Team

Mr. Bloom is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of GX Acquisition Corp. and GX Acquisition Corp. II. Mr. Bloom is a Managing Partner of Trimaran, which he Co-Founded in 1998, and serves as a Manager of Trimaran Fund II, an existing private equity fund. Trimaran and affiliated entities have managed, through Trimaran Fund Management, L.L.C., private equity funds, collateralized loan obligations, and hedge funds.  Prior to Trimaran, Mr. Bloom was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. (“CIBC”), where he was responsible for CIBC’s United States and European Merchant Banking activities, which were conducted through the CIBC Funds. Prior to CIBC, Mr. Bloom was a Co-Founder of The Argosy Group (“Argosy”), a boutique investment bank that engaged in leveraged finance activities and principal investing.  Argosy was acquired by CIBC in 1995.  Prior to Argosy, Mr. Bloom was a Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., and before that he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers.  Mr. Bloom also practiced law at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. Mr. Bloom graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a B.S degree, from the Cornell SC Johnson Business School with an M.B.A degree and from Columbia University School of Law with a J.D. degree.

Mr. Kehler is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of GX Acquisition Corp. and GX Acquisition Corp. II. Mr. Kehler is a Managing Partner of Trimaran, which he Co-Founded in 1998, and serves as a Manager of Trimaran Fund II, an existing private equity fund. Trimaran and affiliated entities have managed, through Trimaran Fund Management, L.L.C., private equity funds, collateralized loan obligations, and hedge funds.  Prior to Trimaran, Mr. Kehler was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of CIBC, where he was responsible for CIBC’s United States and European Merchant Banking activities, which were conducted through the CIBC Funds.  In addition, Mr. Kehler was responsible for overseeing CIBC’s United States and European Leveraged Finance businesses, which included financial sponsor coverage; acquisition finance; high yield origination, underwriting, sales and trading; private placements; and financial restructuring advisory services.  Prior to CIBC, Mr. Kehler was a Co-Founder of Argosy, a boutique investment bank that engaged in leveraged finance activities and principal investing.  Argosy was acquired by CIBC in 1995.  Prior to Argosy, Mr. Kehler was a Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., and before that he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Kehler graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Maselli is the President of Acquisitions for GX Acquisition Corp. II and he was the Vice President of Acquisitions for GX Acquisition Corp. Mr. Maselli has been a Managing Director of Trimaran Fund Management, L.L.C. since 2003. Mr. Maselli has guided companies and their boards as a director or advisor for over 30 years. Before joining Trimaran, Mr. Maselli worked in the Corporate and Leverage Finance Groups of CIBC. Prior to joining CIBC in 1997, Mr. Maselli served as a Managing Director in Bear Stearns’ corporate finance group and, prior to that, as a Vice President at Kidder Peabody & Co. Incorporated. Since, 2011, Mr. Maselli has served as the Chairman of the Board of El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc.  (Ticker: LOCO, NASDAQ).  From 2013 to 2015, he served on the board of directors of Norcraft Companies, Inc., and served on the board of managers of its predecessor company beginning in 2003. Additionally, Mr. Maselli served on the board of directors of ChanceLight, Inc. and Standard Steel, LLC, and was director as well as Chairman of the Board of CB Holding Corp.  Mr. Maselli received an MBA with distinction from The A.B. Freeman School at Tulane University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Colorado.

Mrs. Kellett is the Chief Financial Officer of GX Acquisition Corp. and GX Acquisition Corp II. Mrs. Kellett is a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Trimaran.  Trimaran and affiliated entities have managed private equity funds, collateralized loan obligations, and hedge funds (in the case of hedge funds, as sub-advisor). Mrs. Kellett is responsible for accounting, management and financial reporting, human resources and administrative matters. Prior to joining Trimaran in 2006, Mrs. Kellett was an Executive Director in the Leveraged Finance Group of CIBC and was the Controller of Argosy, which she joined in 1990.  Prior to joining Argosy, Mrs. Kellett was a Vice President in the Real Estate Tax Shelter Department of Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.  Mrs. Kellett began her career as an auditor for Arthur Young & Co. Mrs. Kellett received her B.S. from the School of Business at the State University of New York at Albany.

Mr. Baer is a Vice President of GX Acquisition Corp. II. Mr. Baer is a consultant to GX Acquisition Corp. and has held that role since its IPO.  Previously, Mr. Baer was Chief Investment Officer of Cavendish Fund Management LLC from 2015 to 2018, which was an equity hedge fund that he founded. Prior to Cavendish, Mr. Baer was Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of Brite Media Group LLC from 2005 to 2014.  Brite Media Group was a media and consumer marketing company that was majority owned by Trimaran Capital Partners.  At Brite Media Group, Mr. Baer’s responsibilities included acquisitions, operations and business planning, and overall financial management including capital allocation and accounting. He evaluated hundreds of acquisition opportunities for Brite Media which resulted in closing numerous add on acquisitions. Mr. Baer also managed the divestiture process, successfully selling a key division to a competitor in 2012 and other divisions to a private equity group in 2014. Mr. Baer previously worked for Lehman Brothers from 2000 to 2003 as an Analyst in the investment banking division.  Mr. Baer graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in finance.

