Samuel Thomas Goodner

CPA Australia Ltd. is an Australian company that has been operating since 1954 and provides education, training, technical support, and advocacy services in the accounting profession. The private company is based in Southbank, Australia and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company engages with governments, regulators, and industries to advocate for policies that stimulate sustainable economic growth. With over 166,000 members working in 100 countries and regions, CPA Australia is one of the world's largest accounting bodies. It was founded in 1886 by Andrew Lyell, Arthur Cleveland, Benjamin Doughty Smith, Thomas Brentnall, John McAlister Howden, Charles Morell Holmes, William Crellin, and Edward Langton. Andrew Paul Hunter has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Hong Kong Securities & Investment Institute is a professional membership organization that offers trainings for the securities and investment industry. The non-profit company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company was founded by Wai Kin Cheng.

Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants operates under the professional accountant’s ordinance and works in the public interest. It offers CPA qualification programme and promulgating financial reporting, auditing and ethical standards in Hong Kong. The company was founded on January 1, 1973 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Great Wall Computer Software and System, Inc. Ltd. provides application software, value-added solutions, and general consultation services. It also provides services to the government, finance corporations, social insurance, and other industries. Great Wall Computer Software and System was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

CSOP Asset Management Ltd. (CSOP) is an asset management firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2008 through a joint venture between China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. (CSAM) and OP Financial Investments Ltd. They are now principally owned by CSAM. CSOP provides services to US-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as well as investment advisory and related support services to US and non-US clients, such as high net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles and other investment advisers. CSOP is a signatory of UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), a public supporter of TCFD recommendations and a public supporter of the Paris Agreement, which is an international treaty on climate change to limit global warming.

China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. (CSAM) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 1998. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm launched China's first listed open-ended fund in 2004 and manages a range of close-ended and open-ended investment funds for institutional clients and private individuals. They are one of the investment managers selected by the Chinese government to manage an institutional mandate for the National Social Security Fund. In 2007, CSAM acquired QDII status (Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors) allowing them to invest in the overseas capital markets under the foreign exchange control system in China. They announced the launching, in cooperation with US-based Mellon Financial Corporation, of their first QDII investment fund in 2007.