Kevin McGrath

Founded in 2000, M. S. Howells & Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in Houston, Scottsdale, Arizona and Hampton, New Hampshire. The firm provides clients with a full array of investment services including portfolio reporting, research, direct access trading, trade desk access, portfolio risk analysis and administrative support. Their clients include established hedge funds, start-up hedge funds, Registered Investment Advisors, trading groups and money managers. The firm has a fully disclosed clearing arrangement with Jefferies & Co., Inc. and a secondary clearing agreement with Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LP through Grace Financial Group LLC.

Part of Celanese Corp., HNA Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturer of inorganic dye and pigment. The company is based in Summit, NJ.

Arch Chemicals, Inc. operates as a global biocides company which provides chemistry-based and related solutions to selectively destroy and control the growth of harmful microbes. It focuses on water treatment, hair and skin care products, wood treatment, preservation and protection applications such as for paints and building products, and health and hygiene applications. The company was founded on August 25, 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

NexPlanar Corp. develops the next generation chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. The company was founded by Sudhanshu Misra and Pradip K. Roy in 2003 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.