Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Resignation of Director and Officer
On November 27, 2022, Ms. Claudia Gast tendered her resignation as the Chief
Financial Officer (the Principal Financial and Account Officer of the Company),
the Secretary and a director of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I (the
"Company"), effective November 27, 2022. The resignation of Ms. Gast was not a
result of any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies or
procedures.
Appointment of Officer
Effective November 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed
Aleksander Baranski as Chief Financial Officer (the Principal Financial and
Account Officer of the Company) and Secretary of the Company, replacing Ms.
Gast.
Mr. Baranski, age 42, has served as a Vice President of the Company since July
2021. Mr. Baranski has also served as a partner at Greentrail Capital since July
2021. He has invested in various technology companies, including Palantir
Technologies and Cohesity, through his investment venture, Carlton Hill
Partners, since July 2018. From August 2020 to March 2021, Mr. Baranski worked
at Optiver, a proprietary trading firm, where he focused on special situations
in Europe and the U.S. Prior to that, Mr. Baranski served as a hedge fund
investment professional at both Smith Cove Capital Management, from June 2017 to
July 2018, and Perry Capital, from March 2014 to August 2016, where he invested
across the capital structure. Additionally, Mr. Baranski worked at The
Blackstone Group, where he was involved in multiple transactions across various
sectors. He began his career at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Baranski received his
Master in Business Administration with honors from the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania, a Master's Degree in International Management from
the CEMS program at the Erasmus University and the Warsaw School of Economics,
and a Master's Degree in Finance with honors from the Warsaw School of
Economics.
In connection with Mr. Baranski's appointment to Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary of the Company, Mr. Baranski will enter into (1) a joinder to the
letter agreement on substantially the same terms as previously entered into by
and between the Company and each of its other directors and officers in
connection with the Company's initial public offering, which was previously
filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on October 25,
2021, and (2) the Company's standard indemnity agreement, a form of which was
previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-257861) on July 13, 2021.
Mr. Baranski is not expected to enter into an employment agreement, however, he
will receive compensation in the amount of $100,000 on an annualized basis.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Baranksi and any other
person pursuant to which he was selected as the Chief Financial Officer or
Secretary. There are no family relationships between Mr. Baranksi and any
director or executive officer of the Company. Mr. Baranksi does not have any
direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed
pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
At this time Mr. Baranski does not hold any securities of the Company.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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