Barbara Byrne

Director at Hennessy Capital

Barbara Byrne will be one of the independent directors as of the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Ms. Byrne served as a director of CBS Corp. from September 2018 until its merger with Viacom Inc. in December 2019, and she is currently the chair of the audit committee of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC), a mass media company. She also served as a director of the Institute of International Education since February 2019 and serves as a member of its audit committee. Ms. Byrne is a former Vice Chairman, Investment Banking at Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) and Lehman Brothers and held senior leadership positions in both the Energy and Technology Investment Banking Groups at each firm. Ms. Byrne served on the British-American Business Council, New York City Board from 2013 to 2017, and on the board of trustees of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley from 2006 to 2016. American Banker named Ms. Byrne in the top 5 of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Finance” for eight consecutive years through 2017, and she received American Banker’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Finance in October 2018. She has been a lifetime member of The Council on Foreign Relations since 2013. Ms. Byrne graduated Mount Holyoke College magna cum laude with a degree in economics. Ms. Byrne is well-qualified to serve as a director due to her executive, investment and public company board experience.


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