Mr. Bloom is a Vice President of GX Acquisition Corp. II and a member of GX Acquisition Corp. Mr. Bloom is a Vice President at Trimaran Capital Partners.  Prior to joining Trimaran, Mr. Bloom was the Managing Partner of South Ave Capital, a specialty finance and asset-backed investment manager, that he founded in 2017 before joining Trimaran Capital in 2019. Prior to founding South Ave Capital, Mr. Bloom was an investment professional at Aristeia Capital, a multi-billion dollar, multi-strategy investment fund. While there, Mr. Bloom focused on distressed credit and special situation investments, between $10 and $200 million in size, across a wide range of industries. Mr. Bloom previously worked as a research analyst on the Special Situations Desk at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Additionally, Mr. Bloom sits on the Board of Advisors for Triphammer Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Cornell. Mr. Bloom graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a B.S. in Finance, and from Columbia Business School with an M.B.A.

Mr. Harpel is a director or of GX Acquisition Corp II. He is a Co-Founder of Two Roads Development, a real estate development company founded in September 2013, which is involved in the planning and development of largely residential restate in the State of Florida. Mr. Harpel is responsible for the general oversight of the firm and chairs the Investment Committee for the Company. In 1984 he co-founded and currently serves as a general partner of First Reserve Corporation, which has managed a series of private equity funds, in the energy, power and related infrastructure businesses. From 2003 until 2020, Mr. Harpel was a General Partner of Palm Beach Capital, which invests in and builds small and medium sized companies and makes direct real estate investments. Mr. Harpel is also an active entrepreneur and own interests and consults to a series of biotech, medically related and industrial companies. Mr. Harpel served on the Board of the Kennedy School at Harvard for over 40 years and is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Belfer Center at the Kennedy School. He also served on the Dana Farber Cancer Institute Board. Mr. Harpel has an Endowed Chair at the Kennedy School. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition, Mr. Harpel is a recipient of the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Harpel attended Harvard College (1959) and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1960 with high distinction. He is well qualified to serve on our Board due to his broad experience investing in publicly-held and private companies.

Mr. Mazur is a Director of GX Acquisition Corp and GX Acquisition Corp II. Mr. Mazur serves as an Industry Advisor for Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC, a multi-fund manager with $3 billion under management.   Mr. Mazur serves as director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the valuation committee of GSV Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:GSVC), a public BDC that invests in late-stage, venture-backed private companies and has current investments in among others Spotify, Palantir, Dropbox, Coursera,  and Lyft . He also serves as a director of Fibrocell Science, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSC), an autologous cell and gene therapy company.  Mr Mazur is a former CEO of Brevan Howard U.S. Asset Management and was an Executive at Goldman Sachs for more than a decade.   Mr. Mazur received his B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.  Mr. Mazur serves on the board of College Track, a Palo Alto-based not-for-profit that provides educational and mentoring support for low-income youth and The Jed Foundation, which works to prevent college suicides.

Mr. Weinberger is a Director of GX Acquisition Corp and GX Acquisition Corp II. Mr. Weinberger has since 2010 been a Principal of HLA, a privately-owned venture capital firm. From 2007 to the present, Mr. Weinberger has been a partner of Hillmark Capital Management, L.P., which he co-founded. Hillmark sponsors and manages funds focused on corporate credit, including performing and non-performing leveraged loans, high yield bonds, mezzanine debt and structured credit products. From 1988 to 2006, Mr. Weinberger was a Senior Vice-President of Loews/CNA Holdings, a property and casualty insurance company affiliated with the Tisch family. In that role, Mr. Weinberger was responsible for a wide variety of domestic and international investment activities ranging from special situations to performing and distressed fixed income to public and private equities and became recognized as a leader in many verticals within leveraged finance. Mr. Weinberger also led numerous creditor committees to successful reorganizations, dealing with C suite principals and entrepreneurs.  Prior thereto he was a Senior Vice-President of Presidential Life, from 1982 to 1988. Mr. Weinberger has served on the boards of Global Crossing Ltd. (telecommunications: NYSE: GX) from 1997 to 2000, where he chaired the Audit Committee, and News Communications, Inc. (newspaper and magazine publishing) from 1990 to1993. Mr. Weinberger attended Temple University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.