Alastair McGibbon

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Ltd. (MCEL) is the London-based subsidiary of Macquarie Group Ltd. (SY: MQG), a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and fund management services. Operating as part of the Macquarie Capital Advisers division, MCEL provides investment advisory services in the UK and in continental Europe. In relation with Macquarie Securities Group, they provide access to Asia Pacific markets for European clients. In terms of research, MCEL supplies macro-economic, markets and stock level analysis to a diverse range of clients. Their capabilities cover equity, debt, ForEx, futures, metals and mining worldwide, economics and strategy. In 2009 Macquarie Group acquired the international brokerage firm Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller LLC. The London branch Fox-Pitt, Kelton Ltd. was absorbed into MCEL.

Macquarie Securities (Australia) Ltd. (MSAL) is a brokerage firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a subsidiary of Macquarie Corporate International Holdings Pty Ltd., ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG) in Australia. MSAL serves as the brokering entity for the Macquarie Group.

NAOS Asset Management Ltd. is a specialist fund manager based in Sydney, Australia. and has subsidiaries in Australia. The company provides concentrated exposure to Australian listed industrial companies outside of the ASX-50, with a focus on long term capital protection and delivering sustainable growing fully franked dividends. The private company operates a consistent investment strategy across all three LICs, with the key difference between each LIC being the size of the companies held within each portfolio, providing investors the option to access micro-cap, small-cap and mid-cap quality industrial companies. The company was founded in 2005. Sebastian Evans has been the CEO of the company since 2007.