James Scott McDonald

CIT Group, Inc. is a financial holding company, which engages in the financing, leasing and advisory services. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Corporate. The Commercial Banking segment consists of four divisions, commercial finance, rail, and real estate finance and business capital. The Consumer Banking segment includes retail Banking, consumer lending, and SBA lending, which are grouped together for purposes of discussion as other consumer banking and legacy consumer mortgages. The Corporate segment refers to the businesses and portfolios that they no longer consider strategic. These portfolios include equipment financing, secured lending and leasing and advisory services to small and middle-market businesses. The company was founded by Henry Ittelson in 1908 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the areas of private equity, technology, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, commercial litigation, and insurance & reinsurance litigation. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Rockefeller & Co., Inc. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. Rockefeller & Co. is the successor firm to the office established in New York City in 1882 by John D. Rockefeller to manage his family's assets and to create and sustain wealth for future generations. The office provided investment management and financial counseling services for the Rockefellers and related organizations. Rockefeller & Co. was incorporated in 1979 and became an SEC-registered investment advisor in 1980. They expanded their capabilities by chartering trust companies in New York in 1985 and Delaware in 1997. Rockefeller & Co. provides investment services to a variety of clients including ultra high net-worth individuals, families, family offices, trusts, endowments and institutions in the US and around the world.

NYSE Group, Inc. operates multiple securities stock exchange. It through its subsidiaries operates multiple securities market centers, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Arca (formerly known as the Archipelago Exchange and the Pacific Exchange). It provides securities listings, market information products and services. It offers a range of investment vehicles and order execution services. It operate as electronic platform used to trade securities and security-related financial instruments. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Invesco Ltd., Pell Rudman & Co., Inc. is a private company that owns 45 institutional investment firms. The company is based in Boston, MA. Pell Rudman & Co. was acquired by Invesco Ltd. from OM Residual UK Ltd. on August 02, 2001 for $200 million.

The Japan Society of New York is an organization that connects Japanese arts, culture, business, and society with audiences around the world. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The society aims to strengthen connections within and build new bridges beyond Japan. The CEO of the company is Joshua W. Walker.

NYSE Euronext operates financial markets and provides trading solutions. It offers an array of products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, clearing operations, market data, commercial technology solutions and carbon trading, all designed to meet the evolving needs of investors, issuers, financial institutions and market participants. The company was founded by Jean-François Théodore in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. provides wealth management services. It offers services to the financial institutions, foundations, and trusts. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.