Katharine Tomko

Mawer Investment Management Ltd. (Mawer) is a privately-owned, Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It has additional office in Toronto, Ontario, and a subsidiary with an office in Singapore. The firm was founded as a partnership in 1974 by Charles Mawer. They provide discretionary portfolio management services in certain jurisdictions in Canada for individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, institutions, pension funds, and not-for-profit organizations. Mawer also provides discretionary portfolio management services for US-based corporations and institutions, as well as certain US residents. The firm also provides sub-advisory services to certain institutional public mutual funds, non-public pooled funds, separately managed accounts, or wrap-fee programs that are managed and operated by other non-affiliated portfolio managers or investment managers.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Foyston, Gordon & Payne, Inc. (FGP) is a Canadian wealth management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1980 and is jointly owned by their management and AMG Canada Corp., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) in the US. FGP provides value-oriented portfolio management to organizations and high net-worth individuals.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (NBF) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF is an integrated firm that combines retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties.

AgResearch Ltd. engages in research and development activities in the pastoral sector. It offers NaturOTM analgesia system, CARLA Saliva Test, WormFEC and MicroManual products. Its services include bioinformatics, development engineering, farms and deoxyribonucleic acid testing laboratory. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Walsingham Growth Partners (Walsingham Growth Partner) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2003 by Richard C. Black. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is an organization that brings together around 1,300 academy members and 250 companies to bridge the gap between academia, business, and politics. The non-profit company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish company's aim is to work towards people's ability to contribute positively to society. The organization runs an internship program called Tekniksprånget, which gives young people in Sweden the opportunity to test the engineering profession through a four-month paid internship. The program has been running since 2012 and aims to inspire more people to choose a higher technical education. The CEO of the company is Björn O. Nilsson.

The BioIndustry Association is a UK-based organization that represents the life sciences and biotech industry. The British company's mission is to facilitate and connect the ecosystem to help businesses start, grow, and deliver world-changing innovation. The non-profit company was founded by Cormac G. Kilty and Simon Geoffrey Best, and Steve Bates has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Beactica Therapeutics AB operates as a drug discovery company, utilizing its proprietary methodologies to evaluate the interactions of molecules in order to generate novel therapeutics. The firm's services include fragment-based lead generation, kinetic and mechanistic characterization of inhibitors, extended rate analysis, competition analysis, and antibody interaction analysis. The company was founded by Per K?llblad and Ulla Helena Danielson in 2006 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset engages in the provision of basic and emergency medical care. It offers specialized care, pediatrics, transplant activity, treatment of cardiovascular diseases, immunology, and vaccine research. Its hospital provides an infrastructure necessary for teaching and research. The company was founded on January 1, 1997 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

BluEarth Renewables, Inc. engages in the development and production of renewable energy. It also acquires, develops, constructs, and operates wind, water and solar projects. The company was founded by John D, Keating, Ross Keating, Kathy Bolton, Kent Brown, Geoff Carnegie and Kelly Matheson-King in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Part of XNK Therapeutics AB, CellProtect Nordic Pharmaceuticals AB is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Huddinge, SE. CellProtect Nordic Pharmaceuticals is one of the pioneering companies in the field of cell therapy, developing unique and individualized natural killer (NK) cell-based cancer therapies. The Swedish company has built a tailor-made GMP clean room facility for manufacturing clinical products and is currently evaluating its lead product, evencaleucel, in a randomized, controlled, phase II study for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The company was founded in 2012 and the CEO is Johan Liwing.

Flerie Invest AB (Flerie Invest) is a venture capital subsidiary of Flerie Creations Ltd. founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Reformulary Group, Inc. provides care-effective drug benefits. The company was founded by Helen Stevenson and Heather Nicol in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Ontario Teachers Private Capital /Infrastructure/ is a private equity firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.

Anbaric Development Partners LLC specializes in early stage development of electric transmission systems (especially controllable DC lines) and small, medium, and large scale microgrid projects. The company is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

UK Research & Innovation is a partnership organization that works with universities, research organizations, businesses, charities, and government to create an environment that fosters research and innovation. The private company is based in London, UK. The organization aims to maximize the contribution of each component part, working both individually and collectively. UKRI collaborates with many partners to benefit everyone through knowledge, talent, and ideas.

Geneos Therapeutics, Inc. Develops and commercializes neo-antigen based personalized cancer therapies. The firm engages in developing personalized immunotherapies against tumor specific neoantigens which arise from gene mutations in cancerous cells. The company was founded by Niranjan Y. Sardesai in 2017 and is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA.

Amarna Therapeutics BV operates as a biotechnology company developing SVac viral gene delivery vector platform. The firm has developed a proprietary SuperVero cell line and SVec gene delivery platform for the development of safe and efficient immunotherapies for major indications within the degenerative, inflammatory and autoimmune disease areas. The company was founded by Ben van Leent and Peter de Haan in 2008 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Synerkine Pharma BV focuses on developing novel fusion proteins for the treatment of inflammatory, neuropathic and osteoarthritic pain. The company was founded by Hans Preusting in 2018 and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.

XNK Therapeutics AB operates as a technology platform which leads research on NK cells at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Huddinge, Sweden.

NorthX Biologics Matfors AB is a biologics company that specializes in high-quality protein production and DNA manufacturing. The company is based in Matfors, Sweden, and has subsidiaries in Sweden. The Swedish company offers comprehensive cell banking services, including master cell bank production, GMP cell banking, and cell bank characterization, ensuring quality and compliance for biological products. The company also provides premium plasmid DNA services, offering GMP, High Quality, and Research Grade plasmids for gene therapy, cell therapy, molecular biology research, and clinical applications. The company was founded in 1963, and Janet Hoogstraate has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Vitara Biomedical, Inc. engages in the biotechnology business. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Prokarium Holdings Ltd. provides management services. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2014. Kristen Albright has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (Stifel Canada) is a Canadian broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Headquartered in Toronto, Stifel Canada provides institutional sales and trading to corporate clients and institutional investors. The firm also offers a much broader suite of products and services, while remaining the same group of dedicated professionals serving Canadian capital markets.

Teachers' Venture Growth (Teachers' Venture Growth) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Attabotics, Inc. provides robotic warehousing and fulfilment systems. The firm specializes in automated warehousing, storage and retrieval, robotics, industrial automation, e-fulfilment and e-commerce storage and retrieval. The company was founded by Jacques LaPointe, Rob Cowley, Scott Gravelle and Tony Woolf in 2015 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.