Talon 1 Acquisition Corp. *
LIQUIDATION – 6/8/23 – LINK
- The Company anticipates that the last day of trading in the Class A ordinary shares will be June 20, 2023.
- The per-share redemption price will be approximately $10.72
EXTENSION – 2/2/23 – LINK
- The company will extend the date by which it must complete a business combination from February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023, up to nine (9) times for an additional one (1) month each time up.
- Shareholders properly elected to redeem an aggregate of 13,317,392 Class A Ordinary Shares at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share.
- The Company will deposit $330,000 into the trust account for each one (1) month extension.
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Edward J. Wegel*, 63
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Board of Directors
Mr. Wegel has served as Co-Founder and President of AVi8, an aircraft leasing and aviation design company, since assuming the role in December 2016. Mr. Wegel also served as a Consultant for Credit Suisse until October 2020, where he advised on the development of a new aircraft leasing platform, having assumed that role in June 2018. Prior to AVi8 and Credit Suisse, Mr. Wegel served as Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Air Lines Group, Inc., a privately held airline company, from December 2008 until October 2016. Mr. Wegel also served as Founder and Managing Partner of Aviation Capital Partners LLC, an aviation company that acquired and leased aircrafts to airline companies, from August 1993 through September 2016. From April 2004 through June 2008, Mr. Wegel served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and Chief Restructuring Officer, of One Travel Holdings, Inc., a travel services company, during which time he led then publicly-traded company through a pre-planned bankruptcy and subsequent re-financing and sale. Mr. Wegel also served as the Vice President of Corporate Planning and Development of Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA), a commercial aviation holding company, from December of 2003 to February of 2005, where he led a team that oversaw the acquisition of Midway Airlines and all aspects of corporate acquisitions and development. From 1999-2002 Mr. Wegel served as Senior Vice President of SH&E, an aviation consulting firm. From 1997-1999 Mr. Wegel served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors of Chautauqua Airlines dba US Airways Express, the brand name for the regional affiliate of US Airways. From 1995-1997 Mr. Wegel served as President and Chief Operating Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors of the former BWIA International Airways, a national airline based in Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to BWIA, Mr. Wegel served as Co-Founder, Senior Vice President of Finance and a Member of the Board of Directors of Atlantic Coast Airlines, an airline based in the United States owned by Atlantic Coast Holdings, Inc. which operated as United Express for United Airlines and Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines. From 1987-1991 Mr. Wegel served as Vice President of Investment Banking at Shearson Lehman Brothers where Mr. Wegel managed over $1 billion in investments, including Lehman Brothers commercial aircraft limited partnerships, which owned over 45 aircrafts on lease to 12 major U.S. and foreign airlines. During this time he also served on the Board of Directors of Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII). Mr. Wegel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado.
Ryan Goepel*, 46
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Goepel is the Chief Financial Officer of AVi8, having assumed that role in February 2020. Mr. Goepel is also the Chief Financial Officer of GlobalX having served in that role since February 2020, and was elected to the board of directors of GlobalX in June 2020. Mr. Goepel is a seasoned finance and operations executive with over 20 years of experience, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer for Flair Airlines Canada from August 2018 to November 2019, during which time he assisted in the transition from a Boeing 737 charter operator to a profitable, low-cost scheduled service carrier. Prior to Flair, Mr. Goepel served as Chief Financial Officer of Viking Exploration, an international oil and gas company, from December 2016 to August 2018. Prior to Viking Exploration, Mr. Goepel served as Chief Financial Officer of CC Reservoirs, a geoscience software company, from April 2015 to December 2016. Prior to CC Reservoirs, Mr. Goepel served as Chief Financial Officer of ZEiTECS, a GlobalX artificial lift technology company, from December 2010 to April 2015, where he oversaw ZEiTECS’ sale to Schlumberger. From December 2007 to December 2010 Mr. Goepel served as Business Unit Finance Leader at KBR (NYSE: KBR), where he oversaw 12,000 employees growing revenue from $300 million to $3 billion. Prior to KRB, Mr. Goepel served as Managing Director of Quiznos, an American franchised fast-food restaurant brand, from May 2007 to December 2007 and as Senior Manager Business Development of Nabors Corporation, one of the world’s largest oil and gas drilling contractors, from June 2006 to May 2007. In addition, from January 2005 to June 2006 Mr. Goepel served as the Director of Global Finance of Burger King during its turnaround that culminated with its first ever public debt raise and successful initial public offering. Mr. Goepel is a Certified Management Accountant, with an MBA from Texas A&M University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.
