NEW YORK, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- InterPrivate II
Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: IPVA.U) (NYSE: IPVA) (NYSE: IPVA WS) (the
"Company") announced today that Susan
L. Decker, Jeffrey Harris and
Tracey Brophy Warson were appointed to the board of
directors of the Company (the "Board") on March 4, 2021, in connection with the Company's
initial public offering. Ms. Decker, Mr. Harris, and Ms.
Warson are independent directors. InterPrivate II Acquisition
Corp. is led by Chairman and CEO Ahmed
Fattouh; Executive Vice Presidents Brian Pham and Alan
Pinto; General Counsel Brandon
Bentley; and Vice President James
Pipe.
Susan L. Decker is
the CEO and founder of Raftr, a trusted event and communications
platform for college campuses. She also serves on the boards of
directors of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, Costco Wholesale
Corporation, SurveyMonkey, Vail Resorts, Vox Media and Automattic,
and she has previously served on the boards of Intel Corporation
and Pixar Animation Studios, among others. From June 2000 to April
2009, Ms. Decker held various executive management positions
at Yahoo! Inc., including president (June
2007 to April 2009), head of
the Advertiser and Publisher Group (December
2006 to June 2007), and chief
financial officer (June 2000 to
June 2007). Before Yahoo!, Ms. Decker
spent 14 years with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as
Managing Director of global equity research (1998 to 2000), and
previously as an equity research analyst (1986 to 1998). She
received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst in 1989 and
served on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council
(FASAC) for a four-year term, from 2000 to 2004.
Jeffrey Harris is the
founder and managing member of Global Reserve Group LLC, a
financial advisory and investment firm founded in 2011 focused
primarily on the energy industry. From 1983 to 2011, he worked at
Warburg Pincus LLC and was a Managing Director and member of the
Executive Management Group. During his tenure he invested in
numerous companies across sectors including energy, technology,
telecommunications, industrial, and consumer/retail, and has served
as a director of over forty public and private companies, including
Chargepoint. Currently, he is a director of Knoll, Inc. and several
private companies. In addition, Mr. Harris is a member of the
Board of Trustees of each of the Cranbrook Educational Community,
New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Friends of the High
Line. He was an adjunct professor at Columbia
Business School for thirteen years and is a past chairman of
the National Venture Capital Association.
Tracey Brophy
Warson is an advisor to startups in FinTech, clean
energy, and food sustainability with more than 30 years
of experience building financial services businesses. Most
recently, Ms. Warson was CEO of Citi Private Bank from 2014-2019,
and she served as Chairman of Citi Private Bank North America from
2019-2020. As CEO of Citi Private Bank in North America, Ms. Warson was directly
responsible for leading the ultra-high net worth and Law Firm
Group private banking activities in 25 offices throughout
North America, overseeing over
$230 billion in client business volume as of
year-end 2018. Prior to her role as CEO, she was Global Market
Manager for the Western U.S. from 2010 to 2014. From 2014-2018, Ms.
Warson was the co-chair of Citi
Women, Citi's global strategy to focus on the advancement of
women as leaders and business drivers. Before joining Citi in 2009,
Ms. Warson held a number of executive positions at Wells
Fargo and Toyo Trust and Banking. Since 2015, Ms. Warson has been
recognized each year by the American Banker as of one of the top
"25 Most Powerful Women in Finance." Additionally, in 2018, the
Financial Times recognized Ms. Warson as an "FTHero" in their
ranking of the Top 100 executives globally who support women in
business.
"We are excited to welcome Sue, Jeff and Tracey to our Board.
Their wealth of experience as investors and operating
executives should be extremely valuable to the Company as we
conduct our search for a suitable business combination," said
Ahmed Fattouh.
Mr. Harris was appointed to the Board's Audit Committee, serving
as chair of the Audit Committee, Ms. Decker and Ms. Warson were
appointed to the Board's Compensation Committee, with Ms. Warson
serving as chair of the Compensation Committee and Mr. Harris and
Ms. Decker were appointed to the Board's Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee, with Ms. Decker serving as chair of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
About InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp.
InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company whose
business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange,
asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar
business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company
may pursue initial business combination targets in any industry,
the Company may pursue sectors including auto-tech and mobility,
business services, consumer, retail, e-commerce or industrial
technology, or businesses that possesses their own differentiated
technology, with a focus on target companies with an enterprise
value of $1 billion or more.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute
"forward-looking statements," including with respect to the
Company's search for an initial business combination.
Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many
of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set
forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's registration
statement for the initial public offering filed with the SEC.
Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions
or changes after the date of this release, except as required by
law.
Press Contact:
Charlotte Luer, Marketing
cluer@interprivate.com
Tel: +1-212-634-0826
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