We are a newly-incorporated blank check company. While we may pursue an initial business combination opportunity in any business, industry, sector or geographic region, we intend to focus on technology-enabled financial services businesses in emerging markets. Segments we might explore include, but are not limited to, insurance, reinsurance and insurance services, asset management, retail or investment banking, and merchant acquisition & payment processing. We were co-founded by Callaway Capital Management and Weiss Asset Management (WAM); we believe their sourcing, underwriting, operating, deal structuring, and investing teams will provide us with important competitive advantages for sourcing, pursuing, and evaluating initial business combinations. Our CEO Kemal Kaya is a leading figure in banking and has over 35 years of experience in financial services. He is an advisor to The Blackstone Group and the former CEO of Yapi Kredi, one of Turkey’s largest banks and insurance companies. Daniel Freifeld, the Founder and CIO of Callaway, has worked in emerging markets for close to twenty years and will serve as President of Galata. Michael Tanzer, a Portfolio Manager for Callaway's flagship investment fund, will serve as CFO. Callaway and Kemal have been professionally associated for over a decade.