Mr. William B. Nettles, Jr. has served as a director of Beyond since June 2020. Mr. Nettles is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Invictus Growth Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded in 2019 that invests in and advises technology companies. He is also a founder and on the board of directors of Advanced Mobile Payments, a payment technology solutions company located in Newport Beach, CA. Prior to Invictus Growth Partners, Mr. Nettles has held various leadership roles at different companies, including Executive Vice President of Sungevity, based in Oakland, CA, Director of Investments at Pan African Investments (PIC), a New York City-based private investment firm, VP and Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at VeriFone and later the GM of the Middle East and Africa at VeriFone, and Corporate Development executive at Lycos. Mr. Nettles began his career at Credit Suisse, where he was an investment banker, focused on mergers, acquisitions, equity and debt financings. Mr. Nettles graduated from the University of California at Berkeley where he received a B.S. in Business Administration. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Nettles should serve as a director considering our business and structure were Mr. Nettles’ substantial business investment and technology experience.
As a result of the above and other experiences, Mr. Nettles possesses particular knowledge, skill and/or experience in a number of other areas that strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, experience, and capabilities, including but not limited to senior leadership, marketing or brand management, finance or accounting, technology, strategic planning, business transformation, and human capital management.
