Company: FGMCU
Filing Date: 2025-09-18
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-091249
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Company: FG Merger II Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-09-18
Form: S-4
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 2017 to December 2021. Prior to founding Itasca Financial LLC, Mr. Swets served as an insurance company executive and advisor, including the role of director of investments and fixed income portfolio manager for Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, formerly known as Kemper Insurance Companies. Mr. Swets began his career in insurance as an intern in the Kemper Scholar program in 1994. Mr. Swets earned a Master’s Degree in Finance from DePaul University in 1999 and a Bachelor’s Degree from Valparaiso University in 1997. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

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Hassan R. Baqar has served as our Chief Financial Officer since inception Mr. Baqar has over 20 years of experience within financial services and other industries focused on corporate development, mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, investments and real estate transactions. Mr. Baqar has served as the founder and managing member of Sequoia Financial LLC, a financial services and advisory firm, since January 2019. Mr. Baqar has also serves as a Chief Financial Officer of Aldel Financial II Inc., a special purpose acquisition company in the process of completing its business combination since October 2024, as a Chief Financial Officer of FG Merger II Corp., a special purpose acquisition company in the process of completing its business combination since February 2025, as a director of Fundamental Global Reinsurance Ltd., a Cayman Islands reinsurance company since June 2020. Since September 2024, Mr. Baqar serves as Chief Financial Officer of Saltire Capital Ltd. (TSX: SLT). Since June 2025, Mr. Baqar serves as Chief Financial Officer of Greenland Exploration Corp.

Previously, Mr. Baqar served as Chief Financial Officer from August 2021 to February 2024 and Executive Vice President from December 2021 to February 2024 of Fundamental Global Inc. (formerly FG Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGF)), which operates as a reinsurance and asset management holding company, as Chief Financial Officer of FG New America Acquisition II Corp., a special purpose acquisition company in the process of going public and is focused on merging with a company in the InsureTech, FinTech, broader financial services and insurance sectors from February 2021 to October 2023, as Chief Financial Officer of Insurance Income Strategies Ltd., a former Bermuda based reinsurance