Company: NEWTP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001587987-25-000073
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Company: NewtekOne, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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ink was also previously employed by the Company as an Executive Vice President from 2000-2005; and by Touche Ross/Deloitte Consulting; and is a graduate of the General Electric Financial Management Program. Mr. Zink has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Zink also serves as a director of Newtek Bank. Mr. Zink’s professional experience provides a significant addition to the Board of Directors, as a result of, among other things, Mr. Zink’s many years of experience providing consulting and financial advice to small and medium sized businesses.

Mr. Perez-Hickman has served as an independent director of the Company since 2021. Mr. Perez-Hickman is a Managing Partner at Azora Capital, a Madrid-based European private equity firm, and its U.S. affiliate Azora Exan, based in Miami, Florida. Mr. Perez-Hickman served as Vice Chairman, Director of Corporate Strategy and member of IBERIABANK’s Planning Group Committee from 2007 until its merger with First Horizon Bank in July 2020. At IBERIABANK, he was responsible for corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions, supervising the Consumer and Retail Banking Division, reporting to the CEO. From 2007 to 2017, Mr. Perez-Hickman served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Sabadell United Bank and Managing Director of Santander Private Banking International.

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Mr. Perez-Hickman also serves as a director of Newtek Bank. Mr. Perez-Hickman’s broad experience as a highly successful and experienced executive with a proven track record in management, mergers and acquisitions and value creation at financial services businesses in the United States, Spain and international markets, provides a significant addition to the Board of Directors.

Mrs. Razon-Feingold has served as a non-independent director of the Company since 2021. Mrs. Razon-Feingold has served as the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer since July 2016 and as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the Company since July 2019. Mrs. Razon-Feingold’s tenure at the Company spans over twelve years, with her current principal responsibilities centered on managing the Executive department and all areas of Human Resources for the Company and all of its subsidiaries. Mrs. Razon-Feingold holds a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from CUNY Baruch College and a bachelor