Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. concurrently with the Closing, the current directors of the Company will appoint Thomas Hennessy ? Chief Executive Officer.

Thomas D. Hennessy, age 38, has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group, LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, real estate and climate technologies. Since March 2023, Mr. Hennessy has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two, a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with LatAm Logistic Properties S.A., a leading developer, owner, and manager of institutional quality, class A industrial and logistics real estate in Central and South America. Since July 2023, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corporation III, a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with One Energy Enterprises Inc., a vertically integrated industrial power solutions company, and the largest installer of on-site, behind-the-meter, megawatt-scale, wind energy in the United States.

Since February 2021, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I, a special purpose acquisition company, which in March 2023 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with GLAAM Co. Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of architectural media display glass. Since December 2020, Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of 7GC & Co.

Holdings Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, which in August 2023 entered and announced an amended definitive business combination agreement Banzai International Inc., a leading marketing technology company that provides data-driven marketing and sales solutions. Mr. Hennessy, in his role as Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, has executed two SPAC business combinations, including (i) PropTech Acquisition Corporation?s business combination with Porch Group Inc. in 2020; and (ii) PropTech Investment Corporation II?s business combination with Appreciate Holdings Inc. in 2022. Since 2021, Mr. Hennessy has also invested in numerous privately-held companies in his capacity as Managing Partner of Hennessy Capital Growth Partners, a growth equity fund that serves as a strategic capital and growth partner.

Mr. Hennessy served from 2014 to 2019 as a Portfolio Manager of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies and his expertise in mergers and acquisitions.