Frédéric Belhumeur

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

CIBC Trust Corp. provides financial and investment management services. It is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Nymbus Capital, Inc. (Nymbus) is an investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. The firm was founded by Jean-Luc Landry in 2002 as Landry Investment Management, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Nymbus Capital Group, Inc. Nymbus manages assets on a discretionary basis for pension funds, foundations, endowments funds, consultants, multi-family offices and corporations.

Altervest Ltd. is an independent private wealth firm headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 by Geneviève Blouin. They provide portfolio management services to private wealthy clients.

Slate Asset Management LP /Private Equity/ (Slate Asset Management /Private Equity/) is a real estate investment firm, which was founded in 2005 by Blair Welch and Brady Welch. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.