George Ferris

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Allied Investments LP is a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, DC with additional offices in New York City. Los Angeles and Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of Ares Partners Management Co. LLC.

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., Coopers & Lybrand (Australia) is an Australian company that provides accounting services. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Castleton Commodities International LLC provides commodities marketing and merchandising services. The firm markets physical commodities including natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, crude oil, fuel oil, freight, petrochemicals, electric power and coal and financial instruments related to commodities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

CompassMSP LLC engages in the provision of managed IT, private or public cloud, and cyber security services. It specializes in cloud hosting, telecom technology leadership, and planning. The company was founded in October 2016 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Bilgola Capital LLC (Bilgola Capital) is a private equity/ venture capital firm founded in 2011 by George N Ferris. The firm is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.