Alex Vitaly Lusherovich

Matthews International Capital Management LLC (dba Matthews Asia) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Paul Matthews in 1991. Matthews Asia manages portfolios for institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations and other business entities around the world.

Royal Bank of Scotland Asia Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd., previously known as ABN AMRO Asia Securities Singapore Pte Ltd., is the Singapore-based securities subsidiary of the Government of the United Kingdom's The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. (LSE: RBS) in Great Britain. The firm provides primarily securities brokerage and research services to large corporate and institutional clients as well as to intermediaries and high-net worth individuals.

Tstone Corp (Tstone) is an independent private equity firm headquartered in Seoul, Korea. The firm is founded by Joonhee Won in 2001.

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to several client types, which includes Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

Citigroup Global Markets Japan, Inc. (CGM-JP) is a wholly-owned broker/dealer subsidiary of Citigroup Japan Holdings GK, ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Previously known as Nikko Citigroup Ltd., the firm was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between US-based Citigroup and Nikko Securities, based in Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, CGM-JP provides brokerage services to governmental institutions, financial institutions, multinational corporations and institutional investors. Their sales and trading, distribution and research capabilities span a broad range of asset classes, currencies, sectors and products including equities, commodities, credit, futures, foreign exchange (FX), emerging markets, G10 rates, municipals, prime finance and securitized markets.

Cartica Management LLC (Cartica) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 2009 by Teresa Barger, Steven Quamme and Farida Khambata. Cartica provides investment supervisory services to private investment funds which are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors and may also provide investment supervisory services for separately managed accounts for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors.

Harris Associates LP (Harris) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1976 and is a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, which is ultimately owned by BCPE’s Natixis SA (Natixis) (PAR: KN), a French investment banking and financial services firm. Harris primarily provides discretionary investment advisory services to individuals and institutions, including registered investment companies. The firm also provides investment advisory services to wrap programs, mutual funds, private investment partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles.

Founded in 1992 by Joseph DuCote and Frank Soriano, Sutter Securities, Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer located in San Francisco. The firm underwrites, trades and sells fixed-income and equity products. Their trading desk also engages in agency transactions in U.S. Government and agency obligations, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, MBS, ABS, listed and over-the-counter stocks, and domestic and foreign CDs and commercial paper. The firm serves domestic and international institutional clients, including bond and mutual funds, insurance companies, corporations, banks, retirement funds and investment advisors. Sutter Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Rondure Global Advisors LLC (Rondure) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm was founded by Laura Geritz in 2016. Rondure provides discretionary investment management services to the Rondure Funds, a family of no-load mutual funds that are part of the Financial Investors Trust, a series trust.

Litman Gregory Wealth Management LLC (LGWM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The firm was founded in 1987 and previously known as Litman Gregory Asset Management LLC. Formerly owned by Litman Gregory Capital Partners LLC, the firm was acquired in June 2021 by iM Global Partner SAS in France. LGWM provides independent investment management services to individuals, multi-generational families, nonprofits, banks, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and pension and profit-sharing plans.

J.P. Morgan FCS Corp. provides financial software services for management, administration, reporting and risk analysis. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Legg Mason & Co. (UK) Ltd. provides asset management services. The company was founded on May 21, 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.