Adrian O'Carroll

AKO Foundation is a charitable organization that was established in 2013 by Nicolai Tangen, the founder of AKO Capital. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The foundation supports causes that improve education, promote the arts, or mitigate climate problems. The foundation has made charitable grants amounting to some £200 million. The foundation does not seek applications for grants and will not make grants in response.

Anglo Irish Bank provides banking and other financial services. Its services include business banking, personal savings, treasury, wealth management, asset protection, corporate, expatriate and professional intermediary services. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

AKO Capital LLP is the alternative investment management subsidiary of AKO Capital Management Ltd., itself owned by AKO Capital (Jersey) Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2005 by Nicolai Tangen. Headquartered in London, AKO Capital manages the assets of long-term oriented investor base that includes endowments, charitable foundations, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), known locally as Norges Bank Kapitalforvaltning, is the asset management division of the Norwegian central bank, Norges Bank. The firm is headquartered in Oslo and has additional offices in London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore. Founded in 1998 by Norges Bank, NBIM is manages the Government Pension Fund Global, often referred to as the Norwegian oil fund, and some of Norges Bank's foreign exchange reserves.

The Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust was founded in 1992 and received charitable status in 1996. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. It was incorporated as a British company limited by guarantee with charitable status in 2011. The Trust manages the copyright of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky's work and grants permission for reproduction. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky was a painter born in 1906. The Trust also manages her collection of works, some of which are displayed in public institutions such as the Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz, Austria.