Mr. Tepper is the Founder of JHT Advisors LLC, an M&A advisory and investment firm founded in 2016, and has served as a partner in Gemini XIII since 2021. From 1990 to 2013, Mr. Tepper served in a variety of senior management and operating roles at the investment bank Gleacher & Company, Inc. and its predecessors and affiliates (collectively, "Gleacher"), where he was Head of Investment Banking and a member of Gleacher s Management Committee. As Gleacher s former Chief Operating Officer, he also oversaw operations, compliance, technology and financial reporting. In 2001, Mr. Tepper co founded Gleacher s asset management activities and served as President. Gleacher managed over $1 billion of institutional capital in the mezzanine capital and hedge fund areas. Mr. Tepper served on the Investment Committees of Gleacher Mezzanine and Gleacher Fund Advisors. Between 1987 and 1990, Mr. Tepper was employed by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as a financial analyst in the mergers & acquisitions and merchant banking departments. In addition, Mr. Tepper serves, or has served, as a director and on various committees of the following public companies: l Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation (since 2023) l Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV (August 2021 February 2023) l Solid Power, Inc. (f/k/a Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III) (2021) l Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II (2022 January 2022) l Hyzon Motors, Inc. (f/k/a Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp) (2020 July 2021) Mr. Tepper holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in finance and accounting. We believe Mr. Tepper is qualified to serve on our Board due to his significant investment and financial experience, particularly as it relates to mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, leveraged finance and asset management.