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Vania E. Schlogel

Director

Ms. Schlogel is Managing Partner and Founder of Atwater Capital, a media and entertainment sector-focused investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Prior to founding Atwater in 2017, Ms. Schlogel served as a senior executive at several leading companies, including as Chief Investment Officer of Roc Nation, and was a member of KKR's Private Equity team, where she specialized in the media sector and launched the Growth Equity division. Ms. Schlogel began her career in the Leveraged Finance and Capital Markets groups at Goldman Sachs in London and Los Angeles. Ms. Schlogel serves on a number of boards, including the Boards of Mediawan, France's leading film studio and wiip Productions, a Los Angeles-based film and TV studio. She was formerly Chairperson of Mediawan US, the holding company of Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, the Chairperson of Epidemic Sound, a provider of royalty-free music, as well as Chairperson of LEONINE Studios, Germany's leading film and TV studio. She formerly served on the boards of BMG, the world's largest independent music publisher; Pets at Home, the largest U.K. retailer of pet supplies; and Freepik, the digital content platform. Ms. Schlogel is a graduate of UCLA, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Economics and Minor in Accounting.

Ms. Schlogel’s extensive expertise in finance, growth and private equity, along with her significant experience in media, entertainment and technology, make her a valued member of the Board. Ms. Schlogel is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”

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