Barbara Richter

Värde Partners, Inc. provides investment advisory services. It serves foundations and endowments, pension plans, insurance companies, other institutional investors and private clients. The company was founded by George G. Hicks, Gregory Scott McMillian and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Goldman Sachs International (GSI) is the Great Britain-based, wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group UK Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Trushelfco Ltd. Headquartered in London, GSI provides prime brokerage, securities lending, futures services and financing services for a range of clients such as corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals.

Songkick.com Ltd. provides resources and recommendations for live music performances. It operates an online portal to track artists, venues, festivals, and concert buddies. It also provides facilities to share posters, photos, videos, setlists, reviews, and live music history. In addition, the company offers Songkicker, which is a plug-in for itunes, winamp, and windows media player that tracks artists in music library. The company was founded by Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith in October 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

Alchemy Partners LLP (Alchemy Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Martin Keith Bolland and Robert Bruce Barnes. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Mid Europa Partners LLP (Mid Europa Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1999 by Thierry M. Baudon. The firm is headquartered in London.

UOB Venture Management Pte Ltd (UOBVM) is a venture capital/private capital firm, a subsidiary of UOB Global Capital LLC (New York) founded in 1992. Headquartered in Singapore.

Trinity Street Asset Management (Trinity Street) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2002 and is owned by Bruce Nelson Cayman Ltd. in Cayman Islands. Trinity Street provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds and separately managed accounts set up for investment by institutional investors, such as employee benefit plans, endowment funds, foundations and religious organizations as well as individual investors.

Part of VPE BL LLC, Varde Partners Europe Ltd. is a British company that provides investment advice. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2004 by George G. Hicks, Marcia Lynn Page. Bradley Philip Bauer has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Värde Management LP (Värde) is an independent, SEC-registered alternative investment adviser headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1993 by George Hicks and Marcia Page. Värde sponsors and manages a family of private investment funds. Investors in the Private Funds include various global institutional investors as well as high net worth individuals.

Songkick.com, Inc. provides resources and recommendations for live music performances. The firm allows users to follow music artists, live music events and book tickets. The company was founded by Ian Hogarth, Philip Cowans, Matt Jones, Pete Smith and Michelle You in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Co., Inc. (United Kingdom) is a consulting firm that helps UK manufacturers embrace new technologies for digital transformation and leadership. The company is based in London, UK. Ruben Schaubroeck, McKinsey Digital's new lead for the UK, Belgium, and Netherlands offices, spoke with Thomas Farrar, a manager of communications in the firm's UK office, about the importance of speed and pace for CEOs in this new growth journey. The British company works with organizations that pursue sustainability, inclusion, and economic growth, all at the same time, to achieve strategic foresight and built-in agility in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new trading relationship with the EU.

WiZink Bank SA is a commercial banking services company. It is engaged in providing financial solutions such as loans and savings plan, and credit card. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Sanjose Desarrollos Inmobiliarios SAP Provides real estate services. It provides selling and renting out services for offices, shopping malls, houses, and garages. The company is headquartered in Tres Cantos, Spain.

Internet Professional Association Ltd. promotes information and communication technology to create business and employment opportunities. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company was founded by Elizabeth Quat.

Guber Banca SpA engages in the provision of credit services to small and medium-sized entities. It specializes in the management of non-performing loans (NPL). Its products and services include online deposit accounts, purchase of NPL portfolios, due diligence advisory, and real estate valuations. The company was founded by Gianluigi Bertini and Francesco Guarneri in January 1991 and is headquartered in Brescia, Italy.

Point Hope is a private equity firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Syncona Partners LLP (Syncona Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Syncona Investment Management Ltd. founded in 2012 by Martin Murphy. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Future Life Group Ltd. provides residential, educational, and supported living services for people with mental and learning disabilities. The company was founded on March 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Xander Finance Pte Ltd. provides financial intermediation services. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Credit Suisse AG (Singapore Branch) provides securities, investment banking, insurance, investment and management services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

Aelca Desarrollos Inmobiliarios SL is a real estate company. It is engaged in promotion, marketing, development, and management of real estate projects. The company was founded on September 25, 2012 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Guangxi Chesir Pearl Material Co., Ltd. develops, produces, and sells pearlescent pigments. The private company is based in Liuzhou, China. Ertian Su has been the CEO of the Chinese company since 2011.

Magenta LLC manufactures molded plastic products. The private company is based in Lockport, IL.

Vía Célere Desarrollos Inmobiliarios SA engages in the provision of real estate services. The firm specializes in the development, design, investment, and management of residential and corporate real estate assets. The company was founded on August 16, 1989 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Mirobio Ltd. operates as a biologics company focusing on autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. The firm develops antibody modulators of immune cell receptors, an approach that has potential across a range of diseases, with an initial focus on auto-immune disease. The company was founded by Richard Cornall and Simon Davis on October 8, 2018 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Maxion Therapeutics is a British company that specializes in creating first-in-class and protein therapeutics for treating previously untreatable ion channel- and GPCR-driven diseases. The company was founded by John McCafferty, Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, and is based in London, UK. The company achieves this through their revolutionary KnotBody® technology. John McCafferty has been the CEO since incorporation.

Ascend Gene & Cell Therapies Ltd. is a gene and cell therapy manufacturing specialist that aims to create effective gene therapies to a world-class standard. The company is based in Altrincham, UK, and has subsidiaries in Germany. The British company focuses on constantly refining and flexing their approach and embracing opportunities to innovate to create therapies that change lives. Ascend has over $130m of funding as expert teams merge. The company has a solid platform that allows their team to do their best work and deliver unwavering quality. Timothy Michael Funnell has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

AviadoBio Ltd. is a gene therapy company based in London, UK. AviadoBio's technology is based on pioneering research from King's College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute. The British company's mission is to develop and deliver transformative gene therapies for neurodegenerative disorders, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The company is developing AVB-101 for patients with FTD-GRN. AviadoBio's investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Monograph Capital, Advent Life Sciences, EQT Lifesciences, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), F-Prime Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), and LifeArc. The company was founded by Youn Bok Lee, Do Young Lee, Chris E. Shaw, and Lisa Deschamps has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Monograph Capital Advisors (UK) LLP (Monograph Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Fred Ehrenkranz Cohen and Charles Conn. The firm is headquartered in London, GB.