Bakkt SPAC Presentation Deck
Seasoned Leadership Team
Gavin Michael Incoming CEO Gavin Michael joins Bakkt from Citi, where he had
Chief Executive Officer been the Head of Technology at Citi's Global Consumer Bank since
2016. Previously he served as Head of Digital at Chase from 2013
to 2016, Chief Innovation Officer of Accenture from 2010 to 2013
and as Chief Information Officer of Lloyd's Banking Group's Retail
Bank and a member of the Retail Bank Executive Committee from
2009 to 2010.
Adam White
President
Marc D'Annunzio
General Counsel
Doug Hadaway
Chief Financial Officer
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Adam White joined Bakkt in November 2018 as President. He previously
served as the Vice President and General Manager of Coinbase, where
he was the 5th employee. Before Coinbase, Adam also held roles at
Activision Blizzard and Bain and Company; and served in the U.S. Air
Force.
Mare is the General Counsel for Bakkt and has deep experience in
securities law, M&A and international regulatory matters in the
payments industry. He leads Bakkt's management of legal, regulatory,
compliance and governance matters. Prior to Bakkt, Marc was with the
Atlanta office of Alston & Bird, where he practiced in its Payments
Group.
Doug joined Bakkt as CFO from Bridge2 Solutions in March 2020. At
Bridge2, Doug was CFO and a Board Member. Prior to Bridge2. Doug
held C Suite positions at MFG.com (CFO & COO), Multicast Media
Technologies (CFO & VP Operations), Marketworks (CEO & CFO).
Synchrologic (CFO) and Netzip (CFO). During these roles, Doug
oversaw many successful exits, capital raises and acquisitions and led
international expansion and operations across European and Asian
markets.
Nicolas Cabrera
Chief Product Officer
Christopher Petersen
Head of Business
Development
Matthew Johnson
Chief Technology Officer
Nicolas serves as Bakkt Chief Product Officer, responsible for leading
both 828 and B2C product strategy, customer experiences, go-to-
market execution and partner integrations on the Bakkt app and
platforms. Prior to joining Bakkt, Nicolas served as co-founder and
SVP Product at OneMarket (Westfield Labs), the global retail
innovation group from 2012 to 2019. Nicolas was also the SVP
Product at Westfield Retail Tech Solutions responsible for the
development and launch of global payment solutions for major
retailers. He previously led Product and Digital for eBay and PayPal in
Australia/NZ from 2004 to 2009. Nicolas is a Network Advisor at
Silicon Foundry and Interlace Ventures in San Francisco.
As Head of Business Development, Chris is responsible for establishing
key relationships with merchants and other enterprise participants in
the Bakkt app ecosystem. Chris previously worked in Product Strategy
for Google, ran Operations for FIS and founded 1080Payments, a
platform that helped FinTechs design, develop and deploy solutions.
As CTO of Bakkt, Matthew oversees Infrastructure, Innovation,
Payments Architecture, Information Security and Technology
Operations. Prior to joining Bakkt, Mathew served as a Board Member
for Digital Asset Research and as Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
at Digital Asset Custody Company, a cryptocurrency custodian for
hedge funds, ICO issuers, and other institutions.
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