pointment of Stéphane Rougeot as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rougeot — a finance leader who has served as CFO of multiple publicly-listed European technology companies — will oversee Pasqal’s global finance organization as it scales the commercial deployment of its quantum systems and prepares to enter the public markets through its previously-announced business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:BBCQ).

As CFO, Rougeot will lead financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury and investor relations, and will play a central role in advancing Pasqal’s capital markets readiness in connection with its proposed business combination and anticipated transition to a public company. His mandate is to build the financial foundation to support disciplined growth as Pasqal moves from breakthrough science to planned large-scale commercial deployment.