Kyle Flannery

Karpus Management, Inc., do-business-as Karpus Investment Management (KIM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsford, New York. The firm was founded by George Karpus in 1986 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of City of London Investment Group Plc (LON: CLIG) in Great Britain. KIM offers investment advisory services to individuals, ERISA plans, Taft-Hartley funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and other business entities.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.

Cuttone & Co., Inc. is the broker/dealer subsidiary of DriveWealth Holdings, Inc., which is owned by DriveWealth LLC. The firm was founded in 1984 by Donato A. Cuttone. Headquartered in New York City, Cuttone & Co. provides advanced institutional trading technology and execution services which includes institutional direct market access, custom algorithmic trading strategies, prime brokerage, options execution, and fixed income trading. They provide execution and consulting services to institutional asset managers, hedge funds, family offices, professional traders, and other broker dealers.

Meridian Equity Partners, Inc. (MEP) is a registered, agency-only broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by Jon Acquafredda and Columb Lytle. MEP provides best-of-breed strategic solutions to the investment community for Equity, Option and Electronic Execution. The firm is a full-service trading on the NYSE floor and has access to all markets and liquidity pools. Their options desk specializes in accessing liquidity through their counterparty network, and also caters to high frequency and quantitative traders.

Franklin Templeton Private Portfolio Group LLC (FTPPG) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2007 as Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group LLC and changed their name to Franklin Templeton Private Portfolio Group LLC in 2022. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM). FTPPG, together with their subadvisors, provides investment advisory services for a wide range of clients in sponsor firm investment programs such as individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, endowments, foundations, unions and state and local governmental entities. The firm also manages wrap fee programs.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., Sullivan & Co. is an executive search firm that specializes in the financial services industry. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Brian M. Sullivan. Sullivan was acquired by Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. on September 08, 1999 for $16.27 million.

I-play (UK) develops and publishes mobile networks games. It offers mobile entertainment services to operators, portals, and other mobile content distributors worldwide. The firm's brands include Star Trek, Big Brother, Scooby-Doo, Thunderbirds, Cartoon Network, Ali G Indahouse, and Men in Black. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, GB.

Bonell Ryan, Inc. provides recruiting services. It serves education, health care and retail banking sectors. The company was founded by Debra Ryan in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avista Capital Holdings LP (Avista Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Steven Webster and Thompson Dean. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ClearBridge Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). The firm was founded in 2005 as ClearBridge Advisors, which operated through Citigroup Asset Management NA, and was acquired by Legg Mason that year. They changed their name to ClearBridge Investments LLC in 2012. ClearBridge Investments manages separate accounts for both institutional and retail clients. The firm also acts as adviser or sub-adviser to the ClearBridge Funds which are part of the Legg Mason family of mutual funds.

Redwood Partners Ltd. provides advisory and executive search services. It provides executive search, seed and venture capital and advisory and startup services. The company was founded by Michael Flannery in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Grit Capital Management LLC (Grit Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Paul J. Palmieri. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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).