Jen Serek

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

Empress Resources Corp. engages in the exploration and development of precious and base metals. The firm focuses on building a strong portfolio of investment opportunities in precious and base metals mining companies. The company was founded on March 20, 1989 and is headquartered in White Rock, Canada.

Oil Optimization, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company, which discovers hydrocarbons on its petroleum concessions. The firm operates its business through the Thailand and Canada geographical segments. It holds interests in onshore exploration blocks. The company was founded on November 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Founded in 2010 by George Gosbee, AltaCorp Capital Inc. is an institutional financial advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The firm offers a full spectrum of value-added financial and advisory services to corporations in across various stages of development. Their products and services include corporate mergers and acquisition advisory, equity financings, asset acquisitions and divestitures advisory, institutional sales and trading and institutional equity research. AltaCorp Capital focuses on key drivers of the Western Canadian economy that are global in scope including energy, agri-industry and diversified industries, with overlap into interdependent subsectors. The firm's research includes macro analysis, theme pieces, daily notes, corporate reviews, quarterly and annual overviews and other relevant market/sector issues. AltaCorp Capital's Institutional Sales and Trading team has expertise in both national and global trading markets and are fully integrated within an expansive network of long-standing relationships with institutional clients. They offer execution in trading securities and relevant and timely placing of new offers/issues. The firm also offers execution in institutional block trading and an industry leading technical platform. AltaCorp maintains a strategic relationship with ATB Financial, a full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Wellington West Capital, Inc. engages in the provision of securities brokerage services. It also offers investment advice to clients with an offering of managed investment solutions as well as expertise on individual security selection including equities; fixed income; currencies; mutual and exchange-traded funds; alternative investments; and hedging strategies. The company was founded by Charles Spiring in 1993 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Founded in 1998, Osprey Capital Partners is a private equity firm located in Toronto with offices in Calgary and Winnipeg. The firm provides financing, merger and acquisition services to private and public companies

Founded in 1988, Beacon Securities Ltd. is an independent investment dealer located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The firm specializes in research, underwriting, trading and sales. Their research focuses on companies with a connection to Atlantic Canada and with income trusts, both in Atlantic Canada and throughout Canada. Beacon's fixed-income team is involved in underwriting, origination, trading and sales. They have significant expertise in the Canadian fixed-income market with a focus on Eastern Canadian provincial, municipal and corporate debt.

Daniel J. Edelman, Inc. provides public relations and strategic communication services. The firm's services include financial communications, investor relations, corporate affairs, diversity marketing, litigation, and public affairs. It provides services to the consumer, health, and technology industries. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Origin Merchant Partners operates as an investment bank. It provides value added corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking services. The firm serves the agriculture, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, mining, oil and gas, power and utilities, real estate, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries. The company was founded by W. Glenn Shyba in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Delta 9 Bio-Tech LP provides medicinal cannabis products. The company was founded by John Arbuthnot and Bill Arbuthnot in 2013 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.