Ian Thomas Black

Rothmans International Group was formed in october 1993 through reorganisation of the tobacco and luxury goods businesses of Richmont, Rothmans and Dunhill into two new listed groups, Rothmans International and Vendome. Rothmans International comprises all of Rothmans tobacco businesses and certain tobacco trade marks previously owned by Dunhill and Richmont. International cigarette brands owned and controlled by the group include Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill, Cravan 'A' and Golden American. Under its constitution Rothmans International has a dual holding company stucture, in which the shareholders hold units comprising twinned shares in Rothmans International Plc, a British company, and Rothmans International NV a Dutch company. Rothmans International Plc owns the UK-based businesses and Rothmans International NV owns the non-UK based businesses. The composition of the boards of both companies is identical.

Lastmile Communications Ltd. provides wireless network content delivery solutions. The company provides node-based hardware system to create wireless content networks within locations, such as communities or office parks. It also operates in Exeter, Devon, London, Paris, France, Raleigh and North Carolina. The company was founded by Frank Bishop, Tim Crocker, and John Brandwood in October, 1999 and is headquartered in Devon, UK

Disabled People's Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd. provides employment services to disabled people. It services include job training and placement for disabled persons in the UK. It also makes products as protective clothing for military and personal care products for children. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Coventry, the United Kingdom.

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Cadec Global, Inc. engaged in the development and deployment of mobile-technology services, global positioning system satellite tracking and advanced solutions for the optimized management of distributed assets. The firm provided real-time data access for delivery operations. The company was founded in 1976 and was headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Quadram Institute Bioscience operates as a non-profit organization that provides food research for health and prevention of food related diseases. The organization serves science research base, industry, clinical practice via health and preventive medicine and evidence-based policy for government and industry. The company was founded in November 1986 and is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

The Pirbright Institute, founded in 1914, is based in Woking, UK. The institute specializes in preventing and controlling viral diseases of livestock and those that spread from animals to people. The British company's facilities and capabilities provide opportunities for collaboration with other institutes and industries in research, data analysis, training, and access to some areas on-site. The institute offers a range of products, including positive sera, inactivated antigens, diagnostic kits, viral cultures, and live midges. The non-profit company's high containment facilities are internationally groundbreaking in design and maintenance, and they provide consultancy in architecture, engineering, and highly specialized expertise in risk and assurance. The diagnostic development team works with the world reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease at the Pirbright Institute and external partners to provide diagnostic products for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease (SVD), and peste des petit ruminants (PPR).