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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 13, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bite Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Jesus O. Lanza Losa to serve as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by the previously-announced resignation of Mr. Randall Hiatt. The Board also appointed Luis Doporto to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately.
Mr. Jesus O. Lanza Losa has been the Founder & CEO, Education Focused Buyouts Platform of LOTTUS, Mexico since 2013, and has successfully led the acquisition, optimization, and business enlargement of six different targets totaling circa $250 million in transaction volume. Mr. Lanza Losa served as an Associate, Special Situations Group & Distressed Assets at Cerberus Capital Management, London in 2012. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Lanza Losa was an Analyst with the Investment Banking Division – M&A LatAm at Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York/Mexico. Mr. Lanza Losa graduated from Universidad de Oviedo with a B.A. in Business Administration, and holds a Masters in Finance Degree from London Business School.
Mr. Luis Doporto is a Mexican entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience leading specialized teams in corporate practice, domestic and international M&A, brand building and corporate strategies in pharmaceutical, agro-industrial and food & beverage sectors. In 2019, Mr. Doporto founded Doporto Prime Capital, leading a team of professionals in the beverage, pharmaceutical, finance and consumer sectors. Mr. Doporto is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Casa Marzam, a pharmaceutical distribution company with 650 daily delivery routes and serving more than 27,000 clients in Mexico. In 2018, Mr. Doporto founded Guacamolito/Golden Stone, a U.S. company that produces and distributes avocado pulp for the food service industries. Mr. Doporto graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana and holds a Master’s Degree in International Commercial Law from the Université Panthéon Assas of Paris.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BITE Acquisition Corp. | ||
By: | /s/ Axel Molet Warschawski | |
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Name: Axel Molet Warschawski | |
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Date: January 20, 2023