On April 11, 2024, the directors of Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Limited unanimously appointed (i) Gary Challinor to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Gary Challinor was appointed to serve as the Company?s Chief Executive Officer on April 11, 2024.

He currently also serves as Chief Operating Officer of VivoPower International PLC. He has over 30 years of experience across a range of senior executive roles in multiple industries around the world. He has worked for Fortune 1000, FTSE and ASX companies and various government organizations across finance, human resources, customer experience, manufacturing, distribution, digital workspace, cloud solutions and more, and been a part of a number of successful start-ups, scale-ups and turnarounds.

Gary?s deep understanding of various organizations has helped them to execute successfully to achieve their goals. As a leader Gary focusses on developing his teams to ensure they achieve both their professional as well as their personal goals. With a history of delivering both sales and profit achievement, Gary has managed teams in excess of 100 people across multiple countries (EMEA, USA, South America, APAC), cultures, languages and time zones whilst ensuring 100% customer satisfaction.

Mr. Challinor received his B.A. from Western Sydney University in accounting and computer science and his M.B.A. from University of Reading.