Sonder Holdings Inc. announced that on September 19, 2025, Sean Aggarwal resigned from the Board of Directors of the company as a Class I director of the Board, from the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility Committee and from the Compensation Committee, effective the same date. Mr. Aggarwal?s decision to resign from the Board was not the result of any disagreement related to the Company?s operations, policies or practices. Effective September 23, 2025, the Board was expanded to eight members and the Board appointed Paul Stewart Aronzon and Jeffrey Stein to serve as Class I directors of the Board to fill vacancies in such class created by the resignation of Mr. Aggarwal and the expansion of the Board.
Mr. Aronzon and Mr. Stein will serve on the Board until the Company?s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr. Aronzon and Mr. Stein are each qualified to serve as an ?independent director? in accordance with the requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Aronzon, age 70, has served as the managing member of PSA Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm, since 2019. Previously, Mr. Aronzon served as co-managing partner at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP?s (?Milbank?), an international law firm, and co-leader of Milbank?s global financial restructuring group from 2008-2019, and executive vice president and managing director at Imperial Capital LLC, an investment banking firm, from 2006-2008. With more than 40 years of experience, he has worked as a leading consultant in corporate restructurings and reorganizations, with extensive experience in advising companies, boards of directors and advisory committees to boards of directors, independent directors, sponsors, debtors, creditors, debt acquirers, assets or companies and other parties in cases of reorganization and recapitalization operations.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University at Northridge and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law. Mr. Stein, age 55, has extensive experience as a corporate executive and director, including leadership and committee positions, of both public and private companies. Mr. Stein has served as Chief Restructuring Officer for Linqto Inc., a financial technology company, since May 2025, and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Breakpoint Partners LLC, a financial advisory firm, since April 2025.
Mr. Stein has also served as Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC, a financial advisory firm that provides consulting services to public and private companies and institutional investors, since July 2010. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Co-Founder and Principal of Durham Asset Management LLC (?Durham?), a global event-driven distressed debt and special situations equity asset management firm. From January 2003 through December 2009, Mr. Stein served as Co-Director of Research at Durham responsible for the identification, evaluation and management of investments for the various Durham portfolios.
Prior to this, Mr. Stein served in a variety of roles for finance and investment firms, primarily focused on distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes. Mr. Stein currently serves as an Independent Director on the board of directors of Sunnova Energy International Inc., a residential solar company, since April 2025, Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Tribune Resources Inc., an oil and gas company, since April 2021, Liquidating Trustee of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a crude oil company, since July 2020, Liquidating Trustee and Plan Administrator of Ditech Holding Corporation, a financial services company, since October 2019, Chairman of the board of directors of Ambac Financial Group Inc. (?Ambac?), a specialty property and casualty insurance business, since January 2015 and as Independent Director of Ambac since May 2013. Mr. Stein previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and Director of Rite Aid Corporation, a retail pharmacy and healthcare company, as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring officer, and Chairman of the board of directors of GWG Holdings Inc., a life insurance company, and as Chief Restructuring Officer and Chairman of the Restructuring & Transformation Committee of Liberty Steel Group Holdings Pte.
Ltd., an industrial and metals company. Mr. Stein has also previously served as a director on the board of directors for several other companies. Mr. Stein received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University and a Master of Business Administration with Honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University.
