Niall Ferguson

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Taulia, Inc. provides cloud-based invoice, payment and dynamic discounting management solutions. It products include supplier self services, dynamic discounting, elnvoicing, epayments, supplier info management and offers support, supplier enablement, reporting and analytics services. The firm has offices in Austin, D?sseldorf, London, Park City, San Francisco and Sofia. The company was founded by Bertram Meyer, Markus Ament, Martin Quensel and Philip Stehlik in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Bank Vontobel AG (BV), formerly known as Bank J. Vontobel & Co AG, is a Zurich-based private bank. Established in 1924, BV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vontobel Holding AG (SW: VONN) and has offices in Geneva, New York, Frankfurt, Milan, Vienna and Luxembourg. The bank is VONN's private banking arm. In 2006 BV acquired the brokerage and corporate finance activities of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, which were integrated into their investment banking subsidiary, Vontobel Equity Research. BV specializes in financial consulting, research and wealth management via mutual funds, hedge funds, derivatives and special products for institutions, pension funds, corporates, high net-worth individuals, family offices and private individuals

KPMG LLP (United Kingdom) provides audit, advisory, and tax services. Its audit and assurance services encompass accounting advisory, financial reporting publications, financial state audit, internal audit, and revenue recognition. The firm's tax and pension services include statutory residency test, pension, personal tax investigations, tax management consulting, tax technology, legal services, tax value chain, employment issues, indirect tax, and tax policy cycle. KPMG was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kigdom.

KPMG International Cooperative focuses on the promotion of the economic interests of its members. It engages in the protection, promotion, improvement, and expansion of the KPMG Group. The company was founded on February 8, 1988 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren eV operates as a scientific research organization. It performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society, and industry. The firm focuses on six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Key Technologies, Structure of Matter plus Aeronautics, Space, and Transport. It develops research programs for each of these fields. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Lazard Group LLC provides financial advisory, asset management, and other financial services. The firm offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory, middle market advisory, capital markets and capital structure advisory, sovereign advisory, restructuring, and private fund advisory. The company was founded in 1840 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Forum Mondial de L'Economie engages in the foremost political, business and cultural organizations to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The company was founded by Klaus Schwab in 1971 and is headquartered in Cologny, Switzerland.

The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, NJ. The institute engages with the greater Princeton community through public lectures, concerts, and events, and extends its influence beyond academia through innovative programs designed to inspire and educate. The institute is dedicated to independent study across the sciences and humanities, with a community of scholars that includes over eight thousand members who have influenced entire fields of study. The school of natural sciences includes nine permanent faculty and approximately fifty postdoctoral researchers working on frontier topics in various fields. The school of social science takes a multidisciplinary and international perspective on social research. The school of historical studies supports all learning for which historical methods are appropriate.

KPMG Europe LLP provides financial services. It offers audit and assurance, business technology, deal advisory, legal services, management consulting, pensions, risk consulting, tax, and strategy. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH functions as a college or university. Its services include academic, coaching@EBS, career services center, EBS languages center, accommodation database and EBS mediations services. The company is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. operates as an application-oriented research organization. The firm focuses on health, security, communication, as well as environment and energy. It develops technology, designs products, and improves methods and techniques. The company was founded on March 26, 1949 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

SpineWelding AG operates as a medical device company which develops implant solutions for the human spine market based on the protected BoneWelding technology. Its areas of applications include facet joint fusion, pedicle screws, stand-alone inter-body fusion, laminoplasty, soft tissue fixation, anterior plates, primary stabilization procedures for intervertebral discs and facet joint implants, augmentation and new materials. The firm implements its BoneWelding technology in the following ways: direct bonding, sandwich technique, InsideOut technology, in-situ assembly, RetroWelding and augmentation. The company is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

KPMG UK Ltd. provides financial services. It offers accounting, audit, tax, and financial advisory services. The company was founded on June 12, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The German Federal Government Commission for Corporate Governance operates as local agencies.

Valônia Serviços de Intermediação e Participações SA provides online discount coupons. The company was founded by Marcelo Macedo and Klaus Hommels on February 19, 2010 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

GoEuro Corp. engages in the development of booking platform for travel by train, bus, or flight. The company was founded by Naren Shaam in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Algomi Ltd. operates as a software company. It provides technology to bond market participants, to improve workflow and liquidity by data aggregation, pre-trade information analysis, and execution facilitation.The company was founded by Stu Taylor, Usman Khan, Robert Howes and Michael Schmidt in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Lazard Ltd., Lazard B.V. (Netherlands) is a leading advisor on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and related strategic matters. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lazard provides trusted, independent financial advice and investment solutions to its clients, backed by the intellectual capital of the firm. The Dutch company's services encompass all types of M & A transactions, and its Capital Markets Advisory Group advises on capital markets, capital structure, as well as topics related to public shareholders, ESG, and activism defense. Kenneth Marc Jacobs has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Blue Horizon Corporation AG (Blue Horizon) is a venture capital subsidiary of Blue Horizon Management AG founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

British Patient Capital Ltd (British Patient Capital) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of British Business Bank PLC founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Casafari LLC is a Portuguese real estate company that aims to solve the problem of chaotic and fragmented information available in the real estate market. The company is based in Lisbon, Portugal. Casafari leverages a proprietary tool with complete market data and a network of 20,000+ brokers to build portfolios of fragmented assets powered by machines and managed by industry experts. The company offers market analytics to help clients understand price changes, market stock, and more. Additionally, Casafari provides property sourcing and an online property valuation tool to help clients find the ideal place and suggest an appropriate asking price. The company was founded in 2018 by Mitya Moskalchuk, Mila Suhareva, and Nils-Holger Henning, with Mila Suhareva and Nils-Holger Henning serving as CEOs since then.

Blue Lion Global is an Independent venture capital / private equity firm founded by Manu Gupta. Blue Lion Global is headquartered in *.