DiamondHead Holdings Corp. the Board appointed Michael Bayles as Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective as of August 2, 2022. He will serve alongside current Chief Executive Officer, David Hamamoto, with each serving as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Since March 11, 2022, Mr. Bayles has served as a director of EVO Transportation & Energy Services Inc., and previously served as a director and chief restructuring officer from October 2020 to March 2021 and restructuring advisor from May 2020 to October 2020. Mr. Bayles has served as a vice president of investments of Slam Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, since March 2021. Mr. Bayles previously served as an analyst at Antara Capital LP from May 2018 until May 2020, and as a credit analyst at GLG Partners from May 2016 to December 2017.

Prior to GLG Partners, Mr. Bayles was a vice president at Avenue Capital Group from September 2008 to April 2016. Mr. Bayles has a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.