Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Natural Order Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") previously announced the
resignation of Marc Volpe as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the
Company. Mr. Volpe's resignation did not result from a disagreement with the
Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or
practices, including its controls of financial-related matters.
On September 13, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed John
Ritacco as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, with such
appointment to be effective immediately. As the Company's Chief Financial
Officer, Mr. Ritacco will serve as the principal financial officer of the
Company.
Prior to Mr. Ritacco's appointment as the Company's Chief Financial Officer,
from February 2019 through August 2021, Mr. Ritacco served as the CFO for
investment management clients of Ritacco Consulting LLC. From June 2015 through
February 2019, he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial
Officer for Frontlight Capital LP, a global macro hedge fund manager that he
helped launch. Prior to that, Mr. Ritacco was the Chief Financial Officer for
Clough Capital Partners, L.P., a multi-billion-dollar global equity-focused
investment management firm, where he served from January 2011 through May 2015.
From April 2001 through January 2011, he was a Vice President and Associate at
Wellington Management, where he provided operational support for their hedge
fund platform. He was a Vice President and Director of Fund Accounting and
Administration at PFPC (currently part of BNY Mellon) from August 1998 through
March 2001. Mr. Ritacco began his career as an auditor in the financial services
practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he provided audit and attestation
services for investment management clients from August 1992 through July 1998.
Mr. Ritacco received his BS in Accounting and Economics from Babson College,
where he graduated in May 1992. He is a Certified Public Accountant, and a
member of both the American Institute of CPAs and the Massachusetts Society of
CPAs.
Mr. Ritacco has no family relationships with any current director, executive
officer, or person nominated to become a director or executive officer, of the
Company, and there are no transactions or proposed transactions, to which the
Company is a party, or intended to be a party, in which Mr. Ritacco has, or will
have, a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation
S-K.
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