José Suárez-Lledó Grande

Millennium Global Investments Ltd. (MGIL) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Millennium Group Holdings Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded by Michael Huttman in 1994. Headquartered in London, MGIL serves as an investment adviser with discretionary trading authority - and related discretionary advisory services – to separately managed accounts which are generally owned by large institutions.

Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (CGML) is an international broker-dealer firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Bahamas Ltd., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. CGML has a major presence in the international financial markets as a dealer, market-maker and underwriter in equity and fixed income securities and offers risk-based solutions to producers and investors in commodity markets. They also provide corporate finance services to a wide range of corporate, institutional and government clients. Their trading activities encompass cash, exchange traded and OTC derivative markets.

The National Institute of Economic & Social Research, founded in 1938, produces economic projections for the regions of the UK using data from NiGEM and a combination of approaches. The institute collaborates with external partners, including the UK Productivity Commission, to identify future policy choices. The private company is based in London, UK. NIESR produces a comprehensive forecast for the Economic Outlook each quarter using its leading forecasting tool, NiGEM. Before each evidence session, the Productivity Commission invites academics and practitioners in the field of productivity to share their views.

Credit Suisse Gestion SGIIC SA (CSG) is the Spanish bank management subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG (Spain), ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group (SW: CSGN; ADR: CS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1996, CSG is headquartered in Madrid and manages a range of investment funds and SICAVs for individual and institutional clients.