CHRISTOPHER PETZEL - Corporate Board Profile

Arena Group Holdings, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2021-09-09	Mr. Petzel is a partner at Percival Ventures, an investment firm based in Puerto Rico, focused on early stage blockchain investments and crypto currencies. Since August 2019, he has served as Chairman of Byte to Bite Industries, Inc., a delivery-focused hospitality and technology venture, as Chairman of Broadside Enterprises, Inc. (OTC:BRSE), an entertainment and media company, and as Chairman of Chancellor Group, Inc. (OTC:CHAG), a small cap vehicle. Mr. Petzel has broad experience with media, technology, hospitality, and corporate finance, including transactions with publicly-traded companies and has produced and/or financed several hundred million dollars of entertainment assets. Mr. Petzel worked for investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey in Los Angeles, where his clients included DreamWorks, Pacific Data Images (now DreamWorks Animation), Centropolis Effects, Sundance Productions, Constantin Film AG and Castle Music. In 1999, he was one of the principal members of the team representing The Walt Disney Company in valuation matters pertaining to a much-publicized arbitration with Jeffrey Katzenberg. Mr. Petzel also previously worked for the media finance department of Berliner Bank AG (London Branch). Mr. Petzel is fluent in German, English, French and Spanish. He studied finance and economics at the Universities of Barcelona (Spain) and Fribourg (Switzerland), where he graduated summa cum laude. We believe that Mr. Petzel is qualified to serve as a director because of his experience with media, technology, hospitality, and corporate finance, as well as his experience in building a technology platform for the entertainment industry and working with small cap companies, including with respect to their reporting requirements.
2022-05-02	Mr. Petzel is a partner at Percival Ventures, an investment firm focused on early stage blockchain investments and crypto currencies ... We believe that Mr. Petzel is qualified to serve as a director because of his experience with media, technology, hospitality, and corporate finance.
2023-04-28	Since January 2022, he has served as a managing director at Broadside Capital, LLC, a financial and strategic advisory firm based in Puerto Rico. Since August 2019, he has served as co-founder and Executive Chairman of Byte to Bite Industries, Inc., a delivery-focused hospitality platform. Since January 2016, he has served as Chairman and CEO of Broadside Enterprises, Inc. (OTC: BRSE), and, since July 2020 as Chairman and CEO of Chancellor Group, Inc. (OTC: CHAG), which are two publicly listed shell companies seeking acquisitions. From June 2001 until January 2016, he served as CEO at Fierce Entertainment, LLC, an independent film and television production company which operated a technology platform for major international film distributors. During his tenure at Fierce Entertainment, LLC, he produced and/or executive produced feature films with major stars including Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham and Nicholas Cage, Jason Sudeikis and Shirley MacLaine. Previously, from January 1999 to June 2001, Mr. Petzel worked for investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey in Los Angeles, where his clients included DreamWorks, Pacific Data Images (now DreamWorks Animation), Centropolis Effects, Sundance Productions, Constantin Film AG and Castle Music and, during his tenure there, he served as a principal member of the team representing The Walt Disney Company in valuation matters pertaining to its much-publicized arbitration with Jeffrey Katzenberg. Mr. Petzel also previously worked for the media finance department of Berliner Bank AG (London Branch) and Goldcrest Films International Ltd. Mr. Petzel has broad experience with media, technology, hospitality, and corporate finance and structured financings for several hundred million dollars of entertainment assets. Mr. Petzel is fluent in German, English, French and Spanish. He studied finance and economics at the Universities of Barcelona (Spain) and Fribourg (Switzerland), where he graduated summa cum laude.
2024-11-18	Mr. Petzel has broad entrepreneurial, corporate finance, and public company board experience. He was co-founder and Chairman at Byte to Bite Industries, Inc., a hospitality operator, and founder and CEO of Fierce Entertainment, LLC, which created a technology platform but no direct programming experience is indicated.