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Beneficient Appoints Peter T. Cangany Jr. as Chairman of the Board
DALLAS, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beneficient (NASDAQ: BENF) (“Ben” or the “Company”), a technology-enabled platform providing exit opportunities and primary capital solutions and related trust and custody services to holders of alternative assets, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Peter T. Cangany Jr. as Chairman of the Board, effective December 15, 2025. Mr. Cangany has served as a director of Beneficient and as Chairman of its independent Audit Co
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