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Global Governance Services Ltd
This firm advises governments, non-governmental
organizations and business leaders on
governance development around the world, and
work with global directors to achieve good practice
standards and support them to embody
responsibility, fairness, accountability, and transparency.
British Institute of International and Comparative
Law
The institute was founded in 1895 and continues
its mission of advancing the understanding
of international and comparative law; promoting
the rule of law in international affairs; and their
application through research, publications and
discussion. As an independent legal research
institute, unaffiliated to any university, it is the
only body of its sort in the UK. The Institute creates
a diverse community of scholars and practitioners
and serves as an unrivalled focal point for
its substantial membership base.
The European Corporate Governance Network
This is an unincorporated, not-for-profit association
under the laws of England and Wales. It
provides an investor-led network for the
exchange of views and information about corporate
governance issues internationally; examines
corporate governance principles and practices;
develops and encourages adherence to corporate
governance standards and guidelines; and generally
promotes good corporate governance.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has combined the complementary
skills and resources of two powerful
organizations: Morgan Stanley, established in
New York in 1935, and Dean Witter, established
in 1924 in San Francisco since 1997. Their distinguished
pedigrees encompass a record of historic
firsts: in national and international expansion, in
the use of technology, and in the development of
new financial tools and techniques that have
redefined the meaning of financial services for
individual, institutional and investment banking
clients.
Reed Elsevier
Reed Elsevier is a leading provider of global
information driven services and solutions,
employing 36,000 people in over 200 locations
worldwide. In February 2006, it reported revenues
for 2005 of just over £5bn (7bn).
It serves Customers in the science, medical,
legal, educations and business communities. In
2005, it published more than 15,000 different
journals, books and reference works, as well as
more than 500 online information services and
organised more than 430 trade exhibitions.
British Telecom
BT is one of the world's leading providers of
communications solutions serving customers in
Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Its principal
activities include networked IT services, local,
national and international telecommunications
services, and higher-value broadband and internet
products and services.
In the UK, BT serves more than 20 million
business and residential customers with more
than 30 million exchange lines, as well as providing
network services to other licensed operators.
Standard & Poors
A division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
(NYSE:MHP), Standard and Poors is the world's
foremost provider of financial market intelligence,
including independent credit ratings,
indices, risk evaluation, investment research and
data. With approximately 7,500 employees,
including wholly owned affiliates, located in 21
countries, Standard & Poor's is an essential part
of the world's financial infrastructure and has
played a leading role for more than 140 years in
providing investors with the independent benchmarks
they need to feel more confident about
their investment and financial decisions.
The McGraw-Hill Corporation
McGraw-Hill have more than 290 offices in
38 countries. Sales in 2005 were $6 billion.
Hermes Focus Asset Management and Hermes
Focus Asset Management Europe
Established in 1983 HFAME take a unique
approach to investment management. They Both
invested in over 250 companies that are fundamentally
sound but whose shares are discounted
by the market as a result of strategic, governance
or financial structuring weaknesses and where
shareholder involvement can be the catalyst for
change and result in improved performance.
The approach is based on the fundamental
belief, shared throughout Hermes, that companies
with concerned and involved shareholders
are more likely to achieve superior long-term
returns than those without. The funds managed
by HFAM and HFAME are the logical extension
of the corporate governance, voting and shareholder
engagement activities of Hermes. It has
£62.7bn under management with 311 employees.