Company: DEFI
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001387131-25-000058
Chunk: 199

Company: Tidal Commodities Trust I
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 199
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 Eric Falkeis, born in 1973, has been the Chief Growth Officer at Tidal Investments LLC since November 1, 2018, and co-founded Tidal ETF Services. His role at Tidal involves leading business development and growth strategy initiatives. Mr. Falkeis is a CPA and holds a BS degree in Accounting from Marquette University. As of the date of this prospectus, his application to be listed as a Principal of the Sponsor is currently pending with the NFA.

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Mr. Gavin Filmore, born in 1984, joined Tidal Investments LLC as the Head of Product Development in August 2021 and was promoted to COO in July 2022. Before joining Tidal, he worked at Barclays Investment Bank, a leading global investment bank offering services in investment management, wealth management, and corporate banking, from August 2017 to September 2021. His focus at Barclays was on Exchange Traded Products. Mr. Filmore holds a BS in Finance from Northeastern University. He was approved as a Principal of Tidal Investments LLC and registered as an Associated Person of the Sponsor by the NFA on March 8, 2022.

Mr. William Woolverton, born in 1951, has been the Chief Compliance Officer of Tidal Investments LLC, Tidal ETF Trust, and Tidal Trust II since November 10, 2022. Prior to joining Tidal, he was a Senior Principal Consultant at ACA Group, a firm specializing in governance, risk, and compliance services for financial institutions, from March 2020 to October 2022. Before ACA Group, Mr. Woolverton served as Managing Director - US at Waystone, a company offering comprehensive fund governance, risk, compliance, and administration services to the asset management industry, from April 2016 to December 2019. Mr. Woolverton received his M.A. from King’s College, Cambridge University, and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law. He was approved as a Principal of the Sponsor by the NFA on April 5, 2023.

The following are individual Principals, as that term is defined in CFTC Rule 3.1, of Tidal Investments LLC: Messrs. Michael Venuto, Guillermo Trias and Daniel Carlson. Their status as principals is primarily due to their ownership interests in the Sponsor. Mr. Trias, in particular, holds his interest through GT Capital Advisors LLC, a