John B. Saunders

Bucyrus International, Inc. designed and manufactured mining equipment for surface and underground mining. Its surface equipment include walking draglines, electric shovels, and rotary blasthole drills and is used for mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals, and underground equipment is used primarily for mining coal. The firm also manufactures OEM parts and provides support services for all Bucyrus brand mining machines. The company was founded in 1880 and was headquartered in Oak Creek, WI.

Flow International Corp. develops and manufactures industrial waterjet systems for cutting and cleaning applications. It provides ultrahigh-pressure surface preparation and industrial cleaning systems that are used to remove coatings. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Kent, WA.

Ply Gem Industries, Inc. designs and manufactures residential interior and building products. It offers siding, steel siding, windows, doors, stone, trim, fence and rail, roofing, gutters, and accents. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Trizetto Corp. provides information technology solutions for healthcare industry. It offers patient access, claims management, denials management, contract management, contract management, and patient financial. The company was founded by Jeffrey H. Margolis in 1997 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Invensys Ltd. designs and manufactures software products, systems, and control equipment to various markets. Its Software segment develops and supplies industrial software products including SimSci-Esscor, a design, simulation, and optimization software, as well as a trading, planning, and scheduling software. The company was founded on April 1, 1920 and is headquartered in Telford, he United Kingdom.

EMI Group Ltd. offers music recording services. It operates record labels such as Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Latin, Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Records Nashville, Manhattan, Parlophone, Virgin Classics and Virgin Records. The firm also manufactures electronics device and systems. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered London, the United Kingdom.

1&1 Versatel GmbH engages in the provision of telecommunication services for small, medium-sized, and large enterprises, public institutions, communities, and municipal companies. It offers telephone, Internet, mobile, hosting, voice and site networking, personal consulting, email and web protection services. The firm also manages and develops a fiber network infrastructure. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Blatchford Ltd. designs, manufactures, and sells prosthetics, orthotics, and seating products. The firm offers limb systems, liners, workshop equipment, ankles and adapters, sockets, locks, and valves, and shower seating. The company was founded by Chas A. Blatchford in 1890 and is headquartered in Basingstoke, the United Kingdom.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting services. The company was founded on April 6, 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Verso Paper Holdings LLC was engaged in manufacturing and ditributing coated papers and paper products. The company was founded on November 3, 2006 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Greiner Holding AG manufactures plastic and foam products. The company provides foam materials for laboratory and packaging technology, production of tools, mechanical engineering and terotechnology. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Kremsmunster, Austria.

Vodafone Deutschland GmbH engages in the provision of television, telecommunications, and multimedia services. It focuses on areas such as Internet, telephone, cable television, and wireless mobile networks. The company was founded on December 17, 2002 and is headquartered in Unterfoehring, Germany.

Apax Partners Beteiligungsberatung GmbH (APB) is a private equity firm located in Munich, Germany. APB is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners Holdings Ltd. with the ultimate parent firm being UK-headquartered Apax Partners Worldwide LLP which can trace their history to 1972. In 1972, Ronald Cohen and Maurice Tchenio co-founded the Multinational Management Group (MMG). In 1976, the Alan Patricof Associates firm joined forces with MMG to form Apax Partners. In 2002, the European and the U.S. operating firms merged to become Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, headquartered in London. They also operate through offices in New York, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Mumbai, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong. In 2005, the Apax Foundation was established for the group's charitable donations. The foundation supports entrepreneurial endeavors, social investment and educational initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty worldwide.