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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 28, 2022, the board of directors (“Board”) of EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) appointed Henry William Haywood Chamberlain as a director to fill a vacancy on the Board. Mr. Chamberlain will serve on the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee of the Board.
Mr. Chamberlain has 20 years of investing, executive management, fundraising, merger and acquisition and public offering experience. In 2016, Mr. Chamberlain founded Digital Media Marketing Holdings, a media holding company. Since 2017, he has been a Partner of VGC Partners, a venture capital firm focused on growth investments in technology enabled consumer and media businesses. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Chamberlain served as a Partner of IBIS Private Equity Partners, where he managed a publicly listed media Venture Capital Trust and direct growth investments. Previously, in 2004, Mr. Chamberlain founded LifeStageMedia, a digital media business which he built in New York and successfully exited five years later to a major US private equity firm. During his time in New York, he also served as founding Principal of the US division of Fairfax I.S., a UK investment bank. Mr. Chamberlain received a MA with Honors in History and Politics from The University of Edinburgh. He also holds a number of financial regulatory qualifications in the UK and US.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 2, 2022
| EDTECHX HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP. II | ||
| By: | /s/ Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet | |
| Name: | Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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