Ryan Zacharia

Volunteer Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for The Citizens Bank of East Tennessee, which provides a full range of retail banking services. It provides various services, including acceptance of demand, savings and time deposits, the making of loans to consumers, businesses and other institutions, the investment of excess funds in the sale of federal funds and agency obligations, state, county and municipal bonds, and other miscellaneous financial services usually handled for customers by commercial banks. The company was founded on November 25, 1985 and is headquartered in Rogersville, TN.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Goodwill Industries International, Inc. provides education, training and career services. The firm also offers English language training, additional education, access to transportation and child care services. The company was founded by Edgar James Helms in 1902 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Moors & Cabot, Inc. (MCI) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by John F. Moors and Charles Cabot in 1890 to handle the personal investments of the two founders and their friends. They became a solely owned subsidiary of Eighteen Ninety Partners LLC in 2022. MCI provides brokerage execution services to their advisory client participating in Portfolio Management Program (PMP).

Beacon Technologies Ltd. engages in the provision of logistics and trade finance services. It offers supply chain finance. The company was founded by Fraser Robinson and Dmitri Izmailov in 2018 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

ProfitStars is headquartered in Allen, Texas (a Dallas suburb) with David Foss providing executive oversight as President of the products & services delivered under the ProfitStars brand. These highly specialized products & services enable diverse businesses and financial institutions to increase revenue & growth, mitigate and control risks & control costs. The ProfitStars brand also will encompass select legacy products & services. ProfitStars provides best-of-breed solutions that enhance the performance of domestic & international financial institutions of all asset sizes and charters using any core processing system, as well as diverse corporate entities.

William Blair Investment Management LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair provides investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other institutional investors across the globe.

Pollen Street Capital Ltd (Pollen Street Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Lindsey Villon McMurray. Pollen Street Capital Ltd. is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

Five Arrows Managers North America LLC (FAMNA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as West Gate Horizons Advisors LLC, the firm was founded in 2005 and do-business-as Rothschild & Co. Credit Management (North America). They are a subsidiary of Rothschild North America Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Rothschild & Co. SCA (EPA: ROTH; OTCMKTS: PIEJF) in France, which acquired the firm in September 2015. FAMNA offers investment advisory services through the management of discretionary investment accounts for institutions and high net-worth clients through managed accounts and private funds.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.