Vice media spac6/30/2023 ![]() Tredgett serves as a director on our board of directors. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Kern also serves on the boards of several private companies. in 2019, as Chairman of the board of directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish-language media company, since April 2013, and as a member of the supervisory board of trivago N.V., a majority-owned subsidiary of Expedia Group, Inc., since 2016. Kern had served on the board of directors of Tribune Media Company from October 2016 until its sale to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications. Kern founded Gemini Associates in 1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC. Kern was CEO of Tribune Media Company and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity fund. Kern has spent decades in leadership roles in public and private settings. spin-off from IAC in 2005 and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group, Inc. Kern has been a director of Expedia Group since the completion of the Expedia Group, Inc. Kern is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Expedia Group, Inc. Kern serves as a director on our board of directors. Pichette also serves as a director of Zwift and as the Chairman of the board of directors of Lightspeed POS Inc., and is a founding member of the Oxford University Creative Destruction Lab, an early stage incubator hosted at the Saïd Business School. Pichette was involved in Google’s extensive corporate M&A agenda, engaging in a number of acquisitions, including Nest and Motorola Mobility. As part of Google’s executive committee, Mr. Previously, as the Chief Financial Officer of Google from 2008 to 2015, he took an active part in Google’s growth agenda and ultimately supported the creation of the Alphabet structure. Pichette served as a director of Bombardier Inc. Pichette was named the Chairman of Twitter in 2020 and served as the lead independent director from 2018 to 2020 and a director since 2017. ![]() Pichette is a Partner at Inovia Capital, leading the firm’s European operations from its London, UK offices. Pichette serves as a director on our board of directors. ![]() Arsenault is also a board member of Montreal Heart Institute Foundation, and of Forum AI Québec (part of the Quebec Supercluster for Artificial Intelligence), and a Charter Member of Silicon Valley based The C100. Arsenault additionally served as the Investment Director at Telesystem and as Chair of the Audit Committee at Lightspeed. He currently serves as a director on the boards of AppDirect, Poka, SnapTravel, Groupe Dynamite and previously served on a number of other boards, including Onmobile Global Ltd, Look Communications Inc., Lightspeed (until its IPO), Luxury Retreats (acquired by Airbnb in 2017), Reflex Photonics (acquired by Smiths Interconnect in 2019), and Well.ca (acquired by McKesson in 2017). Arsenault co-founded Inovia Capital in 2007 and leveraged his entrepreneurial instincts to not only shape the culture of the firm, but also its vision and path forward which led to the inception of Inovia Capital’s growth funds. Arsenault serves as a director on our board of directors. Poulin serves as Chairman of the board of directors for Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited and is on the board of advisors of Wheels Up. Poulin now manages his family office, JPK Capital, which has made early investments in start-up companies including Lightspeed POS Inc., Wheels Up, Sonder, Skillz, Draftkings, Palantir, Zwift and Loanpal, among many others. Poulin was nominated in 2012 as one of Canada’s Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young. In recognition for his achievements and entrepreneurial successes, Mr. Poulin continued to build and expand the luxury offering. Poulin continued to run Luxury Retreats and lead Airbnb’s newly formed global luxury business, reporting directly to CEO Brian Chesky. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer until its sale to Airbnb in February of 2017. Luxury Retreats’ application of technology and dedicated villa specialists help guests find the perfect villa fit, coupled with concierge services and a 24/7 guest support team. Poulin began designing websites for small businesses at the age 15 out of his bedroom in Montreal before launching Luxury Retreats in 1999 at the age of 17. Poulin has over 20 years of operating and investing experience and is a serial entrepreneur who changed the luxury travel industry landscape with his company Luxury Retreats. Poulin serves as our Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of our board of directors. ![]()
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