Paul Burniston

Ascential Group Ltd. provides multi-platform events, information and publishing services. The firm's brands include i2i, Lions Festivals, WGSN, EMAP, Glenigan, MEED Projects, Groundsure, Planet Retail and DeHavilland. The company was founded by Richard Winfrey in 1947 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Travel Weekly is the number-one business magazine and online news provider for the UK travel industry, with a print distribution of over 15,000. It provides news, analysis and destination articles for frontline travel agents, tour operators and tourism employees about the outbound and domestic holiday and travel markets. Travel Weekly has won several awards and is regularly cited in the national media. Travelweekly.co.uk features daily news, breaks industry stories and provides a forum for the industry and has 81% visitor market share against its nearest competitor. Travel Weekly Business serves the senior end of the industry. It comprises Travel Weekly Business:am, an agenda-setting early-morning email bulletin; Travel Weekly Insight, a monthly intelligence report; and Travel Weekly Business Breakfasts, topical debates with leading industry figures.

Saxo Bank A/S specializes in online trading and investment banking across global financial markets. It enables private investors and institutional clients to trade FX, CFDs, ETFs, Stocks, Futures, Options and other derivatives via online trading platforms. The firm also offers professional portfolio and fund management. The company was founded by Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen in 1992 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Part of Geely Financials Denmark AS, Saxo Bank (Schweiz) AG is a Swiss company that provides banking services. The company is based in Zollikon, Switzerland.