Fred Zeidman

Mr. Zeidman has served as Chairman of Gordian Group LLC, a U.S. investment bank specializing in board level advice in complex financial matters since December 2014. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Good Works Acquisition Corp., a Specific Purpose Acquisition Corp. since June 2020 and is Co-Chairman of Council for a secure America.      Over the course of his distinguished 50-year career, Mr. Zeidman has been involved in numerous high-profile workouts, restructurings and reorganizations. He served as lead Director of Straight Path Communications, Inc., until its sale to Verizon in 2017. Director of REMA a division of NRG Corp. and he further serves on the board of Prosperity Bank and was formerly Restructuring Officer of TransMeridian Exploration Inc. and Chief Bankruptcy Trustee of AremisSoft Corp. He was also Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Seitel, Inc., a Houston-based onshore seismic data provider where he was instrumental in the successful turnaround of the Company and also held the post of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Unibar Corporation, the largest domestic independent drilling fluids company, until its sale to Anchor Drilling Fluids in 1992.      Mr. Zeidman was appointed Chairman of the US Holocaust Memorial Council by President George W. Bush in 2002 and served until 2010. He is Chairman Emeritus of the University of Texas Health Science System Houston and currently serves on the board of Memorial Children’s Hospital.      He serves as National Chairman of the Development Corp of Israel (Israel Bonds) from 2010 to 2017 and continues to sit on the Board of and Executive Committee of the National World War II Museum.      Mr. Zeidman holds a Bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master’s in Business Administration from New York University.