Biography

Ms. Geffner serves as an independent director of Pubco. Ms. Geffner has been Chief Financial Officer of Dorsett Hospitality International Services Limited (part of HKSE: 0035.HK) since February 2019. Ms. Geffner has been an independent director and the audit committee chair of Tristar Acquisition I Corp (NYSE:TRIS) since August 2023 and an independent director of NWTN INC. and has sat on the compensation committee as well as the strategy and environmental social and governance (ESG) committee since November 2022. She was a director and the audit committee chair of China Finance Online Co. Limited (Nasdaq: JRJC) from May to November 2021. She led the successful IPO of GreenTree Hospitality Group Limited (NYSE: GHG) in March 2018 and served as Chief Financial Officer from October 2017 to December 2018 at GreenTree. She served as a vice president in charge of corporate finance and development with Asia Pacific in LeEco from October 2016 to August 2017. She was an independent director of AG Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Ltd. from April 2013 to April 2017. From August 2014 to March 2016, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Carnival Group International Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0996.HK). From November 2008 to January 2011, she was a director of corporate and institutional banking at ANZ Hong Kong. From March 2005 to February 2008, she worked for HSBC as head of China business development and as a vice president of the consumer and retail group in New York. Ms. Geffner received a bachelor’s degree in international marketing and finance from the City University of New York in February 1994 and an MBA degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University in September 1997. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Washington State, USA, as well as Hong Kong. She is also a CFA Charterholder.