Patrick Mark Hook

HSBC Bank Plc provides commercial banking and financial services. It operates in four businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers personal banking, mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings and investments and insurance services. The Commercial Banking business offers financial products and services to enable them to operate efficiently and meet their business aspirations. The Global Banking and Markets business offers capital financing, transaction and advisory banking services, trade, research, securities services and global liquidity and cash management. The Global Private Banking business offers investment management, incorporating advisory, discretionary and brokerage, private wealth solutions, comprising trusts and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

A.H. Worth & Co. Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in the production and distribution of vegetables. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Spalding, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2006, Hook 2 Sisters Ltd. is a subsidiary of Boparan Holdings Ltd. that engages in the raising of poultry. The company is based in Oxfordshire, UK.

The National Institute of Agricultural Botany delivers practical benefits of research to commercial plant breeders in the UK and developing countries. It also engages in research relevant to crop improvement. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Smith & Williamson LLP provides accounting and auditing services. The company was founded on November 9, 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.