Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-002259
Chunk: 136

Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 136
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 and desirable merger partner. The backgrounds of our highly-qualified independent director nominees are highlighted below:

| ● | Grant                                                                                           
 R. Allen will be one of our independent directors as of the effective date of the registration  
 statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Mr. Allen has served as a Venture Partner      
 of Giant Ventures since May 2024. Mr. Allen previously served as founding General Partner       
 from August 2019 to January 2024 at SE Ventures, a financially oriented, single LP fund created 
 in partnership with Schneider Electric. Prior to SE Ventures, Mr. Allen served as global        
 head of venture investing at Zurich-based ABB Ltd. where he was also a member of ABB’s          
 Technology Leadership Team and served on the Board of Directors of Enbala Power Networks,       
 acquired in 2020 by Generac, and Industrial Defender, acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2014.      
 Prior to joining ABB in 2010, Mr. Allen worked at Core Capital Partners, Microsoft Corporation, 
 Dean & Company and Bates White.                                                                 |

| ● | Brian                                                                                               
 Bonner will be one of our independent directors as of the effective date of the registration        
 statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Mr. Bonner served on Board of Directors            
 of Daseke from February 2015 to April 2024, including roles as Executive Chairman (August           
 2019 until August 2020), Independent Chairman of the Board of Directors of Daseke (August           
 2020 until June 2022) and Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of          
 Daseke (January 2020 until July 2022), and the Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board       
 of Directors of Daseke. Mr. Bonner’s 33-year career with Texas Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:           
 TXN), a Fortune 500 publicly traded technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors 
 and various integrated circuits, spanned several executive leadership positions, including          
 Vice President and Chief Information Officer from 2000 to 2014 and other leadership positions       
 in product profit and loss management, worldwide marketing, and post-acquisition integration.       
 Mr. Bonner brings to the Company’s Board significant experience and insight in sales                
 management; human capital management, organization, and compensation; corporate oversight           
 and governance; business performance; business scaling post-acquisition implementation/integration; 
 and information technology management and development; and cybersecurity and information            
 technology systems