Ariane Mahler

Veridien Global Investors LLC is an investment firm based in Darien, CT. The private company focuses on climate-focused equity strategies, aiming to achieve strong relative outperformance and an asymmetric risk profile by investing in companies well-positioned to benefit from reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increased energy efficiency. Veridien's goal is to invest in companies with technologies and business models driving decarbonization. Ariane Mahler has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

La Française Inflection Point SASU (La Française) is the specialist asset management subsidiary of La Française Asset Management SAS, ultimately owned by Groupe Crédit Mutuel in France. Formerly known as UFG-Sarasin AM SAS, the firm was founded in 1997 as Sarasin Asset Management France by UFG and Bank Sarasin to develop the group's socially responsible investments, primarily for institutional investors. In 2009 the asset management arm of Groupe UFG merged with La Française des Placements and they became LFP-Sarasin AM SAS. In 2014 they changed their name to La Française Inflection Point SASU. Headquartered in Paris, La Française offers a range of investment solutions to individual and institutional investors.

Dresdner Kleinwort Securities LLC (DKS) is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG and a member of Allianz SE (FR: ALV) in Germany. Headquartered in London and Frankfurt, and with an international network of offices, DKS provides a wide range of investment bank products and services to European and international clients through their Global Banking and Capital Markets business lines. DKS provides an integrated service across the spectrum of Capital Markets products, including Short Term Products & Treasury, Equity Products, Rates, Credit Products, Foreign Exchange, Debt Origination, Sales & Marketing, Research, and Risk Management & Tax. DKS offers general financial advice together with execution capability for a range of corporate finance related transactions on a global basis. The primary focus is on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, equity issues and initial public offerings.

Founded in 2006, Tradewinds Global Investors LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm was created through a reorganization of their affiliate, NWQ Investment Management Co. They are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Tradewinds provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of clients, including corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, individuals, high net-worth individuals, trust accounts, estates, corporations and/or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. They provide investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs and other non-US pooled investment vehicles, including UCITS funds. Tradewinds also provides investment advisory services to a number of private investment funds which are generally organized as Delaware statutory trusts.