M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.

Mohsin Y. Meghji

Executive Chair of the Board of Directors

 

​Mohsin Y. Meghji serves as our Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Meghji was the principal sponsor of M III Acquisition Corp. from 2015 to 2019, M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp. from 2020 to 2023, M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. from 2021 to 2023 and M3-Brigade Acquisition IV Corp. from 2021 to 2022. Mr. Meghji has served as the Managing Partner of M3 Partners since 2015 and is a nationally recognized U.S. turnaround professional with a track record of building value across a wide range of sectors, including power, energy and industrials. M3 Partners is a merchant banking, investment and restructuring advisory firm founded by Mr. Meghji which provides operational, strategic and financial advisory solutions to support complex businesses at inflection points in their growth trajectory. Mr. Meghji has more than 30 years of advisory and management experience in building value in companies that are facing financial, operational or strategic inflection points and transitions. He has accomplished this through both operating management and financial advisory roles, often in partnership with some of the world’s leading financial institutions, private equity firms and hedge fund investors.  Mr. Meghji has led the repositioning of, and driven value creation at, numerous businesses over the past two decades in an operating management or financial advisory capacity. In his capacity as a restructuring and financial advisory professional, Mr. Meghji has served periodically as Chief Restructuring Officer (or in an analogous position) of companies which elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings as a part of their financial restructuring process and, as such, he served as an executive officer of various companies which filed bankruptcy petitions under federal law and also has periodically served as an independent director of companies, some of which similarly elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings.  Through M3 Partners, Mr. Meghji has played an integral role in a number of significant restructurings over recent years, including Zachry Holdings, Inc. in 2024, Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. in 2023, Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc. in 2023, PWM Property Management LLC in 2021, Seadrill Partners LLC bankruptcy in 2020, Sable Permian Resources, LLC in 2020, Sanchez Energy Corporation in 2020, Barneys Inc. in 2019, Sears Holdings Corporation in 2018, Real Alloy Intermediate Holding, LLC in 2017. Mr. Meghji’s most recent corporate management role was at Springleaf, a subprime consumer finance company (now known as OneMain Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OMF)), where he served as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy and as Chief Executive Officer of its captive insurance companies, Merit Life Insurance Co. and Yosemite Insurance Company, from 2012 to 2014. These insurance companies provided life, property and casualty insurance coverage to Springleaf’s customers. Springleaf was created in late-2010 when American International Group, Inc. sold 80% of its subsidiary, American General Finance Inc., to affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. At the time of the sale, American General Finance Inc. provided consumer loans, retail financing and mortgages to more than one million families through more than 1,100 branches located across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom. After multiple years of operating losses, Springleaf turned profitable in 2013 as a result of the strategic, management and operational improvements implemented by its new ownership and management team, evidencing a significant turnaround in its performance. Springleaf went public in October 2013 at a $1.95 billion valuation. As part of its senior management team and Head of Strategy for the company, Mr. Meghji played a key role in this successful transition.

 

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Matthew Perkal

Chief Executive Officer and Director

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Matthew Perkal serves as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors.  Mr. Perkal also served as an Executive Vice President of M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp. and as Chief Executive Officer of M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. Since 2010, Mr. Perkal has led Brigade’s industry coverage for various sectors including retail, consumer, gaming and​​ ​lodging, and has structured and led many of the firm’s successful deals in the private credit space including Barney’s and Sears. Mr. Perkal currently serves on the board of directors for Guitar Center Inc., Greenfire Resources Ltd. (NYSE:GFR), and Silver Airways. In his capacity as a restructuring and financial advisory professional, Mr. Perkal served as an independent director of companies, some of which elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings, including Guitar Center from December 2020 through present and Gymboree from September 2017 through June 2020. Prior to joining Brigade, Mr. Perkal worked at Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group from 2008-2010. In that capacity, Mr. Perkal also spent time on the Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Desk, selling both bank and bond deals. Mr. Perkal received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

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Frederick Arnold

Director

Chair, Audit Committee

Member, Nominating Committee

Mr. Arnold has over 40 years of experience in investment banking, corporate management and board governance. Mr. Arnold has served as a member of the boards of directors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. since 2012 (including serving as current Chairman of the Board from April 2014 - April 2015 and from January 2019 - present), Pepco Group NV from June 2024 - present and Navient Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVI) since August 2018. He also has served as a director of Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. from April 2023 - January 2024, the Third SPAC from October 2021 - September 2023, Valaris PLC (NYSE: VAL) from November 2019 - April 2021, The We Company (and as a member of the New Committee) from June 2020 - July 2020, Corporate Capital Trust II from 2015 - 2016, Corporate Capital Trust (NYSE: CCT) from 2011 - December 2018 (Chairman 2017 - 2018), various members of the family of funds advised by FS/KKR Advisor, LLC (including FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK), FS Investment Corp II, FS Investment Corp. III and FS Investment Corp. IV) from December 2018 - November 2019, Syncora Holdings Ltd. (OTC BB: SYCRF) from September 2016 - January 2020, and CIFC Corp. (NASDAQ: CIFC) from 2011 - 2014. From 2015 - 2017, Mr. Arnold served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Convergex Group, LLC. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Capmark Financial Group Inc. from 2009 - 2011 and as Executive Vice President, Finance, for Masonite International Inc. from 2006 - 2007. From 2000 - 2004, Mr. Arnold served in various executive capacities for Willis Group Holdings and its subsidiaries, including as EVP of Finance, Development and Administration of Willis NA, and Group Chief Administrative Officer and Group Executive Vice President, Strategic Development, for Willis Group Holdings. Mr. Arnold began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers in 1980 and spent the following twenty years as an international investment banker, primarily at Lehman Brothers and at Smith Barney, where he served as Managing Director and Head of European Corporate Finance. Mr. Arnold earned a B.A. summa cum laude, in Economics from Amherst College, a MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
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Benjamin Fader-Rattner

Director

Chair, Nominating Committee

Member, Audit Committee

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Benjamin Fader-Rattner ​has been a Managing Director at Nexus Capital Management LP since December 2023 where he focuses on credit opportunities. Prior to joining Nexus, Mr. Fader-Rattner led Space Summit Capital LLC, a special situations investment fund which he founded in January 2021. Previously, Mr. Fader-Rattner served as a director of the Third SPAC from October 2021 - September 2023 and he also served as President and a director of Osiris Acquisition Corp., a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company, from May 2021 - May 2024. Prior to founding Space Summit Capital LLC, Mr. Fader-Rattner was a Managing Director at Canyon Partners, where he led investments across the capital structure in several industries including retail and consumer, from 2008 to July 2020. Prior to Canyon, Mr. Fader-Rattner was an analyst at Glenview Capital in 2007, where he invested primarily in debt opportunities, an associate at The Carlyle Group from 2005 to 2007, where he focused on leveraged buyout transactions, and an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Fader-Rattner received a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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