Michael Pado

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.

Scottish Re Group Ltd. engages in the reinsurance of life insurance, annuities, and annuity-type products. Its products are written by life insurance companies and other financial institutions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Digital Island, Inc. provides network services for e-business applications. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

US Community Behavioral LLC provides of community-based residential and behavioral services. Its services include supported living, licensed group homes, employment services, and, therapy-based behavioral services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd. engages in providing life insurance services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

AXA Corp provides insurance services. The private company is based in Santa Ana, CA. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Damerval.

Tawa UK Ltd. provides property and casualty insurance.

SoftAware Networks, Inc. develops software solutions and provides quick-response hosting. The company was founded by Alex A. Fridlyand and is headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA.

Bregal Capital LLP (Bregal Capital) is a Private Equity firm a subsidiary of Bregal Investments LLP founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in London.

RBC Insurance Services, Inc. provides personal and business insurance products, banking services, and wealth management solutions. It also offers administrative support services for the creditor insurance products offered to RBC Royal Bank personal and business clients. These include life, disability, and critical illness insurance for mortgages, personal loans, business loans and RBC Royal Bank credit card balances. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Aurora National Life Assurance Co. provides insurance products. The firm offers a variety of individual, group life insurance, and annuity products including single and annual premium whole life, term life, deferred, immediate, and qualified retirement annuities. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA

Ranch Capital LLC is a private equity firm. The American company was founded by Randall L. Jenson, Lawrence S. Hershfield. Lawrence S. Hershfield has been the CEO since incorporation.

Manulife Bank of Canada engages in the provision of banking services. It offers checking and savings accounts, credit cards, loans, mortgages, and investment and retirement savings. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. provides consultancy services for property and casualty insurance industry. It offers specialty underwriter of homeowner’s insurance products and services. The firm also offers insurance products in homeowners, renters and dwelling fire in these states: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. The company was founded by Stewart H. Steffey, Jr. in 1848 and is headquartered in Pawtucket, RI.

Stonegate Production Co. LLC engages in exploration of oil and gas fields. It identifies undrained fault blocks, fracture systems, bypassed pays, subtle undrilled structures, stepouts, deeper horizons and stratigraphic plays. The company was founded by Michael L. Harvey in April 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

C.D. Howe Institute is a registered charity and an independent not-for-profit research institute based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company's mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public policies. The Institute is widely considered to be the most influential think tank and a source of trusted policy intelligence. The company's research is nonpartisan, evidence-based, and subject to definitive expert review. The research area covers the impact of revenue-raising measures, fiscal balances and debts of governments, and the broad choices they make among major spending areas. The CEO of the company is William B. P. Robson.

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.

Common Resources LLC explores and produces oil and gas in the onshore basins of the Gulf Coast, West Texas and Mid-Continent regions. The company was founded by Robert M. Snell and Elliott Pew in 2007 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Birchill Exploration Limited Partnership was formed in late 2007 with a mandate to explore for and acquire seismically defined, medium depth, multi-zone oil and gas targets in West Central Alberta. Birchill Exploration represents the third installment of Birchill companies with successful predecessor companies comprising Birchill Resources and Birchill Energy. Management intends to build on its demonstrated track record of exploration success in West Central Alberta and augment growth with synergistic acquisitions. Benefitting from a long standing relationship with a major international equity investment firm and a substantial capital commitment allows Birchill, as a private company, to assess and pursue opportunities as they arise.

Elevation Resources LLC operates as an independent oil and natural gas company. It engages in the acquisition and development of oil and liquids resources in the Permian Basin. The company was founded by Steven H. Pruett, Gary Dupriest, Tim Reece and Gary Causey in 2011 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.

Part of Manulife Financial Corp., Manulife Canada Ltd. provides financial and insurance services. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada. Naveed Irshad has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2022.

Centre In The Square operates as a not-for-profit registered charitable organization. It plays a role in showcasing the local and international performing arts. The company was founded in September 1980 and is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

SHD AG engages in the provision of information technology solutions. It develops software solutions for merchandise management system, warehouse logistics, financial accounting, human resource management, time recording, and personnel deployment planning. The firm also provides services such as consulting, training, seminars, and webinars. The company was founded by Manfred Sattler and Reinhold Hüning in 1983 and is headquartered in Andernach, Germany.

Bregal Unternehmerkapital GmbH (Bregal Unternehmerkapital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Pondurance LLC operates as a managed detection and response (MDR) company. It offers incident response, advisory, and vulnerability management services.The company was founded by Ron Pelletier and Landon Lewis in 2008 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

BRP Hold Monkey LLC engages in retailing business. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Manulife Trust Co. provides trust services. It offers personal and business bank accounts, investments, mortgage, loans, and credit cards. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.