Enphys Acquisition Corp. *
EXTENSION – 6/11/24 – LINK
- The SPAC approved the extension from June 8, 2024 to December 8, 2024.
- 2,729,098 shares were redeemed.
- $50K per month will be deposited into the trust account.
EXTENSION – 2/5/24 – LINK
- The SPAC approved the extension from February 8, 2024 to June 8, 2024.
- 3,940,414 shares were redeemed for $10.69/Share.
- $80K per month will be deposited into the trust account.
EXTENSION – 10/6/23 – LINK
- The SPAC approved the extension from October 8, 2023 to February 8, 2024.
- 24,301,795 shares were redeemed.
- $100K per month will be deposited into the trust account.
LETTER OF INTENT – 8/24/23 – LINK
- The SPAC announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent for a business combination with a leading and well-established advanced biofuels company in Latin America.
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Jorge de Pablo, —
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. de Pablo founded LAIG Investments, an investment company focused on the energy and mobility sectors across Ibero-America, or LAIG, in 2008, and currently serves as its Managing Partner. Prior to that, Mr. de Pablo was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Amber Capital, where he led their $1.0 billion Latin America public and private equity portfolio from 2007 through 2008. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. de Pablo served as a Senior Investment Analyst at Sandell Asset Management, where he established and managed their $500 million Latin American and Iberian multi-strategy portfolio. Prior to that, from 2000 to 2004 Mr. de Pablo was a Proprietary Investment Analyst in Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s (NYSE: GS) equities division, focusing on Latin America risk arbitrage and co-managing their Latin America Principal Strategies portfolio. Mr. de Pablo co-founded Genneia SA, or Genneia, a leading renewable energy company in Argentina and one of the largest renewable energy companies in Latin America, where he currently serves as a member of their board of directors. Mr. de Pablo is the founder and Chairman of WiseHood Argentina S.A., or WiseHood, an energy efficiency company with different smart city projects in Argentina, Peru, Mexico and Brazil , and is the co-founder, lead investor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gosmo, a fleet management solutions company in Mexico. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tactile Mobility, an Israeli artificial intelligence software company for the mobile industry. Mr. de Pablo co-founded BR Properties S.A. (BVMF: BRPR3), and was a member of the board of directors of Invest Tur Brasil, a pioneer in resort development in Brazil. Mr. de Pablo holds a degree in business administration and finance from the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros in Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Guimarães, —
Director nominee; Proposed Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Guimarães has served as the Chairman of LAIG since 2009, and as the Chairman of the Board of WiseHood International, parent company of WiseHood, since it was founded. From July 2007 to February 2009, he was the Chairman and Co-Founder of Invest Tur Brasil, a pioneer in resort developments in Brazil. Mr. Guimarães led Invest Tur Brasil’s merger with LA Hotels in 2009, which created Brazil Hospitality Group. From January 2005 to December 2006, Mr. Guimarães was the Private Sector Coordinator for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction for all private sector activities of the IADB. Prior to that, from May 2000 to November 2004 he was a Managing Director, Head of Latin America Investment Banking and Senior Client Officer for Citigroup. Mr. Guimarães is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, the Americas Society/Council of the Americas, Gosmo, a fleet management solutions company in Mexico, and an independent director of ITHAX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ITHX), a special purpose acquisition company focused on the leisure, hospitality and travel businesses. Mr. Guimarães received a B.S. in economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Pär Lindström, —
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Since 2015, Mr. Lindström has served as the Chief Investment Officer of i(x) Investments, LLC, an investment company that addresses ESG and areas of human needs capitalized by 56 of the world’s leading families. Prior to that, from 2008 to 2014, he served as a Principal in the Global Special Situations and Private Equity groups at Abu Dhabi Investment Council, a sovereign wealth fund, where he led and structured direct investments and backed a variety of leading investment teams across multiple asset classes. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Lindström was a Principal at Partners Capital, an asset management firm, where he was Head of Private Equity. From 2004 to 2006, he served as co-head of Applied Value, LLC’s New York office, a global consulting and turnaround advisory and firm, where he also served as Head of the Private Equity group, and from 2001 to 2004 he was a Senior Associate with Investor Growth Capital, Inc., a growth capital fund backed by Investor AB and the Wallenberg family. Mr. Lindström holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.S. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Matías de Buján, —
Chief Operating Officer
Since 2014, Mr. de Buján has served as a Managing Director for LAIG, where he runs the day-to-day operations of the firm, and since 2016 he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of WiseHood. In 2015, he served as a member of the Executive Committee of Genneia. Prior to joining LAIG Investments, in 2010 Mr. de Buján co-founded Kheiron Biotech, an Argentinian an equine cloning company and developer of cutting-edge reproductive technologies for worldwide horse breeders. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Managing Director of Falcon Equity Partners in the Middle East. Prior to that, Mr. de Buján founded NDM Group, an Argentinian-based agribusiness, real estate and hospital conglomerate, which he sold in 2006. Mr. de Buján holds an engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires.
