Executive Officers

Krishnan Anand, 63
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Mr. Anand brings more than 30 years of senior leadership and boardroom experience within the consumer sector, including his time as Chief Growth Officer at Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP) from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, he served as the CEO of their international business for nearly seven years. Before joining Molson Coors, Mr. Anand held multiple leadership roles within Unilever plc (NYSE: UL) and The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), including President of Coca-Cola’s Philippines business, Head of Strategic Marketing of the Global Soft Drink brands, and Marketing Director of South Latin America. During his tenure at these organizations, Mr. Anand led numerous M&A processes including the acquisition of a 58% stake of MillerCoors and Miller International from Anheuser-Busch InBev, the acquisition of StarBev from CVC Capital Partners, and a number of successful acquisitions of smaller craft and local brands. Since January 2020, Mr. Anand has served as the CEO of Igniting Business Growth LLC, a limited liability company focused on investing in various sectors. Mr. Anand previously served on the board of directors for Empower, a $250 million SPAC from October 2020 to July 2021. Empower successfully completed a business combination with Holley Inc., an automotive aftermarket product producer, in July 2021. Mr. Anand currently serves on the board of directors of Wingstop, Inc. (Nasdaq: WING) where he chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and sits on the Technology Committee. He previously served on the board of Popeyes (Nasdaq: PLKI), where he served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee, as well as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Anand also sat on Popeyes’ Board Transaction Committee during its sale to Restaurant Brands International Inc. Mr. Anand holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Louis Jordan, 72
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Jordan has served as a Senior Finance and Business Executive for more than 30 years, predominately within consumer-focused sectors, and brings extensive experience in the consumer-facing retail and digital commerce sectors. Over this period, he has had robust experience in financial and operations management, budgeting and strategic planning, financial systems development, acquisitions/divestiture evaluation, international finance and controllership duties. Previous roles include the Global Head of FP&A for The Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS) (1997?–?2000), the Chief Financial Officer of Pottery Barn Teen and Kids (2002?–?2003), the Chief Financial Officer of Nike U.S. Retail (2003?–?2005), the head of Global Financial Planning and Analysis of Nike Global (NYSE: NKE) (2005?–?2007), the Retail and Digital Commerce Chief Financial Officer of Nike Global (2007?–?2009) and most recently, Senior Vice President of Finance for Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) (2009?–?2013). Mr. Jordan has been involved in numerous M&A transactions over the course of his career. While at Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DNB), he was the finance lead for the divestiture of Corinthian Broadcasting, the acquisition of McCormack and Dodge, and the acquisition of A.C. Nielsen (including Nielsen Media Research, Nielsen Marketing Research; Dataquest and three other brands). He was also Head of Corporate Planning and deal finance lead for Duracell/ Kohlberg Kravis Roberts during its merger with Gillette. Mr. Jordan currently sits on the board of and advises three “Impact” startups headquartered in the U.S., Mexico and the UK. He is also the National Board Chair of Rocketship Public Schools and Vice Board Chair of Village Hopecore (Kenya) International, each of which are non-profit organizations. Mr. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Science in history and sociology from Westmar College, a Masters of Arts in history from Brown University and an MBA from Indiana University. Mr. Jordan also attended Stanford University’s Directors’ College for Venture-Backed Company Directors in 2015.

Board of Directors

Francisco Crespo Benitez, 56
Director Nominee

Mr. Crespo Benitez has served in multiple senior positions within Coca-Cola, including Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Mexico (2013?–?2017) and Global Chief Growth Officer (2017?–?2019). In these roles, he managed large Latin American profits and losses statements for over a decade. His transaction experience includes the acquisition and integration of Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain. Mr. Crespo Benitez is an advisor and/or board director for multiple companies including InTouch, an Irish startup with an AI-driven platform for in-store advertising (since 2020), Culception, an Israeli AgTech startup (since 2020), and AnyRoad Inc., an experiential marketing startup (since 2020). Most recently he has served as an advisor to Olvin Limited (since 2021), providing advice for Almanac, their analytics platform that predicts consumer behavior and as a strategic consultant to o9 Solutions Inc. (since 2021), a software-as-a-service startup that recently acquired unicorn status. He previously served on the boards of public companies including Coca-Cola European Partners, Embotelladora Andina S.A. and Zurich Insurance Mexico. Additionally, he serves as a Leader in Residence at Emory University and as a Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Crespo Benitez holds a Bachelors in Engineering from the Universidad De Los Andes and has also specialized in areas such as finance, marketing, leadership and general management through several programs in prestigious universities and institutions across the world, including the Harvard Business School General Management Program.

Anjali Jolly, 43
Director Nominee

Since March 2018, Ms. Jolly has been a partner at ACON Investments, L.L.C. (“ACON”), a middle-market private equity investment firm. Prior to ACON, she was a managing partner and founder at Dumonde Management, LLC (2015?–?2017), an advisory firm that provides strategic and corporate development services to middle market companies and private equity firms. Previously, Ms. Jolly spent 10 years at Perseus, LLC, a middle-market private equity firm, where she led the sourcing, execution, management and sale of several control growth equity and buyout investments. From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Jolly was an analyst at JPMorgan Partners (now CCMP Capital), the $15 billion direct private equity investment division of J.P. Morgan. Ms. Jolly has extensive board experience, and currently serves on the boards of several companies, including BioMatrix Holdings, L.L.C., an Inc. 5000 company that offers nationwide specialty pharmacy services and digital health technology solutions (since 2018). She is also currently on the board of iiMED Holdings, Inc., a medical contract manufacturing company (since 2018), and Beauty by Imagination Inc., a platform of consumer haircare brands (since 2018). Previous board positions include International Imaging Materials, Inc. (2018?–?2021), chair of the Biometric Access Company board of directors (2007?–?2009), chair of the audit and compensation committees of NanoBio Corporation (now BlueWillow Biologics, Inc.) (2006?–?2014), and board member and member of the audit committee and compensation committee of each of Perseus Books Group (2013?–?2014) and WorkflowOne (2011?–?2013). Ms. Jolly holds a B.S., summa cum laude in systems engineering and finance from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Sanjay Khosla, 69
Director Nominee

