Bertrand M. Millot

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

The Group's principal activities are to provide investment, financing, advisory, insurance and related products and services on a global basis. The Group's services includes securities brokerage, trading, insurance, record keeping and underwriting through its broker, dealer, banking, insurance and other financial services subsidiaries. The Group operates in three business segments: Global Markets and Investment Banking group, Global Private Client, and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. The principal subsidiary of the Group is Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., which provides securities brokerage, option contracts, commodity and financial futures contracts, selected insurance products, options, corporate and municipal securities, investment banking and business advisory services. The Group operates in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Pacific Rim, Canada and Latin America. In 2005, the Group acquired Pax Clearing Corp, the advest Group and Amvescap Plc.

Montréal Exchange, Inc. engages in the operation and development of market and clearing services for Canadian and international clients and to commercialize internally developed technology solutions. The Group operates in two segments, namely, Exchange and Clearing House. The Exchange segment acts as the only standardized financial derivatives exchange in Canada, providing a complete range of equity, index and interest rate derivatives. The Clearing House segment acts as clearing house and guarantor for derivative instruments traded at the MX and certain other derivative instruments from the over-the-counter market. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. manufactures aerospace and aircraft engines. It designs services aircraft engines, space propulsion systems, and industrial gas turbines for the aerospace and building industries. The firm offers repair, rentals, warranty programs, customer training, tooling solutions, and maintenance services. The company was founded by James Young in 1928 and is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.

Amoun Pharmaceutical Co. SAE manufactures and distributes human and veterinary pharmaceutical products and food supplements. The firm’s products include analgesics, anti-infectives, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal drugs and drugs for anesthesia, genito-urinary disorders, and respiratory systems. The company was founded by Sarwat Bassily in 1976 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Part of GlobeeCom International, Inc., Jitney Group, Inc. provides online financial services. The company is based in Montréal, Canada.

Founded in 1987, National Bank Investments, Inc. is a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). The firm manages and promotes National Bank Mutual Funds. They are located in Montreal, Quebec.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

The Law Society of Upper Canada engages in the provision of legal services. The company was founded in 1797 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association operates as a professional organization. The non-profit company is based in Ottawa, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

Ontario Bar Association operates as the voice of Canada’s legal profession. The firm represents lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and law students from across the province. It specializes in advocacy, practice area sanctions, professional development programs, and law reform and law amendment. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec operates as a self-regulatory body that governs Quebec's professional engineers. The firm specifically admits and supports its members, monitors and improves engineering practice and implements a disciplinary framework. It also conducts specific activities to promote prevention, raise the profile of the profession, improve and maintain competencies and ensure that engineers fulfill their ethical and professional obligations in their professional practice. The company was founded in February 14, 1920 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

McGill University Health Center provides health care services. The firm offers multidisciplinary patient centric care services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

The Investment Industry Association of Canada is a member-based professional association that aims to advance the growth and development of the Canadian investment industry. The association is based in Toronto, Canada. Ian Russell has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2006.

Nymbus Capital, Inc. (Nymbus) is an investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada. The firm was founded by Jean-Luc Landry in 2002 as Landry Investment Management, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Nymbus Capital Group, Inc. Nymbus manages assets on a discretionary basis for pension funds, foundations, endowments funds, consultants, multi-family offices and corporations.

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (Private Eqty) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of European Bank for Reconstruction & Development founded in 1991 with headquartered in London.

Part of Stemtech Corp., STEMtech Healthsciences, Inc. is a company that provides stem cell nutrition products. The company is based in Miramar, FL. The company was founded in 2005 by Ray C. Carter, Christian Drapeau. The CEO is Charles S. Arnold. STEMtech Healthsciences, Inc. was acquired by Globe Net Wireless Corp. on August 19, 2021 for $87.09 million.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 2009 by Antonio Cacorino and Fredrick Chapey, StormHarbour Securities LP is an independent full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City with additional offices in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Geneva. The firm is a subsidiary of StormHarbour Partners LP. StormHarbour Securities focuses on distribution, client solutions and capital markets and has extensive experience in the fixed-income credit and alternatives markets. Their services include execution, sourcing/distribution, primary and secondary, reverse inquiry and buy-backs and full asset/capital structure coverage. StormHarbour Securities' clients include hedge funds/other asset managers, banks/insurance companies, pensions. endowments, SWFs, GSEs and other international financial groups. StormHarbour Securities' credit products include: investment grade corporates, high yield, distressed, convertibles and emerging markets. Their securitized products include: ABS (vanilla and exotic), RMBS (prime, alt-A and sub-prime), CMBS, CDOs, CLOs and synthetic structures.

Desert Lake Technologies, LLC produces and distributes Cyactiv and AFA ingredients. The private company is based in Klamath Falls, OR.

Summerhill Capital Management, Inc. (Summerhill Capital) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2004 by Mary Throop. Summerhill Capital provides exclusive money management for a select clientele.

Abidjan Stock Exchange operates as stock exchange. The firm serves for public savings and financial markets, stock exchange and brokerage firms. The company is headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Innovobot Inc (Innovobot) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank is a financial institution based in New York, NY. The private company is comprised of investment banking, international corporate banking, markets, and research businesses. It offers services and advice to money managers, financial institutions, governments, supranational organizations, and corporate clients for their funding, financing, strategic, and risk management needs. Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank provides a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions to corporate, government, and institutional clients. Coimbatore Sundararajan Venkatakrishnan has been the CEO of the company since 2021.