Michele Bateson

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a privately-held investment management firm now structured as a family office, but which was once a hedge fund manager. The firm was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York City. SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations (Open Society) – a private funder of independent groups that works for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

Deutsche Bank AG provides financial and banking services. It also offers commercial and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of the Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

OSG America LP provides transportation of refined petroleum products. It offers services for oil companies and independent refiners, including key clients chevron, Sunoco and Marathon Oil. The company is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

TORM A/S owns and operates pure-play product tankers. It transports refined oil products such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, and diesel oil. The company was founded by Ditlev E. Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in 1889 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

AMA Capital Partners LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Norway. The CEOs of the company are Paul Matison Leand, Michael Dockman.

Founded in 2002 by Meridee Moore, Watershed Asset Management LLC is a registered investment and hedge fund manager located in San Francisco, California. The firm manages capital for a variety of institutional and private investors. The firm offers investment advisory services to a limited number of private fund clients.

TBS Shipping International Ltd. (TBS) provides water transportation services, which offers worldwide shipping solutions through liner, parcel, bulk and vessel chartering services transporting. The company through its subsidiary TBS International Ltd. operates franchises around key trade routes between Latin America and China, Japan and South Korea, as well as selected ports in North America, Africa and Caribbean. TBS was incorporated in 1997 and located in Hamilton, Bermuda

Founded in 1988, Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP is a hedge fund management firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of AG Partners LP and their ultimate parent is JAMG LLC. They offer a variety of absolute return strategies for institutional and high net-worth investors.

FIG LLC (Private Equity) (FIG) is a private equity firm subsidiary of FIG LLC founded in 1998 by Wesley Edens, Randal Nardone, and Robert Kauffman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of EY-Greenwich Consulting France SAS, Consiglio AB provides consulting services. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Consiglio was acquired by EY-Greenwich Consulting France SAS on March 29, 2007.

Solus Alternative Asset Management LP (Solus) is a privately held, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Chris Pucillo in 2007 as a spin-off of Stanfield Capital Partners LLC. Solus serves as the investment advisor with discretionary trading authority to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

AT&T Corp. is engaged in providing telecommunication services. The company is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ.

The New Canaan Country School, Inc. operates as an independent and co-educational day school for students from Age 3 to Grade 9. it offers programs for academics, arts and athletics. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Part of David Philipson BV, Laurin Maritime (America), Inc. is a company that provides deep sea freight forwarding and logistics services. The company is based in Houston, TX. Mikael Laurin has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Laurin Maritime AB operates a fleet of medium-range tankers for clean petroleum products and chemicals, and trades vessels.

Christiania Shipping A/S operates modern fleet of sophisticated oil and chemical tankers. It provides transports petroleum and chemical products. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Part of Yara International ASA, Lean Marine Sweden AB is a Swedish company that manufactures fuel control and management systems. The company is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was founded in 2012 by Linus Ideskog. The CEO is Mikael Laurin. Lean Marine Sweden was acquired by Yara Marine Technologies AS on July 06, 2021.

Heidmar, Inc. engages in the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. The firm specializes in pool management, commercial management, ship chartering, claims settlement, bunker services, risk management and FFA Trading. The company was founded by Per Heidenreich in October 1984 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.