David J. Gardner

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Goldman Sachs International (GSI) is the Great Britain-based, wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group UK Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Trushelfco Ltd. Headquartered in London, GSI provides prime brokerage, securities lending, futures services and financing services for a range of clients such as corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Railway Pension Investments Ltd. (dba Railpen) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1980 and is a subsidiary of the Railway Pension Trustee Co. Ltd., which is owned by Railway Holdings Ltd. Railpen is solely responsible for the administration, safekeeping and investment of the Railways Pension Schemes’ assets on behalf of members who are connected to the railway industry.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (Pictet AM) is an alternative investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1980 and is wholly owned by Pictet Asset Management Holding SA, which is ultimately owned by Banque Pictet & Cie SA in Switzerland. Pictet AM provides discretionary investment management services on a global scale to a wide range of international institutional clients. Furthermore, the firm also acts as the investment adviser or sub-adviser to US-based investment companies and other regulated and unregulated collective investment schemes in international jurisdictions. Pictet AM adheres to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd. (MSIM) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. Founded in 1986, the firm is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSIM offers a range of investment and risk management solutions to institutional and professional investors worldwide.

Lombard Odier Europe SA (United Kingdom) (Lombard UK) is the Great Britain-based asset management division of Lombard Odier (Europe) SA, ultimately held by Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA in Switzerland. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 2013 and provides wealth management and discretionary asset management to private and institutional clients.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management International (GSAMI) is the Great Britain-based asset management subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Asset Management International Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm is headquartered in London and was founded in 1990. GSAMI is the hub of Goldman Sachs' European activities, which include investment banking, trading, asset management and securities services. Their clients include individuals, families and family entities, banks and thrift institutions, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, insurance companies, corporations, and other business entities.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (NAM-UK) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1984 as Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. NAM-UK manages funds for institutional clients worldwide, which includes government agencies, public and private pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies and financial institutions.

JPMorgan Securities Plc is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JP Morgan Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. JPMorgan Securities provides market research, proprietary pricing data and analytics, and trade execution across multiple asset classes such as credit, equities and FX. They help institutional investors, traditional and alternative asset and fund managers, broker dealers and equity issuers meet the demands of changing markets.

BC Partners Ltd. (BC Partners) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1986. BC Partners Ltd. is headquartered in London with additional offices in Hamburg, Paris and New York.

BC Investment Management Corp. (BCI) is an independent, Canadian investment advisor headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. The firm was founded in 1999 and is also known as British Columbia Investment Management Corp. BCI provides investment management services to British Columbia's public sector clients, which includes public sector pension plans, insurance funds, and various special purpose funds.

YFM Private Equity Ltd (YFM-PE) is a private equity specialist headquartered in Leeds, UK. YFM-PE, incorporated in 1987 as Mosspire Ltd., is a subsidiary of YFM Group Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Greater London Enterprise Ltd. in the UK. The firm manages private equity funds, while their sister company, YFM Venture Finance, focuses on earlier stage venture capital investments.

Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. They are a subsidiary of Alliancebernstein Corp. of Delaware, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH) in the US. Founded in 1999, the firm provides fundamental research and full service execution services to institutional clients globally. They offer bottom-up coverage and portfolio strategies supported by sophisticated quantitative tools.

Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank UK) is the UK-based securities brokerage division of Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm is headquartered in London and was founded in 1873. Deutsche Bank provides brokerage services to companies and institutions.

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. (BCS) is the brokerage subsidiary of Barclays Bank plc, which is owned by Barclays Plc (LON: BARC), an international financial services group in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in London with offices worldwide. BCS provides prime brokerage services which include equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (United Kingdom) (Berenberg-UK) is the Great Britain-based broker/dealer division of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, a multinational full-service investment bank in Germany. Headquartered in London, Berenberg-UK was founded in 2003 and provides trading and brokerage services to institutional and corporate clients.

Morgan Stanley Bank AG (MSB-AG) is a brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Frankfurt, with an additional office in Munich, Germany. They originated in 1987 and was formally established in 1994. The Munich office opened in 2001. The firm is one of the Morgan Stanley Banks and is a subsidiary of New York-based Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSB-AG provides a variety of products and services to German institutions, government entities, multinational corporations and international high-net worth individuals. The bank's activities include corporate finance advisory, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital raising, and European real estate advisory and investment. The firm offers sales and trading capacities in equity, bonds, derivatives, commodities and currencies. They have specific expertise in German blue-chip equity trading. Their research teams cover a wide variety of industries and leverage the group's global network of offices and contacts.

Vitruvian Partners LLP (Vitruvian Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Ian Riley, Michael Risman, Toby Wyles, Mark Harford and David Nahama. The firm is headquartered London, the United Kingdom with offices across the globe.

The OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) is a government-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1995 to provide members with a say in their pension plan through joint trusteeship. OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada’s pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan (which includes OPTrust Select), a defined benefit plan with over 106,000 members.

Redburn (Europe) Ltd. (dba Redburn Atlantic) is an equity brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2003 by Jeremy Evans and Nick Glydon. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Rothschild & Co. Continuation Holdings AG, ultimately owned by Rothschild & Co SCA. (EPA: ROTH) in France. Redburn Atlantic provides institutional investors with US and European equity research, trade execution and capital markets services. Their Execution Services division delivers high-touch sales trading and execution as well as low-touch execution and algorithmic solutions. The division also offers market structure and trading analytics.

Liberum Capital Ltd. (Liberum) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by Shane Le Prevost in 2007 to provide a different style of broking. They were acquired by Panmure Liberum Ltd. from TN Holdings (BVI) Ltd. in 2024. Headquartered in London, Liberum provides trading and execution services for institutional clients. They bring liquidity into the niches that matter and are market-makers in various large, mid and small-cap stocks.

Somerset Capital Management LLP (Somerset) is an independent, specialist Global Emerging Markets investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2007 by Edward Robertson, Dominic Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Somerset provides discretionary investment advisory services to its clients, which include institutions with separately managed accounts and pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Bank LLC provides brokerage services. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Russian company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Gergely Voros.

Heemann Vermögensverwaltung AG is a private bank based in Gronau, Germany. The German company offers asset management services and has built up an overall managed asset in the significantly three-digit million range. The private company promotes green investment and offers sustainable fund concepts. The inclusion of ESG criteria in investment decisions is minimized and investment accounts are used. The company has a team of four portfolio managers who manage the fu multi-asset fund. The company also manages the fu bonds monthly income fund and the vision responsibility fund. The company was founded in 1997 by Ernst Georg Heemann, who has been the CEO since then.

Globalvía Inversiones SA engages in the management, promotion, development, and exploitation of public, national, as well as foreign infrastructures. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Bloc Ventures Ltd. (Block Ventures) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2012 by David John Leftley and Bruce Nick Beckloff. The firm is headquartered in London.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Marcho Partners LLP is a financial services company based in London, UK. The private company provides financial services and is authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. The British company has subsidiaries in Ireland and Cayman Islands. Marcho Partners was founded in 2018 by Carl Thomas Anderson, and Barbara Turner has been the CEO of the company since 2019.