Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
Appointment of Daniela Mielke as a Class II Director
On September 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of WisdomTree
Investments, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Daniela Mielke to serve as a
Class II member of the Board, effective September 21, 2022, to fill the vacancy
resulting from Susan Cosgrove's resignation, with an initial term expiring at
the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has determined that
Ms. Mielke qualifies as an "independent director" as defined under Rule
5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
Ms. Mielke will receive cash and equity compensation as provided under the
Company's Non-Employee Director Compensation Program. Pursuant to this program,
upon appointment to the Board, Ms. Mielke will receive deferred restricted stock
units with a value of $81,369 under the Company's 2022 Equity Plan, which number
of units will be determined based on the closing price of the Company's common
stock at the close of business on the effective date of her appointment, and
will vest on the first anniversary of such date. The Company has entered into
its standard director indemnification agreement with Ms. Mielke.
There are currently no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Mielke and any
other person pursuant to which Ms. Mielke was appointed to serve as a member of
the Board. The Company is not aware of any transaction involving Ms. Mielke
requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Ms. Mielke has not yet been appointed to any standing committees of the Board.
The Company will file an amendment to this Form 8-K to disclose any such
appointments after they are made.
Ms. Mielke, 57, is Managing Partner of Commerce Technology Advisors, LLC, a
privately held firm which she founded in April 2016, and which provides
consulting services to technology, financial services and private equity
companies on organic and inorganic growth strategies including building payment
businesses and using artificial intelligence. From February 2018 to December
2020, she served as the Chief Executive Officer, North America of RS2 Inc., one
of the leading providers of payment processing services in Europe and Asia
Pacific. From September 2013 to April 2016, Ms. Mielke was Chief Strategy and
Product Officer at Vantiv, Inc., which was at the time the largest merchant
acquirer in the United States. From May 2010 to September 2013, she was VP, Head
of Global Strategy and Market Intelligence for PayPal Inc. Ms. Mielke co-founded
a-connect in 2001, a consulting firm which provides financial services and other
consulting services, and rejoined in 2007 until 2009 to establish and direct new
operations for the West Coast and lead its global marketing function. From 2002
to 2007, Ms. Mielke served as VP of Product and SVP of Strategy and Market
Intelligence at Visa International. From 1998 to 2002, Ms. Mielke was an
Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company, a worldwide management consulting
firm. She currently serves on the board of directors of FTAC Athena Acquisition
Corp. (NASDAQ: FTAA), a SPAC, since February 2021, and Nuvei Corporation (TSX:
NVEI and NVEI.U), a global payment technology provider, since August 2020. She
also has been a director of The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBBK), a bank holding
company, and its subsidiary bank, The Bancorp Bank, since August 2019.
Ms. Mielke also currently serves on the board of directors of FINCA
International, a global NGO dedicated to alleviating poverty. Ms. Mielke
received her bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the École
hôtelière de Lausanne, an M.B.A. in International Management from the IMD
Business School and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Fribourg.
A copy of the press release containing information about Ms. Mielke's
appointment is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release, dated September 21, 2022
Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
document).
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