David Verey

Lazard & Co. Ltd. provides investment banking services. The company offers its services for corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals. The company operates in approximately 29 cities in key business and financial centers across 16 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and South America. The company is located in London, UK.

Daily Mail & General Trust Plc engages in the management of multinational portfolio of entrepreneurial companies. The firm provides information for the insurance, property, energy education, and finance sectors. It operates through the following segments: Property Information, Events and Exhibitions, and Consumer Media. The Property Information segment provide technology, data and workflow solutions to clients involved in the UK residential and commercial property markets, as well as risk, valuation and data solutions to the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities market. The Events and Exhibitions segment is an organiser of B2B exhibitions and conferences in the energy, construction, interiors, hotel, hospitality and leisure sectors, operating across several geographies. The Consumer Media segment is focused on delivering journalism to global audience. The company was founded by Alfred Charles William Harmsworth and Harold Harmsworth in 1896 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sofina SA is a traded investment company invest in both private and listed companies located in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe primarily in Western Europe, India, China and the United States. It targets companies operating in the fields of digital transformation, consumer & retail, education, healthcare, energy and services, e-commerce, consumer goods, digital, satellite operations, industry, finance companies, financial services, media, communications, insurance, property development and life sciences. It provides financing for early stage, later stage, buyout and growth capital requirements with an investment size of €5 to €300 million. It acts as a lead investor, considers co-investments and takes a minority interest.

The Blackstone Group International Partners LLP (The Blackstone Group International) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone Corporate Private Equity founded in 2010. The firm in headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

LMS Capital Plc is a private equity investment company. It engages in the business of achieving total returns over the medium to longer term, principally through capital gains and supplemented with the generation of a longer-term income yield. The company was founded on March 17, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Pilgrim Trust provides grants to organizations.

The Teaching Awards Co. Ltd. operates as a charity celebrating excellence in education, through the annual pearson teaching awards. The company was founded by David Puttnam in 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The British Council operates as a non-profit organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.