Benjamin L. Carrick

United Capital Financial Advisers LLC, do-business-as Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management (GS PFM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Duran, Michael Capelle and Benjamin Carrick in 2005. They are a subsidiary of United Capital Financial Partners, Inc., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS PFM provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, government entities, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, and other investment advisers.

Founded by B. Lane Carrick in 1998, Sovereign Wealth Management, Inc. is a privately held, comprehensive wealth management company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee with additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Denver, Colorado

Founded in 1946, Howard Weil, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New Orleans, Louisiana with an additional office in Houston, Texas. On November 1, 2012, Howard Weil became part of Scotia Capital (USA), Inc., a US registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA and the NYSE. Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. is owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNA), aka Scotiabank. The firm is an energy investment boutique that provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services. They cover companies in the following energy sectors: major integrated oil, exploration and production, oilfield service, gas and power, independent refiners and coal producers. Howard Weil's sales force deals only with energy securities and covers institutional accounts in the US and internationally. Their trading expertise spans all sectors of the energy industry and includes small-, mid- and large-cap companies.