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accession: "0001104659-26-116753"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNTM"
cik: "0001895249"
company_name: "ConnectM Technology Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-19T13:05:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-19T13:06:07.002506+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# ConnectM forms Strategic Advisory Board; taps Ashland director Kulkarni, ex-Fortress's Bhatia, Las Olas CEO McCabe

## Summary
- ConnectM (OTCQX: CNTM) announced on October 19, 2026 the formation of a Strategic Advisory Board with Ashish Kulkarni, Neil Bhatia and Jim McCabe as members.
- Kulkarni sits on Ashland Inc.'s (NYSE: ASH) board and was EVP/Chief Innovation Officer at GAF; Bhatia was counsel to Fortress's Global Macro Fund and GC of Shumway Capital.
- McCabe founded and runs Las Olas Capital and advises Digi Power X (Nasdaq: DGXX), a developer of power-ready data centers for AI and high-performance computing.
- Advisory priorities: data-center power, cooling, storage and energy-management customers; institutional investor base; partnerships; profitability and capital allocation.
- No compensation, fees, capital commitments or financial terms were disclosed; CEO Bhaskar Panigrahi said progress against objectives will be reported as made.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-116753
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNTM
- cik: 0001895249
- company_name: ConnectM Technology Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-19T13:05:38+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895249/000110465926116753/0001104659-26-116753-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895249/000110465926116753/tm2627797d1_8k.htm

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