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Fusion
Acquisition Corp. II
NYSE: FSNB
About Us
NYSE: FSNB
Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB) is a blank-check company formed to unlock shareholder value by identifying an acquisition target. FSNB focusses on the Fintech, Wealth and Asset Management sectors as well as adjacent technologies.
FSNB intends to target businesses that are providing or changing technology for traditional financial services (Fintech), those in the wealth, investment and asset management sectors, and certain types of technology companies that lie adjacent to the Fintech sector.
FSNB those with an enterprise value of $1.5 billion to $5 billion.
In September 2021, the team successfully merged Fusion Acquisition Corp. with MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML).
News
10/4/2024
For media inquiries please contact:
Cody Slach, Gateway | fusion@gatewayir.com | (949) 574-3860
The Team
PROVEN INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Chairman
Jim Ross
Chairman
Jim is a financial product innovator and experienced director. He is currently a senior advisor to State Street and is best known for being the global Chairman of its SPDR exchange-traded funds' business. He is an ETF pioneer and was instrumental in creating, developing, and bringing to market many of the world’s first ETFs, including ETFs in the U.S., Hong Kong and Australia. These included the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY), the first U.S. ETF and largest ETF in the world today, as well as the first gold ETF (NYSE: GLD).
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John James
Chief Executive Officer
John is a successful institutional investor, asset manager, and founder and operator of multiple technology businesses including BetaSmartz, a fintech company servicing wealth and asset management firms. He has also been a strategic partner to global financial institutions. His career began in financial services, having co-founded an emerging market property and infrastructure fund, managing U.S. long/short equities portfolios, and advising on M&A transactions.
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Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Erik Thoresen
Chief Financial Officer
Erik's significant experience includes M&A, portfolio management, value, and special situation investing. He has run fintech investment at Calaveras Capital, a US based family office. His over 20 year career has seen him in previous roles including Vice President (Strategy & Development) at BNY Mellon wealth management and Vice President (Corporate development) at E*TRADE Financial. Erik previously served on the board of directors of Sport-Haley, Inc. where he served as chairman of the audit committee and on the investment committee at various times. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder.
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Kelly Driscoll
Director
Kelly is a successful asset management executive with international board experience, fiduciary expertise, and a proven track record of driving cross-enterprise transformation initiatives. She spent more than 30 years at State Street where she was most recently a Senior Vice President in Global Services. Her previous leadership roles at SSGA included Head of Public Policy and Governance, Head of Asia ex-Japan, and building and leading the fiduciary business. She is currently a principal of Fiduciary Resolutions, a fiduciary advisory and consulting firm.
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Director
Ben Buettell
Director
Ben is a veteran M&A professional bringing a wealth of strategic, financial, and transactional experience to the team. He spent 24 years with Houlihan Lokey where he helped grow it from a boutique firm into a global investment bank. He led over 200 corporate engagements, including mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, equity reorganizations, and strategic alternative assessments to startups, public and private companies, boards of directors, and independent fiduciaries. Ben is a co-founder and former partner of Chicago-based, early-stage technology venture firm, R7 Partners, and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.
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Contact
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN REACH US...
Our Address
General Inquiries
1330 Ave of the Americas
23rd Floor
New York, New York 10019
Tel: (212) 763-0169