Peter Kendall

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (BIM-UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm is a subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BIM-UK was founded in 2006 following the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and BlackRock. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors, including the iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. BIM-UK manages a family of mutual funds and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual and pension funds. They also offer alternative investments and managed accounts for individual and institutional clients.

WisdomTree UK Ltd. provides investment solutions. Its products include commodities such as broad, agriculture, livestock and energy, equities such as thematics and single country, currencies such as G10 and emerging markets, short and leveraged such as equities and currencies and fixed income. The company was founded by Graham John Tuckwell, Nik Bienkowski and Gregory John Burgess in 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

John Innes Centre Ltd. provides research services in plant science and microbiology. It carries out fundamental research to train scientists and make their findings available to society. The scientific research at the center makes use of a range of disciplines in the biological and chemical sciences, including cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, computational and mathematical biology. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

Hochschild Mining Holdings Ltd. (United Kingdom) provides exploration and processing services for silver and gold mines. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council, Rothamsted Research Ltd. is a non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide. The company is based in Harpenden, UK. The British company specializes in horticultural and controlled environments, print and online library services, plant metabolomics facility, and insect survey that collects data on the migration of moths and aphids. Rothamsted Research was founded in 1843 by John Bennet Lawes. The CEO is Achim Dobermann.

Part of John Innes Centre Ltd., John Innes Foundation is a charity founded in 1910 and based in Norwich, UK. The foundation is dedicated to advancing plant science, horticulture, and related subjects. The British company provides substantial support to the rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre and the Sainsbury Laboratory, which is renowned for its academic excellence and groundbreaking research attracting elite candidates from around the world. The company achieves this by supporting scientific research, education, training, and public engagement, as well as maintaining and exploiting a unique historical collection of books and other documents. The foundation's mission is to advance the acquisition and application of knowledge about plants and microbes for societal, environmental, and commercial benefit.

Oxford Martin School operates as a centre of research that addresses global challenges. The firm's specialties include interdisciplinary research, health, medicine, energy; environment, technology, society, ethics and governance. The company was founded by James L. Martin in 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

The National Institute of Agricultural Botany delivers practical benefits of research to commercial plant breeders in the UK and developing countries. It also engages in research relevant to crop improvement. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Tropic Biosciences UK Ltd. develops varieties of tropical crops by utilizing cutting-edge genome editing technologies. The company is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

Sunridge Partners (UK) LLP (Sunridge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Part of The National Institute of Agricultural Botany, NIAB Trading Ltd. is a British company that engages in growing cereals and crops, as well as crop trial activities. The company is based in Cambridge, UK and was founded in 2010.