Sumit Kakra

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.

GQ Life Sciences, Inc. provides software solutions to life science research organizations. It offers LifeQuest, a patent search platform specific for the life sciences that provides a solution for semantic keyword and life science ontology searching; and GenomeQuest that integrates full-text search and sequence search in the intellectual property domain. The company was founded by Eric Glemet in 1998 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mosaix Ventures LLC (Mosaix Ventures) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Ranjan Lal. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Advanced Financial Applications, Inc. provides integrated order processing solutions to buy and sell-side institutions. It helps hedge funds, asset management firms, broker dealers, and family offices grow their businesses by creating and delivering trading solutions to streamline the trade workflow. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

KnowledgeAdvisors, Inc. provides learning and talent measurement solutions. It offers talent development programs, driving improved productivity, reduced administrative costs and increased return on human capital investments. The company was founded by Kent D. Barnett in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Synetro Group LLC (Synetro Group) is a private entity and strategic advisory firm founded in 2000 by Pantelis A. Georgiadis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.