Company: UP
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011647
Chunk: 121

Company: Wheels Up Experience Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 121
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| Brian Kedzior        |     |  44 |     | Chief People Officer                 |
| Matthew Knopf        |     |  68 |     | Chief Legal Officer                  |
| Kristen Lauria       |     |  56 |     | Chief Marketing Officer              |

| (1) | Mr. Verkamp was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in March 2025. |

George Mattson. Mr. Mattson has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since October 2023, as a member of the Board since September 2023, and serves on the Board pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement. Prior to joining Wheels Up, Mr. Mattson served as President of Star Mountain, a specialized private investment firm, from February 2023 to October 2023. Prior to joining Star Mountain, Mr. Mattson was a private investor and corporate board member from 2012 to February 2023. Prior to his years as a private investor, Mr. Mattson held various positions at Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 2012, including most recently as a partner and co-head of the Global Industrials Group in Investment Banking from 2002 to 2012, and prior to that time, held various sales and marketing positions at IBM from 1987 to 1993. Mr. Mattson has also served as a director of Xos, Inc. since August 2021. He formerly served as a director of Delta (NYSE: DAL) from October 2012 to October 2023, Air France-KLM S.A. (PAR: AF) from 2017 until 2021, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) from October 2019 to June 2023, Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc. from December 2021 to August 2023, NextGen Acquisition Corp II from January 2021 to December 2021, and NextGen Acquisition Corp from July 2020 to August 2021. Mr. Mattson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. John Verkamp. Mr. Verkamp has served as Wheels Up’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Mr. Verkamp joined Wheels Up after over 20 years at GE and GE Vernova Inc. (“GE Vernova”), which included multiple financial leadership positions within GE’s Aerospace and Vernova organizations. Mr. Verkamp joined