Yick Ning Chan

BNP Paribas (London Branch) is the Great Britain-based brokerage division of BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP) in France. The firm is headquartered in London and was founded in 1986. BNP Paribas (London Branch) offers a wide range of products and services to corporate, institutional, commodities, market making and broking clients.

Founded in 1993, IFS Securities, Inc. is an independent, full-service, registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a subsidiary of IFS Group, Inc. Their Capital Markets operations is managed from their Equity Trading Desk in Orlando, Florida and their Fixed Income Desk in Chicago. IFS Securities' institutional fixed-income sales and trading operations offer a high level of personalized oversight from pre-trade analysis to completion and settlement of a variety of securities. The fixed-income desk provides competitive bids and offers by maintaining constant contact with customer portfolios and the Street. Through their relationships with money managers, corporations, financial institutions, and corporate and public treasurers, the company can provide the best possible bid-offer spreads. The firm's trading desk is a diversified operation, offering such products as: Government securities, investment-grade corporate securities, corporate bonds, money-market instruments, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, and municipal securities. IFS Securities' equity sales and trading desk focuses on responsive order execution for exchange-listed services, as well as routinely executed third-market trades. Over-the-counter orders are executed on an agency basis through their access to the Level III NASDAQ system. Stock Repurchase Programs for major corporations are executed as directed by the client and in compliance with SEC Rule 10b.18. Sales and trading services include both domestic and international equity executions as well as stock buy-back services. The IFS Equity Research Group analyzes markets, securities and economics to provide insights and analysis for their clients. Services provided by the IFS Equity Research Group include: market analysis, theme reports, proprietary daily commentaries, company-specific initiating research reports/results updates, sector allocation and model portfolios, and integration of sector research with macro coverage of industries. IFS Securities covers companies with up to $1 billion market cap (average is $600 million) that have a double-digit growth rate objective. The 120 companies they track include: innovative/disruptive technologies (industrial, IT/internet and healthcare/life sciences) and public companies based in Georgia.

Novartis Oncology, Inc. provides healthcare solutions. The firm offers medicines, eye care and generic pharmaceuticals. It also offers patient declaration, patient support and assistance, and additional resources. The company is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

Cinven Group Ltd (Cinven Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

New China Capital Management LP (New China Capital Management ) is a private equity subsidiary of New China Management Corp founded in 1992 by Paul S. Wolansky and Selwyn Donald Sussman. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc. provides health care services. The firm offers treatment for cancer, cardio vascular, neurosciences, orthopedic, arthritis, women's health and clinical services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Mercia Fund Management Ltd. (Mercia Fund) is a private equity subsidiary of Mercia Asset Management Plc founded in 1999 by Mark Andrew Payton, Timothy R. Hazell and Everard Mascarenhas. The firm is headquartered in Warwickshire, Great Britain.

Redburn (Europe) Ltd. (dba Redburn Atlantic) is an equity brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2003 by Jeremy Evans and Nick Glydon. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Rothschild & Co. Continuation Holdings AG, ultimately owned by Rothschild & Co SCA. (EPA: ROTH) in France. Redburn Atlantic provides institutional investors with US and European equity research, trade execution and capital markets services. Their Execution Services division delivers high-touch sales trading and execution as well as low-touch execution and algorithmic solutions. The division also offers market structure and trading analytics.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is a professional body for accountants. The non-profit company is based in Glasgow, UK, and has subsidiaries in Mauritius, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. The British company offers a program called ALP-C, which approves learning materials from high-quality content providers to support studying towards ACCA's qualification. The role of the CFO is evolving beyond finance to include reporting on value-centric aspects of their operations, as companies move towards sustainable practices. The CEO of the company is Helen Joanna Brand.

Peel Hunt LLP is an independent securities brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1989 as a market liquidity provider to retail and institutional investors. They provide bespoke dealing and execution services for institutional asset managers, registrars, private client wealth managers and private banks.

Social Starts LLC (Social Starts) is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, New York.

Beijing Mabworks Biotech Co., Ltd. engages in the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of therapeutic antibodies. It develops antibody drugs and macromolecular biological drugs. The firm’s products include MIL60, MIL62, MIL86, MBS301, MIL77, and MIL93. The company was founded on February 27, 2003 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Ruffer AIFM Ltd. is an alternative investment manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2013 and is a subsidiary of Ruffer LLP, which is owned by Ruffer Management Ltd. Ruffer AIFM provides investment management services for institutions, pension funds, charities, financial planners and private clients.

Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Tus Cloud Control (Beijing) Technology Ltd. engages in the research and development as well as the operation of cloud control basic platform for intelligent networked vehicles. It provides various industry chain users with integrated solutions to meet the needs of future intelligent networked driving, including standardized basic data and communication services, high-precision positioning services, high-precision map services, and other intelligent networked driving infrastructure services. It also provides intelligent networked driving collaborative perception, decision-making, and control function services, standardized application development environment and development platform, application simulation and test system, and other basic capability services. The company was founded on October 26, 2017 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Avimetal Powder Metallurgy Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that specializes in manufacturing powder metallurgy materials and selling metal products. The company is based in Beijing, China. The company also provides 3D printing technology development, technical services, and technology consulting. The company was founded in 2015 by Zheng Jiang Gao, who has been the CEO since 2015.

Hercules Microelectronics Co., Ltd. develops micro-power FPGA chips and software technology. The company is based in Beijing, China. The CEO of the Chinese company is Hai li Wang.

Capvision Partners (Shanghai) Corp. Ltd. engages in the provision of consultation, research, and conference services. The company was founded by Ru Jie Xu on November 24, 2008 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Well Technologies Ltd (Harbr) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Daniel Omar and Jaivir Pall. The firm is headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Part of Cavendish Financial Plc, Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd. is a British brokerage company. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2007 by Samantha Jane Smith. John Carlos Farrugia has been the CEO of the company since 2022.