F. Jacob Cherian has been our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since April 2020. Mr. Cherian co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of I-AM Capital Acquisition Company Inc. (“I-AM”), a special purpose acquisition company, from April 2017 to December 2019. I-AM completed a $50 million initial public offering in August 2017 and completed a business combination in December 2018, listing the first e-sports company on Nasdaq (Simplicity Esports & Gaming). Mr. Cherian also served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and director of Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, from March 2006 to October 2013, completing a $58 million initial public offering in July 2006. Millennium India completed a business combination with SMC, an India-headquartered leading diversified financial services company with over 2,500 locations in over 500 cities serving approximately 1.7 million customers in India and the Middle East. Mr. Cherian’s prior work and experience with JP Morgan & Co., as a director at KPMG LLP and as Partner at Computer Sciences Corp., a Fortune 500 global information technology & services company spans 15 years and three continents of Europe, Middle East and South Asia.
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Nagarajan Venkatesan has been our Chief Financial Officer since April 2020. Mr. Venkatesan has 33 years of experience in corporate accounting, finance, taxation and auditing. For the last six years, he has maintained an independent practice, in his individual capacity, in internal/forensic audits. Prior to beginning his independent practice, Mr. Venkatesan served as a member of the board of directors of Getax International Pte. Ltd., a chemicals and fertilizer trading company from April 2009 to January 2014 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Getax Ocean Trades Pte. Ltd., a trading company from June 2008 to April 2009. He also held numerous audit, accounting and finance positions from 1990 to 2008, including finance manager of Rutledge Global E&P Pte. Ltd., an investment company, audit manager at MGI N Rajan Associates, an accounting firm, senior audit and tax associate at M/s B.P.Yap & Co, an accounting firm, and accountant at M/s Primefield Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a software company. Mr. Venkatesan received a Post Graduate in Commerce specialization in professional accounting from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia in 2005, a Bachelor degree in commerce from the University of Madras, India in 1987 and a Bachelor degree in general law from Annamalai University, India in 1991.
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