Board of Directors
José Antonio Aguilar Bueno, —
Director Nominee
Since 2012, Mr. Aguilar has been a Principal of Vive Energia de CV, a renewable energy company that focuses on Mexico and Central America, where he is in charge of running the regulatory, financial and equipment supply structures for projects. From January 2012 to September 2012, he served as a Senior Investment Officer for the International Finance Corporation in Mexico City, Mexico, where he was in charge of project origination for the financial, manufacturing and infrastructure divisions. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Aguilar served as Deputy General for Investment Banking of Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., a Mexican development banking institution, where he was in charge of running the sustainable projects, corporate finance and equity investments divisions. During this time, as part of his activities, he became president of the Fondo de Fondos (Fund of Funds), Corporacion Mexicana de Inversiones, a private corporation that provides complementary capital contributions to private equity and venture capital funds. Mr. Aguilar served as Chief Financial Officer of Ecomex (subsequently acquired by Promigas, a Colombian energy company). Mr. Aguilar served as Chief Executive Officer of Acciona Energia Nacional, a subsidiary of Acciona SA, where he developed and constructed some of Mexico’s largest wind farms. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Vice President of Business Development for Tractebel North America (Suez), an energy company. Mr. Aguilar also serves on a number of private boards of directors in the energy, agrobusiness and economics spaces. Mr. Aguilar has an M.B.A. from Georgetown University and degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Federico Carrillo-Zürcher, —
Director Nominee
Since 2017, Mr. Carrillo- Zürcher has served as of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Imaginarium S.A., a Spanish-based educational toy company. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Servicios Unidos S.A., a Costa Rican distributor of premium oil and tire brands. Mr. Carrillo- Zürcher served as Chief Executive Officer of Banco Internacional de Costa Rica S.A., a trade-finance bank headquartered in Panama with a presence throughout Latin America, from 2007 to 2013. From 2005-2006, he served as Executive Vice President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration in Honduras, and from 2004 to 2005 he was the Minister of Finance and the Chairman of the Economic Council of Costa Rica, during which time he served as a Governor of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Corporacion Andina de Fomento and was Executive Vice President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, and Alternative Governor of the International Monetary Fund. From 2000 to 2004, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bolsa Nacional de Valores S.A., which is the Costa Rica Stock Exchange. Mr. Carrillo- Zürcher holds a J.D. from Universidad de Costa Rica Law School, a Masters in Management from Northwestern University’s J.J. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a post-graduate diploma in corporate strategy and invocation from Oxford University’s Said Business School.
Hélio L. Magalhães, —
Director Nominee
From June 2019 to April 2020, Mr. Magalhães served as Chairman of the Board of Banco de Brasil SA (BVMF: BBAS3, OTCMKTS: BDORY), and UBS BB Investment Banking. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Magalhães served as Chief Executive Officer of Banco Citibank S.A., the Brazilian banking and investment subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C). From 2001 to 2012, Mr. Magalhaes served in various positions with American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), including serving as President of Global Network Services for the Americas, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Express’s Mexico subsidiary, American Express Company (Mexico) S.A. de C.V., and President and Chief Executive Officer of American Express’ Brazilian subsidiary, American Express do Brasil Tempos Cia. Since 2020, Mr. Magalhães has served on the Board of Directors of Suzano SA (NYSE: SUZ), a forestry based publicly held company. He has also served on a number of other boards of directors in Latin America, with a focus on the energy, payments and financial sectors. Mr. Magalhães has a post graduate degree in computer science from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and a B.S. from The George Washington University.
Eva Redhe, — [Resigned]
Director Nominee
In addition to serving as a Senior Advisor at Bregal Milestone, a London-based private equity firm, since 2019, since 2008 Ms. Redhe has focused on her board assignments and personal investments. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Redhe worked at the Erik Penser Bank, first as the Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2006, and then Executive Chairwoman from 2006 to 2008. Ms. Redhe currently serves on the Board of Directors of the First Swedish National Pension Fund, where she also serves as a member of the sustainability committee, ftrack AB, which provides a project management, production tracking and media review platform for the media and entertainment industry, where she previously served as the Chairperson of the Board, and Nordkinn Asset Management AB, a Swedish hedge fund. Ms. Redhe has also previously served on numerous public and private company boards of directors in a number of sectors, including life sciences, real estate, communications and finance. Ms. Redhe received a M.S. and M.B.A. from the Stockholm School of Economics.