Alessandro Profita

Founded in 1998, GSN North America, Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in London and Milan. The firm is a subsidiary of Crédit Industriel et Commercial and their ultimate parent is Groupe Crédit Mutuel-CIC. GSN North America was established as a joint venture between CM-CIC Securities, Banca Akros and Caja Madrid Bolsa. ESN North America provides services to clients throughout the US and Canada and in all of the major Western European markets. The firm executes equity orders on the US markets for their large European client base. ESN North America specializes in pan European research focusing on blue chip stocks, as well as the stocks of small-, mid- and large-cap companies. They offer direct market trading in the US and European markets and the organization of analyst and corporate road shows in the US and abroad.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.