Chris C. Woods

Shard Capital Partners LLP is a wealth management service and award-winning stockbroker that provides financial advice and stockbroking services to private and high-net-worth clients, family offices, and institutions. The private company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in Gibraltar, United Kingdom, and Ireland. The British company offers investment, retirement, and estate planning, mortgages, wills, and probate through trusted third parties. The company also provides a range of products and services designed to provide maximum flexibility and transparency, giving clients the option to take as much or as little control over the investment decision-making process. The company was founded in 2010 by James William Edward Lewis, who has been the CEO since 2010.

Rathbones Investment Management International Ltd. (Rathbones International) is the wealth management subsidiary of Rathbones Investment Management Ltd., which is owned by Rathbones Brothers Plc (LON: RAT) in Great Britain. The firm is headquartered in St. Helier, Jersey. Rathbones International provides offshore investment management services for individuals and families, charities and professional advisers.

Ansbacher & Co. Ltd. (A&Co) is the asset management arm and a subsidiary of Ansbacher Banking Group, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of QNB-Qatar National Bank (QA: QNBK) since 2004. QNB is controlled by the Government of Qatar. The group was founded in 1894 as a brokerage firm. Their current activities include investment advisory, multi-currency private banking services, super yatch finance, fiduciary structuring and margin lending. Based in London, the group has offices in Zurich, Dubai, the Channel Islands, the Bahamas and Doha in Qatar. A&Co specializes in global wealth management, both onshore and offshore, and provides tailored financial solutions to an international clientele of high-net worth private individuals, trustees, institutions and corporations. The firm provides investment advisory services and manages trusts and discretionary accounts, delegating specialist portfolios to third-party asset management firms and using an open architecture approach. A&Co also manages the Al Watani equity funds for QNB, which are invested in the Qatari economy.