Bob Lumpkins

Airgas, Inc. supplies gases, welding equipment, and safety products. It offers abrasives, cutting tools, industrial brusher, industrial coatings and paints, machine tools, balloon regulators gas equipment accessories, industrial application gases, medical gases, and specialty gases. The firm serves construction, metal fabrication, life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage, retail, energy and chemicals, and primary materials. The company was founded by Peter McCausland in 1982 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Cargill, Inc. engages in the provision of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. It specializes in food service, agriculture, meat and poultry, transportation, pharmaceutical ingredients, and beauty products. The company was founded by William Wallace Cargill in 1865 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Värde Partners, Inc. provides investment advisory services. It serves foundations and endowments, pension plans, insurance companies, other institutional investors and private clients. The company was founded by George G. Hicks, Gregory Scott McMillian and Marcia Lynn Page in 1993 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Nalco Co. engages in the provision of chemistry programs and services. It serves upstream and midstream oil and gas industry, and refineries and petrochemical operations. Its services includes energy exploration and production; oil and as midstream; and refining, fuel additives, and petrochemical. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.

Metalmark Capital LLC (Metalmark Capital) is a private equity firm founded by John J. Moon in 1986. The firm is headquartered in New York.

GNS II (U.S.) Corp. produces and markets phosphates and potash fertilizers. It operates through two reportable business segments: Phosphates and Potash. The Phosphates segment owns and operates mines and production facilities in Florida, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and phosphate based animal feed ingredients, and processing plants in Louisiana. The Potash segment owns and operates potash mines and production facilities in Canada and the United States, which produce potash based crop nutrients, animal feed ingredients and industrial products. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.