Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Appointment of Certain
Officers
On June 1, 2021, Bruce Bent resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Patricia
Trompeter, currently a Director of the registrant, was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer of the registrant. Mr. Bruce Bent will continue to serve as
Executive Chairman of the registrant.
There are no material arrangements to which Ms. Trompeter is a party, and there
is no family relationship between her and any other party connected to the
registrant.
Ms. Trompeter brings more than sixteen years of experience in mergers and
acquisitions and over fifteen years in financial management to the registrant's
Board. Ms. Trompeter held a variety of executive positions at GE Capital
including CFO, Controller, Operations Leader, Quality Leader, and Mergers &
Acquisitions. She was integral in GE Capital's successful acquisition of
Guinness Peat Aviation, which contributes to the more than $17 Billion of
acquisitions she has completed. Ms. Trompeter's experience at GE gave her a
breadth of knowledge in the Aviation Industry from aircraft engines to spending
a significant amount of time in GE Capital Aviation Services.
After leaving GE, Ms. Trompeter took a short break to focus in the non-profit
sector and on family. In 2019 she returned to the venture capital sector as
Co-Founder of Webbs Hill Partners, an independent investment and advisory firm
growing innovative technologies in emerging markets. She is also the Founder of
a new venture, Ceres Capital Holdings.
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