Company: FOACW
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-065614
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Company: Finance of America Companies Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 with three decades in branding, business development, and M&A, he is a proven entrepreneurial leader and culture builder with multiple exits, high-profile turnaround experience, skilled in recruiting, retaining and managing talent and overseeing complex P&Ls, and a deeply networked rainmaker with extensive track record of generating high-margin revenue, crafting compelling relevant narratives and operating complex enterprises in competitive markets. Mr. Essex is a frequent public speaker on media, marketing and monetization strategies and sits on the board of MMA Global and Plus Pool. He is the former Chair of the NYC Mayor’s Creative Council, and a former advisor to the White House American Office of Innovation and the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management. A frequent angel investor, he serves as an advisor to Glasswing Ventures, a top fund focused on AI, prop tech, enterprise SAAS and cybersecurity, among other platforms. He was an award-winning journalist and cultural editor at such publications as The New Yorker, Details and Salon.com, among others. He has been a television commentator for ABC, CNN, and CNBC. He is author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die and the Creative Resurrection to Come” and the co-author of three books: “A Very Public Offering: The Story of the Globe.com,” “Chasing Cool,” with former Barney’s CEO Gene Pressman, and “Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny,” with celebrated producer and musician Nile Rodgers. Mr. Essex has an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Queens College. |

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE. 9

### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CERTAIN GOVERNANCE MATTERS
Our board of directors directs and oversees the management of our business and affairs and has three standing committees: the audit committee, the compensation committee, and the nominating and corporate governance committee. In addition, from time to time, special committees may be established under the direction of the board of directors when necessary to address specific issues.

#### Composition of the Board of Directors
**Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of the board of directors. Our board of directors currently consists of the director nominees, Ms. Corio and Messrs. Libman, Essex, Gardner, Pratcher and West, whose biographies are set forth above, as well as Robert W.