question: What was the nationality of the director of the British joint-stock company founded in 1711?
answer: English
context: Title: Hollow Sword Blade Company
  Passage: The Hollow Sword Blades Company was a British joint-stock company founded in 1691 for the manufacture of hollow-ground rapiers by a goldsmith, Sir Stephen Evance.  The company ceased manufacturing swords in 1702 following the suicide of its founder and was purchased by a syndicate of businessmen who used the corporate identity of the company to operate as a bank.  At this time the Bank of England held a monopoly by act of parliament as the only organisation permitted to operate as a bank in England, so anyone wishing to carry out banking operations had to do so by devious means.  The company was used as a stepping stone to the foundation of the South Sea Company which set out to supplant the Bank of England as banker to the government.
  Title: Strunal CZ, a.s.
  Passage: Strunal Schönbach s.r.o. is a string instrument manufacturer based in Luby, Czech Republic.  Strunal, in its current corporate structure that was established in 1992, is an outgrowth (or successor) of Cremona, a joint-stock company founded in Schönbach in Czechoslovakia in 1922.  In 1946, after World War II, the Cremona cooperative was founded in Luby (as it was renamed after World War II).
  Title: Plymouth Company
  Passage: The Plymouth Company was an English joint-stock company founded in 1606 by James I of England with the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.
  Title: South Sea Company
  Passage: The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of national debt.  The company was also granted a monopoly to trade with South America, hence its name.  At the time it was created, Britain was involved in the War of the Spanish Succession and Spain controlled South America.  There was no realistic prospect that trade would take place and the company never realised any significant profit from its monopoly.  Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, peaking in 1720 before collapsing to little above its original flotation price; the economic bubble became known as the South Sea Bubble.
  Title: Compagnia Generale di Elettricità
  Passage: The Compagnia Generale di Elettricità S.p.A. (General Electric Power Company) was Italian joint-stock company founded in 1921 in Milan.  The company was widely know in Italy as simple acronym CGE, it was primarily owned and managed by General Electric USA.
  Title: Autocesta Rijeka – Zagreb
  Passage: Autocesta Rijeka – Zagreb (English: Rijeka - Zagreb Motorway ) is a Croatian state-owned joint-stock company founded pursuant to decision of the government of the Republic of Croatia of December 11, 1997, to facilitate construction and subsequent management of a motorway between Rijeka and Zagreb.  The company started operating on March 15, 1998.  The company issued 21,520 shares, nominally valued at 100,000.00 Croatian kuna each.  All company stocks are owned by the Republic of Croatia.
  Title: East India Company
  Passage: The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the "East Indies" (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of the Indian subcontinent.
  Title: Hapimag
  Passage: Hapimag was founded in 1963 by Dr. Guido M. Renggli and Alexander Nette as a joint-stock company with headquarters in Baar, Canton of Zug, Switzerland.  On 24 In September 1963, the Hapimag Hotel- und Apartmenthaus Immobilien AG was entered in the Commercial Register of Zug.  The joint-stock company was later renamed Hapimag.  The first President of the Board of Directors was Alexander Nette.
  Title: Vinagro
  Passage: “Goygol Wine Plant” is an Azerbaijani winery with history of 150 years.  Established in 1860, the Plant was built by German refugees – Shwabs, who founded Yelenendorf Settlement by settling down an area in Elizabethpol province, in Goygol Region.  In 1862 there was established «Brothers Forrer» Joint-Stock company that was directed by sons Ch.  Forrer – Gottlob, Friedrich, Heinrich and Christofor.  At the same time there was established «Trade house of Brothers Hummel» joint-stock company that was directed by Ch.  Hummel sons – Jacob, Albert, George and Gottlieb.  Board of the both families was located in Elenendorf, offices and representation were in Ganja, Tbilisi, Baku, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, Tomsk, Batumi.  The Yelenendorf Wines manufactured by the winery distilleries established by Christopher Forer and Christian Gummel were being exported to Germany and Netherland.  On August 8, 1922 there was established cooperative «Concordia» in base of wine factory that became the largest producer of wine, cognac and vodka in Transcaucasus.  The company was producing "Kagor", "Old Port", "White table wine", "Red table wine", "Xeres wines", "Garangush", "Extra" cognacs, liqueurs and champagnes.  For example during 1924-1925 branches of cooperative «Concordia» registered 1350397 buckets of wine.
  Title: Lewis Way
  Passage: Lewis Way (1772–1840) was an English barrister and churchman, noted for his Christian outreach to the Jewish people.  He is not to be confused with his grandfather, also called Lewis Way, a director of the South Sea Company.
citations: South Sea Company Lewis Way