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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Chief Financial Officer Resignation
On April 4, 2025, Robert Folino notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective on May 7, 2025.
Appointment of Marcello Padula as Chief Financial Officer
On April 10, 2025, the Board appointed Marcello Padula to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective on May 7, 2025.
Mr. Padula, age 32, has 10 years of financial services experience. From July 2019 to November 2024, Mr. Padula served as Investment Banking Associate and Investment Banking Vice President at BofA Securities, Inc. within the Consumer & Retail Practice where he executed multiple capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions. During his over 5 years of investment banking experience, Mr. Padula has executed over $25 Billion in transaction value for clients. Prior to that, Mr. Padula worked as an Capital Markets Analyst at Proskauer Rose in their capital markets practice from March 2018 to June 2019 and as an Associate at Morgan Stanely from February 2015 to March 2018. Mr. Padula holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Loyola University Maryland.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Padula and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer of the Company. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Padula and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Padula does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Audit Committee Chair Change
On April 10, 2025, the Board appointed Kathy Savitt as the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Company. Ms. Savitt has been serving as a member of the Board and the Audit Committee of the Company since November 2024. Nazim Cetin resigned as the Chair of the Audit Committee effective April 8, 2025, but will continue to serve as a member of the Audit Committee.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||
| Date: April 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ Andrew Gundlach |
| Name: Andrew Gundlach | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||