William Houlihan

From 1977 through 1981, Mr. Houlihan held several auditing and accounting positions. From 1981 to 2000, and for short-term periods in 2004 and 2007, he worked for a number of investment banking companies, including Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, J.P. Morgan, and UBS. From 2001 to 2008, he was a private investor while serving as Chief Financial Officer for several distressed financial services companies, including at various times, Sixth Gear, Inc., Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Metris Companies, and Hudson United Bancorp. Mr. Houlihan currently serves as the Audit Committee Chairman and member of the Compensation Committee for MAXEX, LLC, as the Chairman of the Audit Committee for First Physicians Capital Group ("FPCG"), and as Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Compensation Committee, and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee for Lument Finance Trust. Mr. Houlihan served as lead independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tiptree Financial Partners from 2013 to 2015, as lead independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Care Investment Trust from 2010 to 2013, as director of SNL Financial from 2003 to 2010, and as director and shareholder of a familyowned commercial real estate investment partnership from 1998 to 2012. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for Amalgamated Bank from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Houlihan serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd., a blank check company, and for Thunder Bridge Capital Partners III Inc., a blank check company. He was also Chief Financial Officer of Thunder Bridge Acquisition, Ltd., a blank check company, from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Houlihan may in the future serve as an officer for any new special purpose acquisition companies affiliated with the sponsors of Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. and Thunder Bridge Capital Partners III Inc. Mr. Houlihan holds an inactive license as a Certified Public Accountant. Since 2017, he has been an adjunct professor for the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University.

Mr. Houlihan chairs the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Nominating and Governance Committee.