Tony Ricketts

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Part of RHI Magnesita NV, Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. manufactures refractory products as well as construction and building materials. The company is based in Dallas, TX. Global Industrial Technologies was acquired by RHI AG on December 30, 1999 for $322.84 million.

HSBC Capital (USA) Inc ( HSBC Capital (USA) ) is a private equity arm of HSBC Holdings Plc Founded in 1978. The firm is headquartered in New York.

First Eagle Investment Management LLC (FEIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1864 and formerly known as Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisers, Inc. FEIM provides investment advisory services primarily to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts and institutional separately managed accounts (SMAs), as well as to a registered, closed-end interval fund. The firm serves as the investment adviser to the First Eagle Funds, First Eagle Variable Funds and to the First Eagle Credit Opportunities Fund, which are registered investment companies.

Part of Veeco Instruments, Inc., Synos Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies atomic layer deposition systems. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company was founded by Dan Rubin. The CEO is Ilsong Lee. Synos Technology was acquired by Veeco Instruments, Inc. on October 01, 2013 for $185 million.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Bank of Ireland provides banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Retail Ireland, Bank of Ireland Life, Retail UK, Corporate & Treasury and Group Centre and Other. The Retail Ireland segment offers a comprehensive range of banking products and related financial services to the personal and business markets including deposits, mortgages, consumer and business lending, credit cards, current accounts, money transmission services, commercial finance, asset finance and general insurance. It serves customers through a distribution network of branches, central support teams, ATMs and through direct channels. The Bank of Ireland Life segment includes the wholly owned subsidiary, New Ireland Assurance Co., through which the group offers a wide range of pension and life products, including life assurance, life protection, pensions and investment products to the Irish market. The Retail UK segment comprises consumer and business banking via a branch network in Northern Ireland, its UK residential mortgage business, and the business partnerships with the UK Post Office. The Corporate & Treasury segment comprises the group's corporate banking and global markets activities across the Republic of Ireland, UK and international jurisdictions. The Group Centre and Other segment is responsible for delivering services to each division and includes group manufacturing, group finance, group credit and market risk, group governance risk, and group human resources. The company was founded in 1783 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co., Inc. (HKW) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1903. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a comprehensive range of equity execution services exclusively to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include private banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent asset managers and investment advisors and other brokers.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Waller Capital Corp. engages in the provision of investment banking focused exclusively on the media, communications and information industries. It provides mergers and acquisitions, private placements, restructurings and valuation services. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.

Part of Willis Towers Watson Plc, Willis Towers Watson A/S (Denmark) is a Danish company that provides insurance brokerage services. The company is based in Aalborg, Denmark.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

DeltaPoint Capital Management LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by David H. Waterman and Thomas W. Cimino. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Talon Innovations Corp. manufactures and designs precision machined products. It specializes computer numerical control machining and engineering services. The firm serves the semiconductor, medical, aerospace, and general industrial. The company was founded by Mark Leif Eriksson in 1994 and is headquartered in Sauk Rapids, MN.

Flash Global Logistics, Inc. provides third-party logistics services. It offers mission critical, solutions engineering, flashtrac, flashview and account management. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mountain Lakes, NJ.

Impresa Aerospace LLC manufactures parts for the aircraft and aerospace industry. It offers both prototyping, tooling and large volume production capability using a variety of materials. Parts are delivered complete, including such additional services as assembly, plating painting, powder coat, and screen printing. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Gardena, CA.

Ducommun AeroStructures New York, Inc. manufactures aircraft sheet metal components from titanium, stainless steel, aluminum and exotic metals to customer specifications. The firm's clients include Boeing, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, GKN Aerospace, Vought Aircraft, Bombardier, Bell Canada, the U.S. Government, Israel Aircraft Industries, and Spirit Aerosystems. The company was founded by Michael Grosso and Hugh Quigley in November, 1977 and is located in Coxsackie, NY.

Ichor Systems, Inc. engages in the production of gas and chemical delivery modules. Its products include turnkey process equipment, gas panels, chemical blend and dispense modules. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Mercer LLC provides human resources and staffing consulting services. Its services include retirement plans, health and benefits, investments, merger and acquisitions, and human capital services. It focuses on advising clients on the financial, cultural, and talent aspects of human capital issues in corporate and private equity transactions, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, spin-offs, start-ups, and business transformations. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Aon Plc, Aon Solutions Canada, Inc. provides business consulting services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Union InVivo, Great Western Malting Co. is a company that manufactures malt. The company is based in Vancouver, WA.

Part of Fanjul Corp, Redpath Sugar Ltd. is a company based in Toronto, Canada.

McKeil Marine Ltd. provides marine transportation services. Its services include marine transportation, consulting and planning. The company was founded by Evans McKeil and is headquartered in Hamilton, Canada.

HBM Holdings Co (HBM Holdings) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Globe Food Equipment Co. provides food equipment to food industry. Its products include slicer skit, mixers, cooking equipment, scales, meat choppers and patty presses. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Dayton, OH.

Patriot Capital (Patriot) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Charles McCusker and Chris Royston. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.