Daniel Hirsch

Daniel Hirsch is a member of NUBURU, Inc.’s board of directors. Mr. Hirsch has been a consultant to and Executive in Residence with Anzu Partners since August 2022. Mr. Hirsch has also been the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary and a member of the board of directors of Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ: ANZU) since October 2022. Mr. Hirsch was a principal of Cascade Acquisition Holdings, LLC, the sponsor of a special purpose acquisition company, Cascade Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CAS), formed in November 2020, and served as its chief operating officer and chief financial officer through May 2022. Mr. Hirsch served as a consultant to Trinity Real Estate Investments, LLC from January 2019 through November 2019 in connection with Trinity’s sponsorship of a special purpose acquisition company, Trinity Merger Corp, which completed its initial business combination in November 2019 with Broadmark Realty Capital (NYSE: BRMK) (“Broadmark”). Since November 2019, Mr. Hirsch has served on the board of Broadmark and is currently the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Hirsch has served on the board of The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC), a real estate investment trust, since 2018 and is currently a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, Mr. Hirsch served as a consultant to Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Farallon”), an investment firm that manages capital on behalf of institutions and individuals, for which he has served as a board designee with respect to Farallon’s investment in Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. (NASDAQ: PLYA), from January 2017 to March 31, 2020. During his tenure as a director at Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V.,