Donald Ness

Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd. (MCIM) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of Martin Currie Ltd., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in the US. The firm was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Edinburgh. MCIM performs investment management, dealing, investment support, sales and marketing and platform functions for the Martin Currie group. The firm manages active-equity portfolios for a global client base of financial institutions, charities, foundations, endowments, pension funds, family offices, government agencies and investment funds.

Elit Zeros 2008 Plc provides investment services. It is wholly owned subsidiary of Edinburgh Leveraged Income Trust Plc (ELIT). The Trust's objective is to provide ordinary shareholders with high level of income, convertible income shareholders with fixed income entitlement and capital gearing and zero shareholders with pre-determined capital entitlement in March 2008. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, UK.

The Association of Investment Cos. is based in London, UK. The British company represents and provides investor data on closed-ended funds, including investment trusts and venture capital trusts (VCTs). The non-profit company was founded in 1932. Richard William Stone has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Speirs & Jeffrey Ltd. (Broker) (S&J) is the stockbroking division of Speirs & Jeffrey Ltd. in Great Britain. Established in 1906, the firm is located in Glasgow, Scotland, and provides brokerage services to private individuals, trusts, charities and pension funds on an advisory and discretionary basis. S&J specializes in private client portfolio asset management to clients who are mainly based in Scotland and England. In addition, they advise and manage investments within tax-advantageous structures such as PEPs, ISAs and retirement funds such as SIPPs and SASSs.

CFA Society of the UK is an association of investment professionals based in the UK. The British company was founded in an unspecified year.