Finnovate Acquisition Corp. announced the appointment of Calvin Kung as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Calvin Kung, 38, recently served as a senior director at GDS Holdings Limited, a developer and operator of high-performance data centers in mainland China and Hong Kong from June 2020 to March 2023.

During his tenure at GDS, Mr. Kung coordinated its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the release of its sustainability strategy and inaugural ESG report. He assisted with other projects at GDS across operations, finance, legal and investor relations. From February 2017 to June 2020, Mr. Kung was director at RADII, a media and entertainment platform.

Prior to joining RADII, Mr. Kung worked as a corporate attorney in Beijing and New York with a focus on capital markets. He began his career in credit research at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York.

Mr. Kung received a bachelor's degree from Duke University and Juris Doctor from Northwestern University.