Whitney Jean Stevenson

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Teachers' Private Capital is a private equity firm founded in the year 1991. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with additional offices in London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Slate Asset Management LP /Private Equity/ (Slate Asset Management /Private Equity/) is a real estate investment firm, which was founded in 2005 by Blair Welch and Brady Welch. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Birch Hill Equity Partners Management, Inc (Birch Hill Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Steve J Dent and John B MacIntyre. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

OpCapita LLP (OpCapita) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by John A. von Spreckelsen. The firm is headquartered in London.

Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP (Inflexion Private Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by John Frederick Hartz and Simon Eric Hugh Turner. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Portag3 Ventures (Portag3 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sagard Private Equity founded in 2015 by Paul Guy Desmarais III and Adam Felesky. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Altas Partners LP (Altas Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Andrew Dunn and Andrew Sheiner. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with an additional office in New York.

Presima Securities ULC is a specialist asset manager and holding firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded in 2004 as Presima, Inc. Presima specializes in public and private real estate markets for Canadian investment advisors and accredited investors.

Canadian Business Growth Fund Cbgf (Canadian Business Growth Fund) is private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

EdgePoint Investment Group, Inc. (EdgePoint) is an independent investment manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2008 by Tye Bousada, Geoff MacDonald, and Patrick Farmer. EdgePoint offers discretionary investment management services to institutions (foundations, pension portfolios, etc.) through separately managed accounts.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Penfund Management Ltd (Penfund Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm is founded in 1979 by John Bradlow. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Conquest Planning, Inc. is a FinTech company that is developing an innovative solution for the financial services industry. The company was founded by Mark Evans in 2018 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

BrandProject (BP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Andrew Black, Jay Bhatti and Andrew Bridge. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Part of American Future Fuel Corp., Elephant Capital Corp. operates mineral projects. Luke Montaine has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2019. Elephant Capital was acquired by Evolving Gold Corp. on May 25, 2022 for $16.04 million.

Part of Five Nines Ventures Ltd., CanPac Investments Corp. provides financial services. The company is based in North Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Carman Parente.

Stadnyk & Partners, Inc. provides market awareness and strategic advisory services. The private company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by David Alexander Stadnyk.

Greenbrier Communications, Inc. provides 24/7 help desk support and network security services. Greenbrier Communications is based in Lewisburg, WV. The private company offers certified help desk support with optional 8/5 availability, and their Sentinel Network Security service balances business objectives and risks with the cost of protection. The company uses proven, standardized processes and monitors them constantly to keep hackers out, keep data in, and stop any potential threats.

Clairvest Group, Inc. (Private Equity) (Clairvest Group) is a private equity arm of Clairvest Group, Inc. founded in 1987. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Monitor Deloitte is a company that provides strategic consulting services. The company is based in Rosslyn, VA. The company was founded by Lene S Schulze.

Softchoice Corp. markets software and hardware technology products. It serves businesses and organizations. Softchoice was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Polycor, Inc. engages in manufacturing and distribution of natural stone. It offers ultra-thin 1cm slabs and porcelain tiles. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Eight Capital is a 100% principal-owned, Canadian investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It has additional offices in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2016 as Dundee Capital Partners. They offer investment banking, equity research and institutional sales & trading services to retail and institutional clients. Eight Capital provide their clients with timely market insights (with the assistance of their equity research team) across all the investment disciplines: fundamental, technical, and quantitative. Beyond the traditional market access trading provides, their traders work with clients to find unique liquidity solutions, and discreet trading solutions for large blocks of stock.

Whitecap Venture Partners (Whitecap) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Carey J. Diamond. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Imperial Capital Group Ltd (Imperial Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Stephen D. Lister and Jeffrey Rosenthal. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.