Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On June 18, 2020, the board of directors (the "Board") of CF Finance Acquisition
Corp. (the "Company") increased the size of the Board to seven and appointed
Paul Pion, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as a Class II director of
the Company. The Board expects to appoint an independent director to the Board
in the near future.
Paul Pion, 53, has served as U.S. Chief Administrative Officer and Senior
Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. since August 2011. In this
position, Mr. Pion oversees a range of functions for Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
("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. In addition, Mr. Pion has served as Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer and a director of each of 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.
No family relationships exist between Mr. Pion and any other directors or
executive officers of the Company. There are no transactions to which the
Company is or was a participant and in which Mr. Pion has a material interest
subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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