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Gregory Stoupnitzky is a Director of Investment Banking at EarlyBirdCapital LLC, a New York based financial services firm, with over 25 years of investment banking experience in the energy and natural resources sectors. Since January 2016 he has served as Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees for Eland Oil & Gas Plc (AIM: ELA), and he serves as a Director of Twelve Seas Investment Company, a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company. In 2018 and 2019 he was an Advisory Director with Innolith AG, a Swiss private company developing battery technology for utility-scale power storage. From January 2014 to October 2015 he served as CEO and Executive Director of Azonto Petroleum Limited (ASX: APY), a gas-to-power developer in West Africa, where he led the company's transformation. He previously held senior positions with Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Renaissance Capital in London, Moscow and New York, working with companies and investor groups across Latin America, the CIS and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has served on the board of the U.S.-Russia Business Council and of several corporate entities. Mr. Stoupnitzky graduated from Columbia University with a BA and an MA.