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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.
On May 31, 2022, Jennifer Deason resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of Belong Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”). Ms. Deason will continue to serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and will stay actively involved with the Company.
On June 1, 2022, the Board appointed the Company’s existing President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Mr. Peter Saldarriaga, to also serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Saldarriaga has served as the Company’s President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since January 2021. Mr. Saldarriaga, age 39, has been a private investor since January 2020. He previously worked as a private equity investor at Bain Capital, a leading global alternative investment manager, from September 2007 until December 2019. While at Bain Capital, he was a leader in the technology, media & telecom and industrial teams in the North American Private Equity group, most recently as a Principal from 2015 to 2019, sourcing and executing new investment opportunities and serving as an advisor to management teams of several portfolio companies. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Saldarriaga spent three years at Bain and Company in New York and India as a strategy consultant serving Fortune 100 clients in the technology, media, financial services, healthcare, and private equity sectors. Mr. Saldarriaga received an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB in Computer Science cum laude from Harvard College. Mr. Saldarriaga has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: June 3, 2022 | BELONG ACQUISITION CORP. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Peter Saldarriaga | |||||
| Peter Saldarriaga | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||