Joanna Coles is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 6 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Investment Corp. II, Chief Executive Officer for NSIC II-A Merger LLC and Chief Executive Officer at NSIC II-B Merger LLC (both are subsidiaries of Northern Star Investment Corp. II), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Investment Corp. IV, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Investment Corp. III and Senior Advisor at Cornell Capital LLC (Private Equity). Joanna Coles is also Managing Member at Northern Star Sponsor LLC and on the board of 8 other companies.

She previously occupied the position of Editor-In-Chief at Cosmopolitan, Inc., Chief-New York Bureau at The Guardian, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Northern Star Acquisition Corp., Vice Chairman-Merchant Banking Division at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines, Inc.

Ms. Coles received an undergraduate degree from the University of East Anglia.