John Schaible has been a director and Executive Chairman of AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. since May 2024. Prior to being appointed to that position, Mr. Schaible was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, from October 2020 to February 2024. Mr. Schaible is a co-founder of Atlas Bank, a Latin American domiciled bank, and, since 2010, has served as its Vice Chairman. Mr. Schaible has also served as Chief Executive Officer of AtlasBanc Holdings Corp. since 2012 and Atlas FinTech since 2016, each affiliates of Atlas Bank. Mr. Schaible also co-founded Anderen Bank and was Chief Operating Officer of Anderen Financial, a FDIC-chartered financial institution and bank holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve Board, respectively, from 2007 until the acquisition of Anderen by First United Bank in 2012, each affiliates of Atlas Bank. Mr. Schaible also founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of NexTrade, which created an electronic communications network (ECN) in 1994 that was sold to Citigroup in 2006. Mr. Schaible has a degree in business management from Colorado State University.

Craig Ridenhour has served as a director and President of AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. since May 2024. Prior to being appointed to that position, he was co-founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development for Atlas FinTech Holdings Corp., a position that he has held since 2016. Since August 2022, he has also served as Chief Business Development Officer and a director of AtlasClear, Inc. Mr. Ridenhour is co-founder of AtlasBanc Holdings and EVP of Business Development, a position he has held since 2012. Mr. Ridenhour was the Managing Director of Wealth Management for Anderen Capital, a subsidiary of Anderen Financial, a FDIC-chartered financial institution and bank holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve Board, respectively, from 2008 until the acquisition of Anderen by First United Bank in 2012. Mr. Ridenhour has been securities licensed with FINRA since 1994 and held various positions throughout his career including acting in executive and principal capacities within brokerage firms. Mr. Ridenhour is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Thomas J. Hammond has been a director of AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. since February 2024. He previously served as a member of the board of Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, since February 2021. Mr. Hammond was the President of ICE Clear U.S., a wholly owned clearing house of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) from 2007 until his retirement in 2017. Prior to joining ICE, Mr. Hammond was Managing Director, Trading Operations at the Chicago Board of Trade (later the CME Group) where he played a leadership role in the successful transition to the Common Clearing Link. Before joining the CME Group in 2003, for a 17-year period, Mr. Hammond served as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC), where he successfully managed the development and implementation of integrated over the counter (OTC) clearing systems. Mr. Hammond currently serves as a board member of Atlas FinTech Holdings Corp. and Atlas Bank and, prior to his retirement in 2017, served on the boards of the Financial Services Division and the Chicago Operations Division of the Futures Industry Association, and participated in the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s Working Group on Financial Markets. Mr. Hammond earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lewis University in Romeoville, IL.

Sandip I. Patel has been a director of AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. since February 2024. He previously served as a member of the board of Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, from October 2020 to February 2024. Mr. Patel has been an attorney and corporate business consultant at Sandip I. Patel, P.A., a law firm founded by Mr. Patel in 2000. Since 2017, Mr. Patel has also served as Chief Legal Counsel of Channel Investments, LLC, a medical device company. Mr. Patel is also a co-founding stockholder of AtlasBanc, and was a co-founding stockholder and board member of Anderen Bank. Mr. Patel was the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Orion group of companies, a full-service real estate development company. Previously, Mr. Patel served as Head of the New Business Development and M&A team to national health insurance companies. Mr. Patel oversaw all legal, regulatory and governmental affairs on behalf of WellCare, while serving as the General Counsel and a partner in the company. Mr. Patel received his JD degree from the Stetson University College of Law, and a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Georgia.

Mark Shelby Smith was CEO and Founder of Symbiont.io, Inc. the first enterprise blockchain and smart contract company. Symbiont was the merger of MathMoney f(x) which was founded by Mr. Smith in September of 2013 and the founding team of Bitcoin 2.0 project Counterparty.io. As a entrepreneur and executive leader Mark brings three decades of global experience in FinTech. He is a pioneer in creating and deploying disruptive technology to the global FinTech ecosystem for both institutional and non-institutional customer segments. Mr. Smith is one of the early adopters of Bitcoin and what is now known as the Web 3 economy. During his career Mark has been part of the founding team of four disruptive FinTech companies that have gone from start-up to exit including The NexTrade ECN, MatchBook FX, Lava Trading, and Anderen Bank of Tampa Bay. He also holds a purple belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and was a 14 time All-American swimmer for the University of South Carolina. Mr. Smith also is the inventor on 5 financial technology product patents.