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.
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) is the premier international newspaper for opinion leaders and decisionmakers 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.
Manpower Inc.
Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) is a world leader in the employment services industry; creating and delivering services that enable clients to win in the changing world of work. 61 years old in 2009, the $22 billion company offers a range of services for the entire employment and business cycle including permanent, temporary and contract recruitment; employee assessment and selection; training; outplacement; outsourcing and consulting. Manpower's network of 4,400 offices in 82 countries and territories enables the company to meet the needs of 400,000 clients per year, including small and medium size enterprises in all industry sectors, as well as the world's largest multinational corporations. Manpower focuses on raising productivity through improved quality, efficiency and cost-reduction across the total workforce, enabling clients to concentrate on their core business activities. Manpower Inc. operates under five brands: Manpower, Manpower Professional, Elan, Jefferson Wells and Right Management.
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.
