Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2020
GRAPHENE & SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado
333-174194
27-2888719
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
433 Camden Dr., Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA
90210
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 887-1477
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Trading Symbol
Name of Each Exchange on which registered
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective June 1, 2020, Frank J. Garofalo was elected to the Board of Directors of the Company.
For more than three decades Mr. Garofalo has been a Management Consultant and Corporate Finance Advisor working on “special assignment” for Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors, primarily in technology driven markets. Mr. Garofalo has assisted companies ranging from $10 million to over $10 billion in size, including several major participants in the Electronics and Computer Systems Applications industry across U.S. as well as in Europe.
He is an expert in strategic, competitive and market analysis with an emphasis on positioning companies for maximum equity valuation. Mr. Garofalo’s career in professional services includes serving as Senior Vice President in the Investment Banking division of PaineWebber (now UBS) and as Director and Senior Consultant in Arthur D. Little’s Technology consulting practice.
While at Arthur D. Little, Mr. Garofalo was the Lead Manager on major studies for Fortune 500 client organizations in product/market forecasting, technology trends assessments, market research, strategic business planning, and evaluations of diversification and acquisition opportunities.
As part of PaineWebber / UBS Corporate Finance his assignments have included dozens of corporate development and corporate finance projects including private placements of equity financing, mergers, acquisition, divestitures and the establishment of joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Mr. Garofalo has served on several boards, including biotech spin-off company Medi-Pharmaceuticals Inc. before its merger into Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. and the Board of Sigma Labs. Mr. Garofalo is also member of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service.
Mr. Garofalo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT, a Master of Science degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard University.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 9, 2020
Graphene & Solar Technologies Limited
By:
/s/ ROGER MAY
Name:
Roger May
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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