Mr. Khosla is the former President of Kraft International, now Mondel?z International, Inc. (2007?–?2013) and is a trained and certified executive coach, working with a number of chief executive officers and senior leaders across a broad range of industries. Mr. Khosla has over 30 years of experience working in executive roles for international packaged food companies. Prior to Kraft, Mr. Khosla spent over 27 years at Unilever, where he was Chairman of the Global Beverages Category Board worldwide (which included the Lipton Tea business worldwide). Mr. Khosla currently serves as a director for Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) (since 2013) and other private company boards and is an adjunct professor and senior fellow at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Previously, Mr. Khosla was Co-Chair of the Nestle S.A./Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited joint venture (Dairy Partners Americas) and was on the board of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Fresh Del Monte Produce Incorporated (NYSE: FDP), IconixBrand Group (Nasdaq: ICON) (2016?–?2018), Hindustan Unilever Limited, the Lipton/Pepsi global joint venture and NIIT LTD (2003?–?2016). Mr. Khosla holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a certificate in Advanced Management from Harvard Business School.

Martyn Redgrave, 69
Director Nominee

Mr. Redgrave is the Managing Partner and CEO of Agate Creek Partners, LLC, a professional governance and consulting services company he co-founded in 2014. Previously, he served as a Senior Advisor to L Brands (NYSE: LB) from 2012 until his retirement, and from 2005 to 2012, was its Chief Administrative/Operating Officer, where he was responsible for the enterprise’s governance, financial, legal, investor relations, government relations and administrative functions, as well as shared services operations, merchandise planning and allocation, information technology services, procurement, logistics, and customer marketing. He also had operating responsibility for all international operations, including Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, and La Senza outside of the USA. Prior to L Brands, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Carlson Companies, Inc. (1994?–?2005). He spent 14 years at PepsiCo, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEP) (1980?–?1994) during which he served in five senior roles including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for both Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell (both of which are now operated by YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)). Prior to joining PepsiCo, he worked at Arthur Andersen in its consulting and audit practices (1974?–?1980). During his career, he was directly responsible for a variety of buy- and sell-side M&A and joint venture transactions with a total value of over $14 billion. Mr. Redgrave also brings extensive board experience. Since 2001, he has served on the board of directors of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX), where he is a member of the Compensation and Governance Committees. He also served as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from 2012 to 2019, and Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2005?–?2012. From 2015 to 2021, he served on the board of directors of Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: FRAN), where he was previously the Chairman of its Audit Committee as well as a recent member of the Compensation and Governance Committees. From 2013 to 2017, he also served on the Board of Directors of Popeyes, where he was Chairman of its Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee, and he also Chaired the Popeyes’ Board Transaction Committee during its sale to Restaurant Brands International, Inc. Mr. Redgrave holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University, and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Kenneth Romanzi, 61
Director Nominee

Mr. Romanzi has many years of experience as a senior executive officer in the food industry. He is the former President, CEO and Director of B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) (2019?–?2020), and also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2018). Prior to that, he served as President, Fresh Foods at WhiteWave Foods (“WhiteWave”), where he led Earthbound Farm Organic (2016?–?2017). Prior to joining WhiteWave, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Brands of Ocean Spray Cranberries and of Ocean Spray’s North American food and beverage business (2004?–?2015). Before that, he served as President, U.S. Toys Division of Hasbro (2003?–?2004), President and Chief Executive Officer of Ultimate Juice Company, a premium juice company whose brands included the Naked Juice brand (2001?–?2003), and President and Chief Executive Officer of Balducci’s Direct, a gourmet food catalog business (1999?–?2000). Mr. Romanzi has also served in positions of increasing responsibility at Nabisco, including President of Nabisco Refrigerated Foods (1993?–?1996) and Senior Vice President Sales & Distribution of Nabisco Biscuit Company (1996?–?1998), and served as Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning, North America at Cadbury Schweppes (1988?–?1993). Mr. Romanzi began his career in marketing at Frito-Lay (PepsiCo). Mr. Romanzi holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from Boston College.

Steven Wasserman, 60
Director Nominee

Since 2019, Mr. Wasserman has served as a principal at MSP Sports Capital, LP, an investment fund specializing in professional sports businesses. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Seaport Investment Management (2015?–?2018). He has also served as Senior Managing Director of the Beige Group, LLC, a family office, where he was responsible for identifying, analyzing and executing investment opportunities (2011?–?2014). Mr. Wasserman is also a director nominee for byNordic, a SPAC currently in registration with the SEC. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Security Group Corp., a SPAC, and served as an advisor to various other SPACs including, but not limited to, Energy Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., Seanergy Acquisition Corp., and Starbulk Acquisition Corp. He has also served as the managing partner of AMT Ventures LLC, an entity primarily engaged in public and private equity and debt investments on a principal basis. Mr. Wasserman currently serves as Vice Chairman of The Roosevelt Investment Group, an investment advisory firm, where he has held this position since 2018. Mr. Wasserman holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from George Washington University.