Robert A. Picard

Optima Fund Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is wholly-owned by Optima Group Holdings LLC, a holding company for the Optima Fund Management group of entities that was formed by the Optima Group Holdings LLC''s principal owner, D. Dixon Boardman in 1988.

Lyxor Asset Management LLC (Lyxor US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 as SG Cowen Asset Management, Inc. and changed their name to SG Asset Management Inc. in 2002. Effective September 2009, due to an internal reorganization within the Société Générale group, the firm changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management, Inc. In 2023, they changed their name to Lyxor Asset Management LLC when they were acquired by Wilshire Advisors LLC. Lyxor US provides investment advice to institutional clients typically through the Lyxor AM Funds, separately managed accounts.

Guidehouse, Inc. provides advisory, consulting, outsourcing, technology, and analytics services. It also offers data and analytics, digital enterprise, operations consulting, revenue cycle, risk and compliance, sustainability solutions, and transformation solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Boxtree Ltd is a British company that specializes in the publication of books related to television services. The company is based in LO. Boxtree was acquired by Springer Nature Ltd. on August 01, 1996.