IIM Alumni
Association Europe Organizing Second Annual Global Management Summit
Theme: "The Changing Face of
Business"
On October 04, 2007
The IIM Alumni Association
Europe is organizing its Second Annual Global Management Summit in
London on October 4, 2007. The one-day confluence will set the stage for
thought-provoking discussions on the changing face of business in the world
today and will have talks and discussions by industry leaders and academicians.
IIM Alumni Association Europe is
the alumni body of the IIMs - premier institutions imparting high quality
management education, offering Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs,
Executive Training Programs and engaged in Research and Consulting activities.
The Association represents over 700 alumni of India�s leading business schools
who are based out of Europe. There are similar chapters in America, Middle East
& Africa, East Asia and Australasia.
IIM Europe is the culmination of
over 6 years of efforts made by the alumni bodies of individual institutions to
bring the alumni within Europe together. Our alumni hold key management
positions in the world�s most successful companies across sectors such as
HSBC, IBM, Citigroup, General Electric, Unilever,
Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, P&G,
Arcelor Mittal, Barclays Bank, HP, UBS, Siemens,
JP Morgan, Nestle, Deutsche Bank, Boston Consulting,
Credit Suisse, Microsoft, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley,
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Capgemini, Cognizant,
Satyam, and others.
The
Changing Face of Business
Global business changed
dramatically at the beginning of the 21st century, following periods of
upheavals which included one of the largest economic booms followed in turn by
an all pervasive internet bust, the spread of globalization, pressure on the
environmental front, and continuing political, social & economic divisions.
These changes have transformed
the very nature and business models of global companies as they gear themselves
to succeed in a new world. Globalization is here and now - no longer a future
trend, having created as many opportunities as it has challenges. Businesses
have rapidly learnt to leverage the relative strengths of geography, both by
applying learning from one market to another and getting things done cheaper,
faster, and better. Further, shunning the 'not invented here' syndrome, global
companies have adopted innovative ideas and brought them into mainstream
practice.
This in turn has spawned greater
competition and a quick replication of every success - requiring businesses to
generate sustainable innovation to stay ahead of the pack. Businesses, both
large and small, are adopting new methodologies, strategies, and practices on an
unprecedented scale.
Clearly, these changes are here
to stay. Our second global management summit will explore these trends and
discuss the causes of the shift, the path which lies ahead, and try to predict
where it can lead us.
The Global Management Summit is
sponsored by International Business Wales and HSBC South Asian
Business Unit, and is supported by Imperial College London. The
Summit will feature business leaders and expert practitioners with 400 delegates
in attendance - about half of which will be from outside the IIM alumni network
- across sectors such as financial services, IT & telecom, consulting, FMCG,
energy, and government & academics.
Sandeep Sachdeva, Head of
Multicultural Commercial Banking, HSBC, said, "The IIM Global Summit 2007
is a great occasion for bringing together some of the brightest and successful
entrepreneurs and professionals from the South Asian community around the world.
HSBC South Asian Business is delighted to support the debate and networking the
day promises to deliver."
The 2007 summit are following on
the footsteps of the previous year�s summit which was immensely successful and
had participation from eminent leaders such as the Indian High Commissioner
to the UK, Sunil Mittal (CEO, Bharti Enterprises), Lord
Rothschild, Vindi Banga (President, Unilever), Ian Barlow (Sr.
Partner, KPMG), Samir Bhatia (MD, Barclays Bank Plc.),
Ravi Mattu (MD, Lehman Brothers), Ashok Aram (MD, Deutsche
Bank), Sylvia De Vogue (MD, Hay Group), Tiger Tyagarajan
(Director, Genpact) and Lord Karan Billimoria (Founder, Cobra
Beer).
Mr. Mehmood Khan, Global
Leader for Innovation Process at Unilever, President IIM Alumni
Association Europe and winner of the prestigious Strategy Leadership Award
2007 stated, "After the resounding success of last year�s summit, we are
looking forward to a bigger and better summit this year with participation from
leaders across the sectors and geographies. We hope that the summit will set the
stage to discuss business topics of current interest, to generate thought
leadership, and to provide a platform to network with like-minded and successful
business people and professionals."
The summit this year would see
speeches and industry expert panel discussions on areas of changing business
models, such as Microfinance, Islamic banking, Next-generation Outsourcing, Data
Analytics, Green technologies and Sustainability. Speakers include Harpal
Randhawa (Founder, Sabre Capital), Ian Williams (Director,
IBW), John Williams (Head of Group Sustainability, HSBC),
Dr. David Begg (Principal, Tanaka Business School), Vinod
Ganjoor (Founder, EurIndia), Uday Dandavate (Founder,
SonicRim), Prof. Prakash Apte (Director, IIM Bangalore),
Prof. Devi Singh (Director, IIM Lucknow), Nish Kotecha
(President, TiE), Simon Martin (Chairman & CEO, HSBC Argentina),
Rishi Khosla (Founder, Copal Partners), and more.
The Deputy First Minister and
Minister for the Economy and Transport, Ieuan Wyn Jones, said, "I am
delighted that Wales is to partner with a highly acclaimed organisation in
arranging this significant event. India represents a key trade and investment
market for Wales and I shall be leading a trade mission to the sub-continent in
November to ensure further development of trade and investment opportunities.
International Business Wales welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the
debate of the key issues facing business today. I look forward to future
development of partnering for mutual growth and knowledge sharing."
Venue
New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great
Queen Street, Covent Garden,
London, WC2B 5DA.
Contact
Details
For registration and other
details, log on to the website at: -
www.eureka.ecell.in
Or send your queries to: -
Saurabh Gupta
Phone: 07919210143
E-mail:
[email protected]