Jeremy Falk*, 42
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Falk has served as President and Senior Managing Director of Newbridge Global Sourcing LLC, an alternative capital provider, since assuming the role in February 2019. Prior to serving in his role at Newbridge Global Sourcing LLC, Mr. Falk was an investment manager at AGI Partners, LLC, an alternative investment management firm, from 2009 to 2019, where he was responsible for originating, underwriting, structuring and executing transactions. Prior to his time at AGI Partners, LLC, from 2006 to 2009, Mr. Falk served as an investment professional in the private equity and the corporate credit groups of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a $35 billion alternative investment management firm based in New York, where he was responsible for underwriting transactions and the financial, business and operational diligence of such transactions. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Falk served as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in the Transportation and Media & Entertainment and groups. Mr. Falk holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College.
Jeff Zeunik*, 49
Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Zeunik currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Green Courte Residential Holdings, a Private Equity-backed REIT focused on a growing portfolio of senior-living and manufactured housing communities, having served in this role since June 2021. Mr. Zeunik is also the President and Co-Founder of CabanUp Group, Inc., a leisure company based in Florida, having served in this role since April 2019. Mr. Zeunik previously served as a partner at B2B CFO, a strategic business advisory service company focused on advising owners of privately held companies, having served in this role from July 2020 to May 2021. Prior to B2B CFO, Mr. Zeunik served in numerous capacities at Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (NASDAQ: AAWW), a leader in global airfreight, serving as Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis from January 2018 to April 2019, as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis from January 2012 to December 2017 and as Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis And Fleet Planning from 2008 to January 2012. Prior to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Mr. Zeunik served as Director, Finance – Construction and Real Estate at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, from 2006 to 2008, and as G&A Manager, Strategic Planning and Analysis from 2005-2005. Prior to Home Depot, Mr. Zeunik worked at Organizational Concepts International, LLC, a business management consulting company, where he served as a consultant for US Airways in the US Airways labor negotiations. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Zeunik served as Manager and Senior Financial Analyst at US Airways, a major American airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015.
Board of Directors
Maggie Arvedlund, 42
Director Nominee
Ms. Arvedlund serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Turning Rock Partners, having assumed that role in January of 2016. Prior to founding Turning Rock Partners, Ms. Arvedlund was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group, a global investment firm, where she spent eight years from May 2007 until December 2015. While at Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund was responsible for private equity and debt investments for the Fortress Partners Fund, a multi-strategy vehicle which invested across asset classes and capital structures. During her tenure at Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund served on the Investment Committee from January 2010 to August 2015. Prior to joining Fortress, Ms. Arvedlund worked at Hall Capital Partners, a privately held registered investment advisory firm, from January of 2001 to May of 2005 where she held roles in the portfolio management and research divisions. Ms. Arvedlund currently serves on several non-profit boards, including Summer Search New York City, and she is a founding member of the NYU Stern Private Equity Advisory Board. Ms. Arvedlund hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Honors from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s in Business Administration in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
Joseph DaGrosa, Jr., 56
Director Nominee
Mr. DaGrosa serves as Chairman, Founder and Senior Partner of DaGrosa Capital Partners LLC (“DaGrosa Capital”), a private equity firm, having assumed the role in February 2020. Mr. DaGrosa serves as Chairman of a number of DaGrosa Capital’s portfolio companies, including Kapital Football Group LLC, a soccer platform holding company that invests in controlling and influential minority stakes in top football clubs and academies globally, having served in that role since January 2020, and Quinn Residences, a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition and development of single-family home rentals, of which Mr. DaGrosa had previously served as Co-Chairman since February 2020 to March 2021. Mr. DaGrosa also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Lead Investor of Global Crossing Airlines, a DaGrosa Capital portfolio company and newly-launched airline company focused on providing scheduled charter and cargo operations throughout the United States, Canada and South America, and as a member of the Board of Directors and Lead Investor at Hoy Health, a DaGrosa Capital portfolio company focused on providing telemedicine and remote patient monitoring services. From January 2016 to February 2020 Mr. DaGrosa served as Founder and Chairman of General American Capital Partners LLC (“GACP”), a middle-market private equity firm. While at GACP, Mr. DaGrosa served as Chairman of Soccerex, a GACP portfolio