Conference Sponsors

Old Mutual

Old Mutual plc is a growing international savings and asset management company. Founded in 1845, the group has a balanced portfolio of businesses offering asset management, life assurance, banking and general insurance services in over 40 countries, primarily Europe, South Africa and the United States. Our philosophy is to offer our customers and their advisors access to top quartile investment returns and excellent service, through business models that offer them choice and best value for money.

Successful wealth creation demands real understanding of economic, social and political change. So Old Mutual is proud to be associated with Oxford Analytica, and looks forward to the opportunity to interact with world authorities in these fields.

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to restoring the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 107,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions.

Ernst & Young is proud to support the Oxford Analytica International conference. Among other issues, the conference will further the dialogue around key risks facing global businesses. Our clients seek our advice on addressing many forms of risk – fraud risk, tax risk, technology risk, financial risk – and we help clients to address both the threats and opportunities of risk.

International Business Leaders Forum

In the context of a rapidly changing world, increasing globalisation and the mounting challenges of sustainability and social cohesion, the vision of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) is that businesses will adopt socially responsible practices and, as good corporate citizens, be a positive force for change to help improve the quality of people's lives.

About the International Herald Tribune (www.iht.com)

The International Herald Tribune (IHT) is the premier international newspaper for opinion leaders and decision-makers around the globe. It combines the extensive resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times, is printed at 35 sites throughout the world and is for sale in more than 180 countries. Based in Paris since 1887, the IHT is part of The New York Times Company.

The McGraw-Hill Companies

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor’s, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2006 were $6.3 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com

Shell

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies that operates in more than 140 countries and territories. The aim of the Shell Group is to meet the energy needs of society, in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally viable, now and in the future. This aim is underpinned by the core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people that sit at the heart of Shell, defining the organisation and how it works.

Shell's strategy and priorities for the future are regaining upstream strength and delivering downstream profits; improving performance across all its activities; and a focus on creating what it calls an ‘Enterprise First’ culture. When considering strategic and operational issues and how best to plan for the future, Shell listens to the views of a vast array of experts and stakeholders. Through sharing these views at events such as the Oxford Analytica International Conference, Shell hopes to stimulate debate and help others to benefit from this thinking.

SkyBridge Capital, LLC

SkyBridge Capital, LLC provides strategic capital to talented managers who are developing new hedge funds. The firm's team of experienced professionals coordinates a global network of partners in sourcing hedge fund managers from its headquarters in New York. To date, SkyBridge Capital has made strategic investments in seven funds. In aggregate, SkyBridge Capital and its underlying managers currently have approximately $1.1 billion under management.