Ricky W. Liu

Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (CC&L) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with an additional office in Toronto. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Partnership, itself a subsidiary of Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. CC&L provides investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses and private investment funds.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Cytiva Software, Inc. provides on-demand recruiting software solutions. The firm offers applicant tracking, on boarding and employee performance management software solutions. Its recruiting software product, SonicRecruit, allows corporations to screen applicants, automate recruiting departments, customize corporate career sites and hire people. The company's SonicPerform employee performance management software automates employee evaluations, aligns employees around key goals and encourages year round feedback. Cytiva Software was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Artio Global Investors, Inc. provides investment management services to institutional and mutual fund clients. The company was founded on May 2, 1963 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Founded in 1989 by Wayne Wachell and Leslie Cliff, Genus Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Vancouver, British Columbia with an additional office in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm manages assets for to individuals, families, foundations, pension funds, governments and First Nations.

GLG LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 and was formerly known as GLG Ore Hill LLC and as Ore Hill Partners LLC. They are a subsidiary of Man Investments Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately held by Man Group Plc (LSE: EMG) in Great Britain. GLG provides advisory or sub-advisory services to US or non-US managed accounts and pooled investment vehicles on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Ontario Bar Association operates as the voice of Canada’s legal profession. The firm represents lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and law students from across the province. It specializes in advocacy, practice area sanctions, professional development programs, and law reform and law amendment. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

RBC Global Asset Management, Inc. (RBC GAM) is an investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX, NYSE: RY). The firm was founded in 2008 following the merger of RBC Asset Management and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management in Canada, together with the US-based institutional asset management company, RBC Global Asset Management (US). RBC GAM provides global investment management services and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and individual investors through separate accounts, pooled funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and specialty investment strategies.

Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants operates under the professional accountant’s ordinance and works in the public interest. It offers CPA qualification programme and promulgating financial reporting, auditing and ethical standards in Hong Kong. The company was founded on January 1, 1973 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Pender Private Equity Fund Management Inc (Pender Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of PenderFund Capital Management Ltd founded in 1994 by John Kelly Edmison. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with an office in Ontario.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a company based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company specializes in providing services to help businesses achieve their tax objectives and strategically move forward. The company's focus is on building trust in society and solving important problems, and they work closely with clients to ensure they are ready to take advantage of new opportunities for growth.

one45 Software, Inc. provides educational software solutions for healthcare institutions. It offers a suite of software tools for managing, scheduling, assessing, and tracking medical education programs. The company was founded by Ric Arseneau, Derek Hemmes, and John Simms in 2001 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

British Columbia Bar Association Operates as a law firm association to provide legal services. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Baron Global Financial Canada Ltd. provides financial advisory services. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association operates as a professional organization. The non-profit company is based in Ottawa, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Pure Multi-Family Reit (GP), Inc. is a Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT. The CEO of the American company is Stephen James Evans.

BTG Pactual (United States) is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BTG Pactual SA, the largest independent investment bank in Latin America. BTG Pactual began their equity brokerage business in 2003. The firm provides sales and trading services across a variety of asset classes in both local and international markets. Their services include customized execution, DMA algorithms and a dedicated execution platform for equities and ETD products. The firm also offers an electronic trading platform that provides clients with both a tool for their BM&F Bovespa trades and the ability to customize and enhance trade execution. BTG Pactual offers a range of products, securities transactions and services through their Sales & Trading teams in fixed-income, currencies and commodities (FICC) and through their equities teams in Brazil, Latin America and international markets. The firm's Sales & Trading teams also provide high quality execution across the various market segments, as well as products including equities cash and derivatives, FX and interest rate derivatives, swap products, money markets and credit trading (sovereign and corporate debt). BTG Pactual's Sales & Trading teams work closely with the firm's product specialists to offer structured and tailored products in Brazilian FX, FI and credit markets.