Exhibit 10.2


 


BOARD
AGREEMENT


 


January
11, 2017


 


Global
Partner Acquisition Corp.


One
Rockefeller Plaza, 11th Floor


New
York, New York 10020


 


John
F. Ripley


35481
Troon Court


Round
Hill, VA 20141


 


Re:
Board Agreement


 


Jay:


 


Reference
is made to that certain agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Global Partner
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Global Partner Sponsor I LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Parent Sponsor”), Sequel Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent, Sequel Youth and Family Services, LLC, an Iowa limited liability company (the “Company”),
the Key Equityholders identified therein and you, as the Securityholder Representative identified therein. In order to induce
you and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent has agreed to enter into this letter agreement (this “Agreement”)
relating to your position on the Board of Directors of Parent, on the terms and subject to the conditions specified herein. This
letter represents the “Board Agreement” contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.


 


Parent
hereby agrees with you as follows:


 


1.       You
will be nominated by Parent as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Parent in the Proxy Statement prepared and filed by Parent
with the SEC.


 


2.       For
so long as you are a member of the Board of Directors of Parent, Parent shall pay you an annual payment of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) (payable quarterly in arrears, on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter). For the avoidance of
doubt, nothing contained in this Agreement shall guarantee you any particular position or any position on the Board of Directors
of Parent.


 


3.       You
shall be entitled to the same exculpation from liability and indemnification and expense advance rights as available to any other
director of the Parent on the date hereof and, if such rights are amended to be more favorable to any director, you shall also
receive such additional rights. In furtherance of the foregoing, you will participate in any directors and officers insurance
policy available to any director and Parent shall enter into an indemnification agreement with you in the form of Parent’s
current form of indemnification agreement filed with the SEC on Form S-1/A on July 13, 2015.


 






     

     


    

 


4.       This
Agreement constitutes the entire and final expression of our agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise
than by a written agreement executed by you and a duly authorized officer of Parent.


 


5.       No
party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent
of the other party.


 


6.       This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the
conflict of laws principles thereof. The parties hereto (a) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out
of, or relating in any way to, this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
(or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks jurisdiction, then in the applicable Delaware state court), or if
under applicable Law exclusive jurisdiction of such action is vested in the federal courts, then the United States District Court
for the District of Delaware, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive,
and (b) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.


 


7.       This
Agreement shall terminate at such time, if any, that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.


 


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Please
indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing in the space provided below.


 


	 	GLOBAL
    PARTNER ACQUISITION CORP.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    Paul Zepf
	 	Name:	Paul
Zepf
	 	Title:	Chief
Executive Officer


 


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Please
indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing in the space provided below. 


 


	 	/s/
    John F. Ripley
	 	Name:
    John F. Ripley


 


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