Announcement • Mar 14
Cantor Equity Partners V, Inc. Appoints Charlotte Blechman as Director and Committee Member, Effective March 10, 2026
Cantor Equity Partners V, Inc. announced that effective March 10, 2026, the board of directors appointed Charlotte Blechman as a member of the Board. Ms. Blechman will serve as a Class I director. Additionally, effective March 10, 2026, the Board appointed Ms. Blechman as a member of the audit committee of the Board and a member of the compensation committee of the Board. Ms. Blechman has extensive executive and management experience in marketing, public relations, visual merchandising, branding, digital and social marketing, advertising and communications. Ms. Blechman currently serves as a Senior Managing Director of ACTUM, a strategic advisory firm, a position she has held since November 2025, where she will lead a buildout of a global Fashion, Lifestyle and Luxury consultancy through targeted recruitment and key acquisitions. Ms. Blechman has also served as a director of Lightwave Acquisition Corp. since June 2025 and of Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. since January 2026. From October 2024 to August 2025, Ms. Blechman previously served as a consultant for alice and olivia, a women's contemporary lifestyle brand. From January 2017 to June 2023, Ms. Blechman served as Chief Marketing Officer of Tom Ford Retail LLC where she was responsible for all global marketing, communications, advertising, public relations, visual display, customer relationship management, digital marketing, events and global marketing initiatives. Ms. Blechman previously served as a director of CF Finance Acquisition Corp. II from November 2020 until consummation of its business combination with View, Inc. in March 2021, a director of CF Acquisition Corp. VIII from March 2021 until consummation of its business combination with XBP Global, Inc. (f/k/a XBP Europe, Inc.) in November 2023, as a director of Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. from August 2024 until consummation of its business combination with Twenty One Capital, Inc. in December 2025 and as a director of CF Acquisition Corp. IV from December 2020 to December 2023 when it liquidated. From 2011 to 2017, Ms. Blechman served as Executive Vice-President of Marketing and Communication at Barneys New York. Prior to that, Ms. Blechman served as Gucci America's Vice President of Public Relations and Special Events, also overseeing Worldwide Celebrity Relations. She also served as Vice President of Public Relations for Yves Saint Laurent. The Company believes that Ms. Blechman is qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to her extensive experience in business management.
