SciencesPo Alumni UK Charity Gala Dinner
On Thursday 25 September 2008
At The Royal Automobile Club
89 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HS
Under the patronage of
His Excellency Maurice Gourdault-Montagne,
French Ambassador to the UK
Guest speakers:
www.sciencespo.co.uk
Mr Richard Descoings, Director of SciencesPo
Sir Howard Davies, Director of London School of Economics
SciencesPo – A brief overview
Established in Paris in 1872 to modernise the training of civil servants, Sciences Po
alumni include 28 past and present French Primes ministers and
Presidents (François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy amongst them)
and 12 past or present foreign heads of State or government, as well as many
prominent politicians, including Sir Austen Chamberlain, Peace Nobel Prize winner
and one of Britain’s most popular past Foreign Secretaries.
In business, the school can claim to have housed 14 of the current CEOs of
France’s 40 largest companies. This impressive record is not confined to France:
the 2007 annual higher survey conducted by the Ecole des Mines de Paris, which bases
its ranking on the institutions attended by the CEOs of the 500 biggest multinational
companies, rates Sciences Po as the 8th best university in the world.
Please complete & return to:
Stefan Lavau
Sciences Po Alumni UK Trust
294 Grove End Gardens
Grove End Road
London NW8 9LX
The objective of the Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust (Registered for tax purposes under the
reference XT9406) is to fund scholarships for Sciences Po Students in France and in the UK.
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While proud of its rich tradition, SciencesPo has also led the way to adapt to the 21st
century by a series of innovative initiatives through its modern-minded director
Richard Descoings. It attracted international media attention in 2003: with a new
entrance system aimed to broaden its traditionally upper middle class student-body by
recruiting from economically depressed suburbs of Paris.
While always attracting foreign students, the school has become over the past few years
a truly global school: with a third of its 6,700 students coming from abroad,
SciencesPo appears today as the most international of all French universities
and grandes écoles, as shown by its extended and prestigious exchange programs,
with universities including LSE, Oxford, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton and Berkeley. As
such Sciences Po can claim to have the most extensive partnership network of any
French university having ties with the best institutions in 54 countries.
SciencesPo in London
Sciences Po’s links to London have always been strong. In 1895, Sidney and Beatrice
Webb used the Sciences Po curriculum as part of their inspiration for creating the
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which has now become one of
Sciences Po’s closest partners.
Today, SciencesPo alumni UK network reaches over 700 people and organises regular
events such as conferences in partnership with the French Embassy, dinner-debates
with prominent SciencesPo alumni and meetings with French politicians.
Members of the Sciences Po Alumni UK who took part in the fund raising team include
Frédérique Andreani, alumnus and journalist, Stefan Lavau, alumnus and treasurer of
Sciences Po Alumni UK, Julien Artero, alumnus and in charge of events and conferences
of the association, Yves Djimi, alumnus and in charge of young UK alumni and Coralie
Poidatz, alumnus.
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294 Grove End Gardens
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London NW8 9LX
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equivalent to the amount that the Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust will reclaim in the tax year in which
the donation was made.
Warmest thanks to our sponsors for their generous
contribution and support to the SciencesPo Alumni
Charity Gala Dinner 2008:
Gide Loyrette Nouel is the only global law firm to originate in France rather than the UK
or North America. Founded in 1920, Gide is preeminent in Paris but it is also one of the
world's leading international law firms, with 22 offices - soon to be 24 - throughout
Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America. Gide's 720 lawyers including 10 6 partners - are drawn from over 30 nationalities and include many
respected specialists in national and international finance and business law.
Gide's London office is one of the largest specialist finance practices in the UK, bringing
together English, US and French capital markets, finance and banking lawyers in one
integrated platform. Tax advice is provided by a dedicated team with wide experience of
structuring complex international finance transactions. During 2007, Gide London
launched a International Dispute Resolution practice and a Mining, Oil & Gas group.
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International SOS is the world’s leading provider of medical assistance, international
healthcare, security services and outsourced customer care. With over
5,000 professionals operating in 70 countries, International SOS helps organizations
manage the health and safety risks facing their travellers, global workforce and
customers. The company meets the diverse needs of businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations and individuals around the world.
Their clients include 82% of the Fortune Global 100’s leading multinational
corporations, insurers and financial institutions as well as governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
From its inception in 1985 to the present day, International SOS has created a new
industry in international healthcare and integrated medical and security assistance.
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based in London and Hong Kong, operating worldwide. We focus on managing the
communication in transaction-related contexts, especially equity offering roadshows,
where we are a recognised leader worldwide.
Our team of highly qualified international professionals is proud to sponsor the Science
Po Alumni UK Charity Trust.
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Veni Partners is a specialist executive search firm focused on financial services.
With offices in London and Paris, Veni Partners provides human capital and market intelligence
to the investment banking, investing and securities industry.
The firm recruits across four complementary areas: Investment Banking, Debt Products,
Alternative Investments (Private Equity and Hedge Funds) and Global Markets.
In addition to devising and implementing effective hiring strategies on behalf of its clients, Veni
Partners delivers timely and accurate research and market intelligence through the Veni
Intelligence Unit (VIU), including people moves, headcount and compensation analysis and
industry “white papers”. www.venipartners.com
Thanks to London Macadam for their support.
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The Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust
A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR OF
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The primary objective of the SciencesPo Alumni UK Charity Trust is to fund and set up
scholarships between France and the UK.
SciencesPo Alumni UK has created a UK Charity Trust, which has been registered for
tax purposes under the reference XT9406 with effect from 8 February 2008.
The trustees are Cécile d’Angelin, Sciences Po alumnus , Maëva Slotine, lawyer and
architect of the Trust and Stéphane Rambosson, head of Sciences Po Alumni UK.
All the proceeds from the gala participation will go directly to the creation
of a Sciences Po UK Scholarship Fund. It will provide funding for outstanding
Sciences Po students who want to study in the UK and UK-based students who wish to
study at Sciences Po but would not be able to afford it without a scholarship, while
reinforcing Sciences Po’s longstanding cosmopolitan tradition and its commitment to
promote social mobility.
Donations:
If you wish to make a donation to the SciencesPo Alumni UK Charity Trust (Registered
for tax purposes under the reference XT9406), please fill in the Gift Aid document at the
end of this brochure. If you wish to receive Gift Aid by email, you can contact Stefan
Lavau, our treasurer: stefan.lavau@hsbcib.com
Many thanks to the volunteer members of the SciencesPo Alumni UK
Association who have made this Gala Dinner possible:
Frederique Andreani
Cecile d’Angelin
Julien Artero
Xavier d’Aumale
Yves Djimi
Stefan Lavau
Coralie Poidatz
Stephane Rambosson
Maeva Slotine