Ajay Johal

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.

Ruffer LLP is the investment management subsidiary of Ruffer Management Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded as Ruffer Investment Management Ltd. in 1994 by Jonathan Ruffer, Jane Tufnell, and Earl Ferrers. In 2004, they transferred their investment business to Ruffer LLP. Headquartered in London, Ruffer manages assets and funds on a discretionary basis for private and institutional clients including trusts, charities, pension funds, family offices, corporations, investment companies and insurance companies. Ruffer is a responsible investor that fully integrates environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into their investment process.

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

MML UK Advisor LLP (MML UK Advisor) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1988 by Jim Read. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom with additional offices in New York, Paris and Dublin.

Smith & Williamson (Bristol) LLP provides accounting services. It offers personal financial planning, auditing, restructuring and recovery, and forensic services. The firm has offices in London, Belfast, Guildford, Salisbury, Southampton, and Worcester. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is an organization that supports the chemical sciences community in making the world a better place. The Royal Society of Chemistry is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The British company offers various opportunities in education, inclusion, and chemistry's ability to tackle challenges. The organization aims to advance excellence, connect chemical scientists, and shape the future of the chemical sciences for the benefit of humanity. The private company has a publishing portfolio that contains over one million articles, chapters, and records from across the chemical sciences and related fields. The company also provides solutions to help businesses engage with their audience of chemical scientists.

August Equity LLP (August Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Richard James Green, Tim J. Clarke and Ian D. Grant. The firm is headquartered in London.

Close Asset Management Ltd. (Close AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Close Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Close Brothers Group plc (LSE: CBG, ADR: CBGPY) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1982 and does business as Close Brothers Asset Management. Headquartered in London, Close AM provides a bespoke investment management service to private clients, trusts and corporates.

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.

SDCL EE Co. (UK) LLP (SCDL PE) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Sustainable Development Capital LLP, founded in 2007 by Jonathan Marc Maxwell and Eli Shahmoon. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

TAEL Partners Ltd is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2007 by Mei Yin Loong, Michael Sng and Ati Sugiharti. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

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.

Entrepreneur First Operations Ltd (EF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford. Headquartered in London, UK.

Part of Skill Capital Holdings Ltd., Skillcapital LLP is a British company that provides executive search services. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 1998 by Timothy George Macready.

Argor Capital (Argor Capital) is a venture capital subsidary of PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Global Ventures Ltd is an venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Noor Sweid. The firm is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ruffer CP Ltd. is a British financial services company founded in 2011. The private company is based in London, UK. The company provides financial services.

Opal Cosmetics Group Ltd. is an investment holding company, which manufactures and sells personal care and beauty products. It operates through the following two segments: OBM and OEM. The OBM segment provides haircare and body care products. The OEM segment supplies products to personal care and beauty products as an OEM manufacturer. Its products are categorized into haircare, body care, skincare, cosmetics, fragrance products and gift sets. The company was founded on January 7, 2019 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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.

KPMG International Ltd. is a global organization of independent professional services firms that provide audit, tax, and advisory services. The private company is based in Canary Wharf, UK, and has subsidiaries in Norway and Thailand. The British company operates in 145 countries and territories with more than 236,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. KPMG International is a private English company limited by guarantee and each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities. The company was founded in 1987, and William Bruce Thomas has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Gentree Asia (Gentree) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Philippines.

Zoina T-Park Group Holdings Ltd. develops industrial parks. It provides comprehensive services ranging from industry research and planning, industrial park development, marketing and sales of industrial parks to comprehensive industrial park operational services. The company was founded in June 2015 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

GHO Capital Partners LLP (GHO Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Mireille G. Gillings, Dennis B. Gillings, Alan Browning MacKay, Michael Irvine Mortimer and Andrea Ponti. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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.

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.

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.