Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
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. merged with U.S. Ecology, Inc., and Mr. Hennessy served as a director of NRC Group Holdings Corp. from October 2018 to October 2019. From April 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II, or Hennessy II, which merged in February 2017 with Daseke, which was subsequently acquired in April 2024 by TFI International (NYSE and TSX: TFII). Mr. Hennessy served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Daseke from February 2017 to June 2021. From September 2013 to February 2015, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp., or Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD), and Mr. Hennessy served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Blue Bird Corporation from February 2015 to April 2019. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Mr. Hennessy was selected to serve as director due to his experience in private equity and public and private company board governance, as well as his background in finance and his experience with Hennessy I, Hennessy II, Hennessy III, Hennessy IV, Hennessy V and Hennessy VI.

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Thomas D. Hennessy, the son of Mr. Daniel J. Hennessy and HVII’s President and Chief Operating Officer since HVII’s formation, and a director since November 2024, is also a Managing Member of Hennessy Capital Group LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, real estate and sustainable technologies. Since August 2023, Mr. Hennessy has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Compass Digital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CDAQ), a SPAC, which in September 2024 entered and announced a definitive business combination agreement with EEW Renewables Ltd., a proven developer of utility-scale renewable energy projects across Europe and Australia. Previously, amongst other roles, Mr. Hennessy served as: (i