Claudia Gast

Board of Directors

Ms. Claudia Gast is the Chief Financial Officer and Board Director of Global Technology Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GTAC) and co-founder of Greentrail Capital, an investment firm focused on publicly listed companies and pre-IPO opportunities, with an emphasis on global technology and consumer organizations. For the last 15 years, she has been responsible for leading mergers and acquisitions and has an extensive background in private equity. Prior to her current roles, Ms. Gast served as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of M&A at AM General (a KPS Capital Partners portfolio company), as well as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at GWR Safety Systems (a GHC Capital portfolio company) and as Finance Leader at Procter & Gamble. Ms. Gast holds a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Finance & Management from Esade Business School in Barcelona; an MBA in Finance & General Management from the University of Michigan; an MBA in Finance & Strategic Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and an MBA in Finance, Accounting & Strategy from the University of Chicago.

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