NEW YORK, May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindblad Expeditions
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIND), a global provider of expedition
cruises and adventure travel experiences, announced today it has
appointed Leo Chang to serve as Vice
President, Strategic Finance.
In this position, Mr. Chang will work closely with Lindblad's
senior leadership to identify M&A and other investment
opportunities to grow the company's core domestic and international
businesses. He will also oversee and direct Lindblad's existing
strategic finance activities including operational analysis,
resource allocation, budgeting and forecasting, and multi-year
planning.
Mr. Chang brings to Lindblad nearly 25 years of experience
leading strategic growth, capital market and operational
initiatives for companies across a wide range of industries.
Mr. Chang has held various leadership positions in private
equity and investment banking, including 18 years at Jefferies
& Company, Inc., and for the past two years he served as the
Chief Financial Officer at Frontida BioPharm. Mr. Chang
earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School
of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania.
"Leo has extensive strategic, financial and transaction
experience that will be instrumental in driving our future growth
initiatives. His addition marks a further commitment to strengthen
our market leadership position in expedition travel globally, as we
did through our successful acquisition and integration of Natural
Habitat." stated Craig Felenstein,
CFO of Lindblad.
About Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.
Lindblad is an expedition travel company that works in
partnership with National Geographic to inspire people to explore
and care about the planet. The organizations work in tandem to
produce innovative marine expedition programs and to promote
conservation and sustainable tourism around the world. The
partnership's educationally oriented voyages allow guests to
interact with and learn from leading scientists, naturalists and
researchers while discovering stunning natural environments, above
and below the sea, through state-of-the-art exploration
tools. Lindblad's common stock and warrants trade on The
NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbols LIND and LINDW,
respectively.
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