Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001788230-25-000048
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Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
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 licensed to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. Mr. Smith founded and, since February 1986 has been, an attorney at Alexander, Smith & Company, Inc., a Connecticut-based legal and financial advisory firm. Mr. Smith has served numerous public and private enterprises, nationally and internationally, as Executive Chairman of the Board, Lead Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and General Counsel. Representative experience includes Puma USA, Sylvania International, Escada, London Fog, Medical Staffing Network, Barnes Engineering, Atkins Nutritionals, Thompson Media, and Oneida, Ltd. Mr. Smith also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is better known as the Bronx Zoo. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Williams College and the Yale Law School. His post-graduate work included clerkships on the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. and the Supreme Court of Connecticut. He also served as a Fellow of the Organization of American States and studied comparative law in Venezuela.

Matthew J. Swann was appointed to our board on January 6, 2025. Mr. Swann is a Strategic Advisor and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with decades of experience in the technology industry, specializing in cloud computing, fintech and digital payments and technology transformation. Since January 2023, Mr. Swann has been the President of Foo Services, a technology consulting firm. From March 2021 to February 2023, he served as CTO at NuBank (NYSE: NU), one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, where he drove innovation, growth and strategy across product and platform development. From 2018 to March 2021, he served as CTO of Booking.com (NASDAQ: BKNG), an online travel agency. Before Booking.com, he held senior-level technology positions with several international companies, including establishing and overseeing all international digital payment platforms as a Vice President at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for nearly a decade, serving as CTO for StubHub, and serving as Chief Information Officer for Citibank (NYSE: C) overseeing its Global Consumer Bank, Cards, Payments and Digital divisions. Currently, Mr. Swann serves as a Director at Payfare Inc. (TSE: PAY), where he supports digital innovation and transformation strategies. He also serves as a non-executive Director at Thredd Payments, a London-based fintech firm. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, Computer Information Systems, from Arizona State