company and the leading business to business convention and event provider to the global football industry from August 2018 to present and as Chairman and President of Girondins de Bordeaux F.C., a Ligue 1 French professional football club and GACP portfolio company from November 2018 to December 2019. Mr. DaGrosa is also a co-founder of 1848 Capital Partners LLC, a private equity company, having served as Founder and Senior Partner from January 2006 to February 2016. While at 1848 Capital Partners LLC, Mr. DaGrosa served on the Board of Directors of certain 1848 portfolio companies, including as a Vice Chairman & Co-CIO of Jet Support Services, Inc., a specialty insurer and warranty provider to the business aviation industry, from May 2008 to December 2020,as Founder and Board Member of Brazil Tower Company, a company engaged in the construction, development and ownership of wireless and broadcast communications towers in Brazil, from June 2013 to present and as Founder and Board Member of Eastern Airlines, a U.S. Part 121 Flag Air Carrier, from October 2014 to December 2015. From April 2003 to December 2006, Mr. DaGrosa served as Founder and Senior Partner of Core Value Partners LLC, a private equity firm focused on the acquisition and development of quick service restaurant franchises. While at Core Value Partners LLC, in December 2003, Mr. DaGrosa and his partners formed Heartland Food Corp., an acquisition vehicle that acquired 248 Burger King franchises out of bankruptcy, and successfully led the turnaround and sale of Heartland to GSO Capital, which is now an affiliate of the Blackstone Group, in December 2006. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. DaGrosa served as Partner and Co-Head of Transactions at Partner at Maplewood Partners LP, a Miami-based private equity firm, where he served as member of the Executive and Investment Committees and was co-head of the firm’s Transaction Team. Prior to MapleWood Partners LP, from 1988 to 1996, Mr. DaGrosa served as Vice President of the Special Accounts group at PaineWebber, Inc., an American investment bank and stock brokerage firm that was acquired by UBS in 2000. Mr. DaGrosa received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, Accounting and Statistics from Syracuse University.
Nathaniel Felsher, 40
Director Nominee
Mr. Felsher is the current Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CAVU Management Partners, LLC, a consulting services company, having served in that role since March 2019. Mr. Felsher is the former President and Chief Strategy Officer of Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM), a holding company with a focus on long-term investments in public and private companies, having served in that role from August 2018 through November 2018. Prior to Aimia, Mr. Felsher worked at Deutsche Bank, a German multinational investment bank and financial services company, from August 2007 to August 2018, where he served in ever increasing roles of responsibility, most recently serving as Global Co-Head of Aviation – Corporate & Investment Banking. Throughout his time at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Felsher advised clients in the aircraft leasing, airline loyalty, travel technology and transportation infrastructure sectors with respect to strategy, equity and debt placements and M&A, having executed transactions in more than 20 countries. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Felsher served as an investment banker at HSBC, a British multinational investment bank and financial services holding company, from May 2006 to August 2007 and as an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase & Co., an American investment bank and financial services holding company, from August 2004 to April 2006. Mr. Felsher earned his Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College
Abdol Moabery, 53
Director Nominee
Mr. Maobery is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GA Telesis, LLC, a leader in integrated commercial aviation services, having served in that role since the founding of the company in February 2002. Mr. Moabery previously served as Executive Vice President of Aviation Systems International, Inc., an aviation technology company, from March 2000 to January 2002, where his responsibilities included oversight and management of worldwide operations. Prior to joining Aviation Systems International, Inc., Mr. Moabery was with C-S Aviation Services, Inc., a Soros Fund Management company, where he was responsible for the sale and marketing of the company’s aviation portfolio assets from March 1998 to March 2000. Mr. Moabery has been a member of the of the Board of Trustees of Florida Atlantic University since May 2011, having served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees since September 2019. Mr. Moabery also serves as President-elect of the Board of Governors of the Wings Club Foundation, a non-profit focused on promoting the advancement and development of aeronautics. Mr. Moabery is also a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, having served in that role since March 2020 and is on the Board of Directors of TimberTech Championship, a PGA Tour Champions tournament, having served in that role since 2014. Mr. Moabery previously served on the College Football National Championship Committee 2021, having served in that role from November 2019 to February 2021. Mr. Moabery received the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Award in 2014 and the ISTAT Life Time Achievement Award in 2021 for his accomplishments in aviation. Mr. Moabery is a distinguished philanthropist having donated millions of dollars to organizations centered around helping children. Mr. Moabery is an honorably discharged veteran from the United States Navy and he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Florida Atlantic University.