serves as Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Live Nation Concerts and Chief Operating Officer, Talent & Touring. In these capacities he has had a broad range of responsibilities including overseeing various strategic initiatives, business functions, and acquisitions spanning Live Nation’s Concert business, Venue development activities, Festival portfolio, as well as its Media and Sponsorship and Artist Nation divisions. Prior to joining Live Nation Entertainment, Mr. Zachary spent over 10 years in the financial services industry focused on global media, entertainment and technology Companies. Mr. Zachary served as Managing Director at The Raine Group, a global merchant bank focused on technology, media and telecommunications, and has a successful track record working with some of the industry’s most notable burgeoning brands, as well as with Fortune 500 companies. He has a successful track record originating, executing and monetizing investments across the media, digital media and entertainment industries. Mr. Zachary served on the Board of Directors of Margaritaville Holdings and C3 Presents and was a Board Observer on the Board of Directors of VICE Media and Important Studios. Prior to The Raine Group, Mr. Zachary advised clients on a wide range of Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets transactions as part of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Corporate Finance teams at UBS Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Banc of America Securities. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University.

Adib Mattar, 43
Director

Adib Mattar a Board Member, joined Mubadala in 2008 and was a founding member of Mubadala Capital in 2011 where he currently is the Head of Private Equity. Mr. Mattar is also a member of the Investment Committee of Mubadala Capital. As Head of Private Equity for Mubadala Capital his investment track record includes over 30 deals and $3 billion of equity investment, with over $1 billion invested in Sports, Media and Entertainment. His most notable media investment was EMI Music Publishing, where he developed the investment thesis, led the sourcing and execution of world’s largest music publishing catalog in partnership with Sony. As Chairman of EMI Music Publishing from 2012 to 2018, Mr. Mattar was instrumental in hiring EMI Music Publishing’s management team, optimizing EMI Music Publishing’s capital structure, driving growth through catalog re-investment and successful contract renegotiations with all major music distribution providers. In addition, Mr. Mattar is also a member of the Board of REEF Technology, The Raine Group and Peterson Farms. Prior to joining Mubadala, Mr. Mattar was an investment banker at Credit Suisse in New York. Mr. Mattar graduated cum laude from the College of William & Mary in Virginia with a B.A. in International Relations and he received an MBA and Masters of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Mr. Mattar is also an Aspen Institute Fellow.