On January 16, 2023, the board of directors of Talon 1 Acquisition Corp. elected Marc Cho as a director of the Company, effective immediately, to serve in such capacity until a successor has been elected and qualified, or until his resignation or removal. Mr. Cho, age 47, previously served as advisor to the Company.

He serves as the Chief Investment Officer for GA Telesis and is the President of the LIFT (Leasing, Investments, Finance & Trading) Group. Before joining GA Telesis in 2017, Mr. Cho served as President of Echelon Aviation, the aircraft investment platform for Prospect Capital, which he co-founded in 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Cho was a Director in the Aircraft Trading and Investment team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) for nearly eight years, where he directed origination of aircraft leasing investments, acquisition of secondary market aircraft debt, and management of a lease portfolio that grew to over 90 aircraft.

He also led the acquisition of over $2.5 billion in loans and execution of over 400 aircraft trades. Prior to BAML, Mr. Cho was a Senior Vice President at DVB Bank AG for over four years, where he closed over $2.0 billion in aircraft financings during his term. His prior experience also includes executive positions at GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and the aircraft finance division of Heller Financial.

Mr. Cho graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor of science in economics.