Executive Officers

Kanishka Roy, 49
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Since our inception, Mr. Roy has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Roy is a technology and finance veteran, with over 25 years of experience as a technology investment banker, public company executive, and growth investor. Since 2021, Mr. Roy has served as a co-founder and Managing Partner of Plum Partners, a late-stage investment company. He has served as Chairman and CEO of Plum Acquisition Corp. I and of Plum Acquisition Corp. III — both special purpose acquisition companies traded on Nasdaq. From 2010 to 2019, Mr. Roy advised leading Software and Internet companies with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions. Mr. Roy served as the Global Head of Tech M&A Origination for Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for initiating large, industry-transforming mergers, helping clients take a long-term view of the competitive landscape and implementing large, industry-shaping M&A transactions. Over his career, Mr. Roy has participated in over $100 billion of M&A transactions. From 2019 to 2020, he was Global CFO at SmartNews, a multi-billion-dollar AI company with over 20 million monthly average users, and led the strategic finance and growth of a rapidly growing company across multiple geographies. Mr. Roy started his career as a software engineer at two software startups, both of which were acquired by larger public companies, and also worked in executive strategy roles at IBM. Mr. Roy holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Steven Handwerker, 36
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Mr. Handwerker has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Director. Mr. Handwerker has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Plum Acquisition Corp. III since March 2024. Mr. Handwerker also serves as a Financial Consultant to Events.com, a software company building a comprehensive event management platform. Mr. Handwerker was the Chief Financial Officer of FinServ Acquisition Corp. II from 2021 until 2023. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Handwerker served as a consultant for FinServ Acquisition Corp. I, and was involved in all aspects of its business and operations. Mr. Handwerker has more than 15 years of experience investing in and covering the financial services and FinTech industries. From 2013 to 2017, he was an Analyst at Citadel’s equity long/short hedge fund platform, covering companies within the financial services and FinTech sectors. Prior to Citadel, Mr. Handwerker was an Investment Banking Analyst in Barclays’ Financial Institutions Group from 2010 to 2013. He received his BBA from Emory University.

Board of Directors

Allan Chou, 47
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Chou currently serves as a Partner at Northgate Capital LLC’s Bay Area office, where he has held various other positions since 2006. Mr. Chou began his professional career at Cambridge Associates, LLC in 1999 as an analyst. During his tenure which ended in 2003, he was promoted to team leader and alternative assets associate. He returned to Cambridge Associates in 2005 as a specialist consultant after obtaining an MBA, focusing on venture capital and private equity non-marketable alternative asset programs. While in business school, Mr. Chou served as a summer associate at Northgate Capital LLC in 2004. Mr. Chou graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Pomona College, received an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Anjai Gandhi, 54
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Gandhi currently serves as Chief Growth Officer at Marlin Equity Partners, a private equity fund that invests primarily in B2B software companies since 2020. During his more than 30-year career, he has helped implement growth acceleration strategies and go-to-market productivity improvements at more than 100 companies, primarily in the technology industry. Previously, Mr. Gandhi was a member of the go-to-market (“GTM”) leadership teams at RingCentral, from 2016 to 2019, and at Salesforce.com, from 2010 and 2012, where he guided acceleration in the enterprise segment, global expansion and the growth of multiple new product lines. He began his career in management consulting at Bain, McKinsey and The Alexander Group serving clients primarily on B2B marketing and sales strategy/effectiveness. Mr. Gandhi serves on multiple non-profit boards, including the HBS Club of Northern California. Mr. Gandhi earned a BS in Business Administration from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Avanish Sahai, 58
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Sahai is a former technology executive with experience in product, marketing, and ecosystems. From December 2019 until December 2021, Mr. Sahai served as vice president, ISV and apps partner ecosystem of Google. Previously, from December 2016 to December 2019, he served as global vice president, ISV and technology alliances at ServiceNow. From May 2015 to December 2016, Mr. Sahai was the senior vice president of channels and alliances at InsideSales.com. From April 2014 to May 2015, he was the senior vice president and chief product officer at Demandbase. Prior to Demandbase, Mr. Sahai held leadership positions at Salesforce.com, Oracle, and McKinsey & Company, as well as various early-to-mid stage startups in Silicon Valley. Mr. Sahai previously served on the boards of technology companies, including HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) from April 2018 to September 2023, and currently serves on the boards of Birdie.ai (venture backed), and Scribe (PE-backed, acquired by TIBCO), as well as on the boards of nonprofit organizations, including Commonwealth Club World Affairs, Brazil at Silicon Valley and BayBrazil. Mr. Sahai holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson, an MSCE from Boston University, and a BSEE from the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.