William von Mueffling

Cantillon Capital Management LLC (Cantillon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by William von Mueffling in 2003 and is a subsidiary of Cantillon Management LP. Cantillon is an investment manager and provides discretionary investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts intended for institutional investors and other sophisticated investors.

Part of Cantillon Management LP, Cantillon Capital Ltd. provides investment management services. The company is based in Reading, UK. The British company was founded by Benjamin James Ernest Guest.

Rip Medical Debt is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 2014 by two former debt collectors, Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico. The private company is based in Long Island City, NY. The company purchases bundled portfolios of medical debts for a fraction of their face value and partners with various organizations to convert every dollar contributed into $100 of medical debt relief on average. Rip has also partnered with hospitals, health systems, and physician groups to acquire medical debt for abolishment. The company gained national recognition after facilitating the abolishment of $15 million in medical debt on an episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." To date, Rip has acquired and abolished over $10 billion of burdensome medical debt, helping more than 6.5 million families and addressing a major social determinant of health.

Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, ultimately held by Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ). LAM manages investment portfolios and provides investment advice to institutional and individual investors around the world.

American Academy in Berlin GmbH operates as an independent and privately funded non-profit center for advance study in the humanities, public policy, social sciences, and arts. Its aim is to maintain the long-term intellectual, cultural and political ties between the United States and Germany. It offers residential fellowships at its Hans Arnhold Center to American scholars, writers, journalists, policy experts, and artists. It also brings leading Americans to Berlin for visits to facilitate an exchange of views between the people of Germany and the United States. The company was founded by Richard C. Holbrooke in 1994 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.