Tanja Weiher

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS AG's (NYSE: UBS) New York City-based wealth management arm is known as UBS Private Banking (US). The firm provides a range of customized wealth management products and services for private clients.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Janus Henderson UK (Holdings) Ltd. provides investment banking and consulting services. The firm offers financial advisory services on insurance, pension, investment, and mortgage-related activities. It offers banking solutions and investment products to retail and institutional investment professionals. The company was founded on November 10, 1986 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

GAM Investment Management (Switzerland) AG (GAM Switzerland) is an asset management firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1983 and is owned by GAM Holding AG (SWX: GAM, ADR: GMHLY). GAM Switzerland provides active investment solutions and products for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors.

Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG (BJB) is the private banking subsidiary of Julius Bär Gruppe AG (SWX: BAER) in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, BJB was founded in 1890 and provides personal wealth management advice to private clients and family offices.

GAM International Management Ltd. (GIML) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of GAM (UK) Ltd., ultimately owned by GAM Holding AG (SWX: GAM) in Switzerland. Headquartered in London, GIML was founded in 1984 and provides investment management services to a range of pooled investment vehicles, such as GAM Funds, corporate and public pension plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, foundations, endowments, corporations and other business entities.

Part of UBS Group AG, O'Connor & Associates is a securities options concern. The company is based in Chicago, IL. O'Connor & Associates was acquired by Schweizerischer Bankverein /SBC/ on March 27, 1995.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

UBS AG (Private Banking) (UBS-PB) is the private banking division of UBS AG (NYSE: UBS; LSE: UBS). Formerly known as UBS Wealth Management & Swiss Bank, the firm provides private banking and wealth management services primarily to high-net worth individuals. They operate in close relationship with fellow division UBS Global Asset Management and distribute funds managed within the parent group, as well as third-party financial products. The firm is headquartered in Zurich.

Blackstone Credit Systematic Strategies LLC (Blackstone Credit) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 as DCI LLC. In 2020, they became a subsidiary of Blackstone Intermediary Holdco LLC, ultimately held by The Blackstone, Inc. (NYSE: BX). The firm subsequently changed their name to Blackstone Credit Systematic Strategies LLC in 2021. Blackstone Credit serves as investment manager for pooled investment vehicles operating as private investment funds, and registered investment companies. The firm also provides investment advisory services to individually managed accounts.

iNNutriGEL AG develops food supplements made from premium ingredients to improve and support health. The private company is based in Schlieren, Switzerland. The Swiss company's products include Elemental and Innutri Soft gumsTM.

GAM (Italia) SGR SpA (GAM Italia) is the asset management subsidiary of GAM (Switzerland) Holding AG, headquartered in Milan. They are ultimately owned by GAM Holding AG (SWX: GAM) in Switzerland. GAM Italia was founded in 2003 and offers active investment products and solutions for institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and private investors.

Social Finance, Inc. engages in the provision of loan refinancing services. It offers mortgage loans, personal loan and wealth management services. Its products include student loan refinancing, medical resident refinancing, mortgage loans, mortgage refinancing, personal loans, parent loans, parent PLUS refinancing, asset management, wealth management, and life insurance. The company was founded by James Robert Finnigan, Andrew Carra, Daniel Macklin, Michael Scott Cagney, and Ian Brady in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Asymmetry LLC (Asymmetry) is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Alexander S. Friedman. The firm is headquartered in Seattle.

GAM Capital Management (Switzerland) AG (Lugano Branch) is the investment management division of GAM Capital Management (Switzerland) AG, itself a subsidiary of GAM Holding AG (SW: GAM, OTC: GMHLY) in Switzerland. Established in 1983 by Gilbert de Botton, the firm was acquired by Julius Baer in 2005. In 2009, Julius Baer completed the separation of their private banking and asset management businesses which resulted in the independent listing of GAM Holding AG on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The firm is based in Lugano and provides investment solutions to institutions, intermediaries, private clients and charities.

Wergen & Partner Vermögensverwaltungs AG provides asset management services to private and institutional clients. The company was founded by Manfred Wergen and is headquartered in Wilen bei Wollerau, Switzerland.

Part of Julius Bär Gruppe AG, Bank Julius Bär & Co. Ltd. is a banking company based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company provides banking services. Philipp Rickenbacher has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Novata, Inc. is a public benefit corporation that provides a technology platform to simplify the process of selecting reporting metrics, data collection, and analysis for private equity firms and private companies. The company is based in Mantoloking, NJ. The company serves over 5,000 companies in more than 20 countries and is backed by the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane, Microsoft, Northern Trust, Omidyar Network, and S&P. Novata's mission is to enable private markets to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive form of capitalism. Novata was founded by Scott Kennedy, Christina Alfonso-Ercan, Josh Green, Friedman S. Alex, and Christina Alfonso-Ercan has been the CEO since incorporation.