Roger Wittlin

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Benefit Street Partners LLC /Private Debt/ (BSP) is a private debt firm which was founded in 2008, headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Charlotte, Houston, Providence and San Francisco.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

TeamGo, Inc. is a company based in Beaverton, OR. The company was founded by Sean Conrad and Jesse Berns, with Sean Conrad serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Karus, Inc. is based in San Francisco, CA. Karus, Inc. is an AI decisioning tool that empowers lending and private credit capital allocation in auto finance for all participants. Aaron Travis has been the CEO of the company since September 01, 2020.

Qatalyst Partners LP provides investments and financial advisory services. The company was founded by Frank P. Quattrone and Brian Cayne and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Better Food Ventures Associates LLC (Better Food Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Rob Trice. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Higher Ground Labs Management LLC (Higher Ground Labs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Shomik Dutta and Andrew Mclaughlin. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Keep Financial Technologies, Inc. is revolutionizing compensation by aligning it with business objectives, ROI, and performance. The company is based in Atlanta, GA and was founded by Robert J. Frohwein and Kathryn T. Petralia. The company offers an intuitive platform called Keep™ that allows employers to create customizable vesting cash plans to attract top talent, assure retention, and increase overall employee satisfaction and productivity. Keep's vesting cash provides employees with usable capital up front to satisfy personal goals while enabling employers to retain talent to secure long-term business success.

Milbank LLP provides legal services. It serves corporate, finance, financial restructuring, litigation and arbitration, securities, capital markets, trusts, estates, and exempt organizations, and tax markets. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

UBS O'Connor LLC is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS O'Connor primarily provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various types of pooled investment vehicles, (which may or may not be exempt from registration), pension or profit-sharing plans, and institutional separately managed accounts.

Beach Point Capital Management LP (Beach Point) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded in 2009 by Carl Goldsmith and Scott Klein, through a management buyback of the alternative high yield business of Post Advisory Group LLC. Beach Point offers specialized funds and customized managed accounts designed to meet specific client needs and return objectives. Their clients include public and corporate pension funds and endowments in the US and Europe.

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, offshore funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles and client accounts.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

BDCA Adviser LLC (BDCA Adviser) is a private equity subsidiary of Benefit Street Partners LLC founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in New York.