CFIV

Unit Split

CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

Underwriter: Cantor Fitzgerald
Raised
$400M
CIK
1825249
SPAC Ticker
CFIVU
Focus
Financial Services, Healthcare, Real Estate, Technology, Software, Unicorns
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Howard W. Lutnick has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since January 2020. Mr. Lutnick is also the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor. Mr. Lutnick joined Cantor in 1983 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor since 1992 and as Chairman since 1996. Mr. Lutnick’s company, CF Group Management, Inc. (“CFGM”), is the managing general partner of Cantor. Mr. Lutnick is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BGC Partners, Inc. and its Chief Executive Officer, positions in which he has served from June 1999 to the present. In addition, Mr. Lutnick has served as Chairman of Newmark Group, Inc. since 2016. Mr. Lutnick also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor SPAC I, from October 2015 until consummation of its business combination with GCM Grosvenor in November 2020. Mr. Lutnick also serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cantor SPAC II since September 2019 and Cantor SPAC III since March 2016. Mr. Lutnick is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation at Rockefeller University, the Board of Directors of the Horace Mann School, the Board of Directors of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum, the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, and the Board of Overseers of The Hoover Institution. In addition, Mr. Lutnick has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of each of Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust, Inc. (formerly known as Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.) and Rodin Income Trust, Inc. since February 2017 and as President of Rodin Income Trust, Inc. since January 2018. We believe that Mr. Lutnick is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive investment, management and public company experience.

Anshu Jain has been our President since September 2020. Mr. Jain will serve as a member of our board of directors on the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Jain is also the President of Cantor, a position he has held since January 2017. Mr. Jain directs strategy, vision and operational foundation across Cantor’s businesses. Mr. Jain also served as the President of Cantor SPAC I, from January 2018, and a director of Cantor SPAC I from December 2018, until in each case consummation of its business combination with GCM Grosvenor in November 2020. Mr. Jain also serves as the President of Cantor SPAC II, since September 2019, and a director of Cantor SPAC II since August 2020, as the President of Cantor SPAC III, since March 2020 and a director of Cantor SPAC III since November 2020. Mr. Jain was Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank from June 2012 to June 2015. Between February 2016 and March 2017, Mr. Jain was an advisor to Social Finance Inc. and consultant to Deutsche Bank from July 2015 to January 2016. He was also a member of Deutsche Bank’s Management Board from 2009 to 2015 and Deutsche Bank’s Group Executive Committee from 2002 to 2015 and previously led Deutsche Bank’s team advising the UK Treasury on financial stability. Mr. Jain joined Deutsche Bank from Merrill Lynch in 1995. Mr. Jain sat on the Board of Directors of the Institute of International Finance from 2012 to 2015 and previously was a member of the Financial Services Forum and served on the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Mr. Jain is a trustee of Chance to Shine, a leading UK based sports charity whose mission is to spread the power of cricket throughout schools and communities. Mr. Jain also serves on the MIT Sloan Finance Group Advisory Board. Mr. Jain received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics, with honors, from the University of Delhi and his MBA in Finance, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We believe that Mr. Jain is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive investment and management experience.

Paul Pion has been our Chief Financial Officer since January 2020. Mr. Pion will serve as a member of our board of directors on the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Pion has served as U.S. Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Managing Director of CF&Co since August 2011. In this position, Mr. Pion oversees a range of functions for Cantor and its affiliates, most notably client management, cost control, procurement, and vendor management. Other responsibilities include business continuity planning, facilities and insurance. In addition, Mr. Pion is the Treasurer of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund. Additionally, since January 2012, Mr. Pion has served as Chief Executive Officer of Tower Bridge International Services LP, a subsidiary of Cantor that is responsible for the back-office functions under a shared-services model for all Cantor UK-based businesses. Mr. Pion also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cantor SPAC I from January 2020 and a director of Cantor SPAC I from June 2020 until in each case consummation of its business combination with GCM Grosvenor in November 2020. Mr. Pion also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Cantor SPAC II since September 2019 and a director of Cantor SPAC II since August 2020, and as the Chief Financial Officer of Cantor SPAC III since March 2020 and a director of Cantor SPAC III since November 2020. In addition, Mr. Pion has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a director of each of Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust, Inc. (formerly known as Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.) and Rodin Income Trust, Inc. since January 2020. Mr. Pion previously served in numerous positions for Cantor, including Global Director of Internal Audit and was involved in various special projects from 2002 to 2010. Prior to joining Cantor, Mr. Pion served for approximately 14 years with the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, most recently as an Audit and Assurance partner focusing on financial services clients. At Deloitte & Touche, Mr. Pion also led the New York office’s China Practice. Mr. Pion holds Series 7 and 27 licenses and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. He received a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany. We believe that Mr. Pion is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive accounting and management experience.