My friends at the Industry and Parliamentary Trust are running an important meeting on Thursday 11 June 2009 at Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, London. The meeting will focus upon the EU's response to the financial crisis and particularly on the EU High-Level Expert Group, led by Jacques de Larosiere, focusing on the reform…
My friends at the Industry and Parliamentary Trust are running an important meeting on Thursday 11 June 2009 at Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, London. The meeting will focus upon the EU's response to the financial crisis and particularly on the EU High-Level Expert Group, led by Jacques de Larosiere, focusing on the reform…
The Institute of Directors (IOD) have an annual jamboree at the Albert Hall and this year’s event was filled with high-powered speakers from one of the founders of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, to Michael Dell. There were also some other folks there like Sir Stuart Rose, CEO of British institution Marks & Spencer, and Peter Jones,…
Stéphane Garelli was the keynote at last week’s conference on payments and, as usual, was stimulating, entertaining and thought provoking. For those who are unaware, Stéphane made Davos what it is today and is a world authority on competitiveness. I’ve placed his full bio at the end of this entry for those who are unfamiliar…
Stéphane Garelli was the keynote at last week’s conference on payments and, as usual, was stimulating, entertaining and thought provoking. For those who are unaware, Stéphane made Davos what it is today and is a world authority on competitiveness. I’ve placed his full bio at the end of this entry for those who are unfamiliar…
The Huffington Post published the list of the Top 10 CEO pay packages for 2008. The list is based upon the Associated Press formula which adds up salary, benefits, bonuses, preferential interest rates on pay set aside for later and company estimates for the value of stock options and stock awards on the day they…
Jeffry Pilcher at the Financial Brand posted this excellent presentation on Slideshare last week about the do's and do not's of social finance: View more presentations from Jeffry Pilcher. The presentation outlines what you need to know to implement Web 2.0 tools that accomplish real business objectives: The hardcore realities behind all the Web 2.0…
