Phil John Pickard

Part of Panmure Gordon & Co. Ltd., Whitman Howard Ltd. is a brokerage firm based in London, UK. The British company provides brokerage services. The company was founded in 2009 by Richard Henry Whitman Morecombe. Whitman Howard was acquired by Panmure Gordon & Co. Ltd. on June 30, 2020.

Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (United Kingdom) (Berenberg-UK) is the Great Britain-based broker/dealer division of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, a multinational full-service investment bank in Germany. Headquartered in London, Berenberg-UK was founded in 2003 and provides trading and brokerage services to institutional and corporate clients.

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Ltd. (MCEL) is the London-based subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd. (SY: MQG), a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and fund management services. Operating as part of the Macquarie Capital Advisers division, MCEL provides investment advisory services in the UK and in continental Europe. In relation with Macquarie Securities Group, they provide access to Asia Pacific markets for European clients. In terms of research, MCEL supplies macro-economic, markets and stock level analysis to a diverse range of clients. Their capabilities cover equity, debt, ForEx, futures, metals and mining worldwide, economics and strategy. In 2009 Macquarie Group acquired the international brokerage firm Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC. The London branch Fox-Pitt, Kelton Ltd. was absorbed into MCEL.

Fox-Pitt, Kelton Ltd. (Broker) is the London-based subsidiary of Fox-Pitt Kelton Ltd. (FPK), in the UK, ultimately held by Fox-Pitt Kelton LLC in the US. The firm was founded in London in 1971 and was acquired by Swiss Re in 1999. In 2006 a new company formed by J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC and FPK employees acquired FPK from Swiss Re. An affiliate of J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC is the majority shareholder and FPK management and employees are significant shareholders with Swiss Re holding a minority interest in the company. The firm's research products are distributed through an international team of sales persons and sales traders serving major institutional investors worldwide. Their clients include pension funds, mutual and unit trust managers, insurers, bank investment departments, hedge funds and private client asset managers

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.