Jim R. Antos

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1951 and formerly known as The Dreyfus Corp. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MBC Investments Corp., ultimately held by The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). BNYMIA serves as an investment advisor to mutual funds, such as the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and The BNY Mellon Funds Trust, and as sub-investment advisor to non-affiliated mutual funds. Formed in 2009, Dreyfus Cash Investment Strategies (Dreyfus) is a division of the BNYMIA that offers money market strategies to US and non-US institutional investors.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide.

KCP Capital Ltd. provides banking services and manages assets. It offers capital raising, restructuring, liquidation and turnaround advisory services. The company was founded by Kamal Tayara in 2008 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Rabobank International Holding BV operates as a holding company. It operates through subsidiaries, which offers credit banking services in rural areas for the cooperative and agricultural sectors. The company is headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Kline & Co., Inc. provides business and management consulting services. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Macquarie Securities (Thailand) Ltd. provides brokerage services. The joint venture company is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

LIM Advisors Ltd. (LIM) is an alternative investment manager headquartered in Hong Kong with additional research offices in Tokyo and London. The firm was founded by George W. Long in 1995 as Long Investment Management Ltd. They are a subsidiary of Long Investment Management International Ltd. in British Virgin Islands. LIM manages both liquid and private capital strategies.

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Nomura International HK) is the brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co. Ltd., which is ultimately-owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm’s global markets team offers research, sales and trading of global securities to a diverse range of clients globally, including institutional investors, financial institutions, corporates, financial sponsors and government entities. Nomura International HK operates a truly integrated, cross-asset platform which includes research, sales and trading in equities, currencies, rates and credit in cash and derivative products.

China Everbright Research Ltd. is the investment research subsidiary of Everbright Securities (International) Ltd., which is owned by Everbright Securities Co., Ltd. (SSE: 601788; HKEX: 6178) in China. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm provides institutional research for both retail and institutional clients.

Public Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. engages in the providing of commercial and retail banking services. Its services include hire purchase & lease finance, electronic banking, insurance and shares trading services. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd. (CGMA) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered Hong Kong. They are a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Hong Kong Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Formerly known as Citi Smith Barney, the firm was reorganized in 2008 when Citigroup combined their brokerage and private banking businesses. CGMA offers stock trading services to various institutional investors.

The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries is an independent professional body that promotes the role of its members in formulating and implementing good governance policies. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. It also aims to develop the profession of chartered secretary and chartered governance professional in mainland China. The institute was established in 1949 as an association of members of the Chartered Governance Institute and gained local status in 1994. It has more than 6,000 members and 3,200 students.

Hong Kong Securities & Investment Institute is a professional membership organization that offers trainings for the securities and investment industry. The non-profit company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company was founded by Wai Kin Cheng.

Vickers Venture Partners (S) Pte Ltd. (Vickers Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Dr. Finian Tan Seng Chin, Drs. Khalil Binebine, Jeffrey Chi, Damian Tan, and Ms. Linda Li. The firm is headquartered in Singapore with offices in New York, Silicon Valley, London and Shanghai.

Part of Equitable Holdings, Inc., AllianceBernstein Corp. is a company that provides investment management services. The company is based in Nashville, TN. Seth Perry Bernstein has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Part of Everbright Securities Co., Ltd., Everbright Sun Hung Kai Co., Ltd. is a leading wealth management institution with five key business segments. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company serves individual, corporate, and institutional clients in Hong Kong, mainland China, the United Kingdom, and other locations. Backed by Everbright Securities and Everbright Group, the company provides excellent financial services with Moody's "Baa3" long-term issuer and "Prime-3" short-term issuer credit ratings. Li Bingtao has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Lemniscap Global Ltd is a venture capital firm founded in the year 2014 by Roderik van der Graaf. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.

The Hong Kong Institute of Directors operates as premier body which represents professional directors. The company was founded by Moses Cheng in 1997 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Foshan Water & Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. is an investment holding company. The company is engaged in providing integrated water environment protection services in Foshan and Guangdong. It operates through the following segments: Running Water Supply, Wastewater & Sludge Treatment and Engineering & Construction. The Running Water Supply segment provides running water supply services. It constructs and operates running water supply projects and provides O&M services to running water supply facilities. The Wastewater and Sludge Treatment segment treats and discharges wastewater and sludge in compliance with applicable national and local standards. The Engineering & Construction segment engineers and constructs municipal water supply and drainage infrastructure, environment protection infrastructure, public roadways and municipal landscaping ancillary facilities. The company was founded on January 1, 1964 and is headquartered in Foshan, China.

Part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank Ltd. (Hong Kong Branch) is a Chinese banking company that provides banking services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Leo Paper Group (Hong Kong) Ltd. manufactures paper products. tis products include books, games, bags, gift items and packaging. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Caldera Pacific Capital Partners Ltd. (Caldera Pacific) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of Samsung Securities Co., Ltd., Samsung Securities (Asia) Ltd. is a brokerage company based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company provides brokerage services. The company was founded in 2001. The CEO is Young Kyun Ko.