Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1998 / 1999
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1
KEY FIGURES 3
RUSSIA MEETING 18
INITIATIVES 20
CONTENTS
FOUNDATION BOARD 22
MEMBER COMPANIES 24
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS 28
Last year was another successful year for the World
Economic Forum. Nevertheless, it was also an appropriate
time to prepare for the new millennium. Thus, substantial
resources and energies have been invested in the creation
of the World Economic Forum for the 21st century. In close
cooperation with many of our members, particularly with our
Council, and assisted by the advice of some of the leading
consultancy companies, we have repositioned the
Foundation to expand and increase the value proposition
provided to our members. We will, of course, continue to
build on our past successes and ensure linkages and
complementarities between our different activities and
initiatives.
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We have been guided by three principles:
All of these efforts will build upon our core activities and
enable us to further pursue our mission of being initiator,
catalyst and facilitator of the foremost global community of
business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society.
KEY FIGURES
in Swiss Francs
Total expenditure
including R&D
and investments 32,293,679 35,783,161 41,432,138 51,047,818 50,380,441
Surplus to be
added to the
Foundation capital 387,411 564,295 642,259 842,633 925,560
TOTAL STAFF
Full time 56 58 59 73 68
Part time 11 21 21 26 24
In its transfer to a knowledge and process oriented organization, in 1998 the Forum invested particularly in its human
resources, which was reflected in an increase of personnel costs of 10.90%.
As far as income is concerned, for political reasons the Middle East/North Africa Summit could not be organized in 1998
and our income decreased from Sfr 51,890,452 to Sfr 51,306,002.
This accounting year has been marked by four major
developments with long-term implications for the future of
the World Economic Forum, putting in place some key
components of the 21st century.
Despite the fact that the crisis had not yet bottomed out,
the mood at the Summit was cautiously optimistic.
Government and business leaders comprehensively outlined
their plans for restructuring and reported on the progress
achieved to date. Business leaders unveiled responses to
the key challenges ahead for corporate renewal, with a
clear recognition that the old ways of doing business in the
EAST ASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT
KURT ALIG, Chartered Accountant, Arcadia Treuhand, Switzerland; Secretary of the Foundation Board
PERCY BARNEVIK, Chairman of the Board, ABB Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland; Chairman, Investor AB,
Sweden; Vice-President of the Foundation Board
RONNIE C. CHAN, Chairman, Hang Lung Development Company Ltd, Hong Kong SAR
GUY FONTANET, Lawyer; Former President of the State Council of Geneva; Legal Adviser of the 22
Foundation Board
M. DOUGLAS IVESTER, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca Cola Company, USA
HELMUT O. MAUCHER, Chairman of the Board, Nestlé SA, Switzerland; Vice-President of the
Foundation Board
HEINRICH VON PIERER, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG, Germany
PETER SUTHERLAND, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, United Kingdom; Co-Chairman, BP Amoco
FOUNDATION BOARD
WILLIAM I. M. TURNER, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exsultate Inc., Canada; Vice-President of
the Foundation Board
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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COUNCIL OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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Aerospatiale Matra Bank Handlowy W Warszawie SA Canadian National Railway
Aga AB Bank J. Vontobel & Co. AG Company
Agra Inc. Bank of America Canadian Pacific Limited
Agrolimen SA Bank of Bermuda Limited Canal Plus
Aicher Group Bank of Jerusalem Ltd Cantor Fitzgerald LP
Akebono Brake Industry Co. Ltd Bank of Montreal Capital Group Companies Inc.
Al Mulla Group of Companies Bank Saint Petersburg Plc Cargill Inc.
Al-Ahli Commercial Bank Banque Cantonale de Geneve Carl Zeiss
Alcan Aluminium Limited Banque de Luxembourg SA Carlo Gavazzi Holding AG
Alcatel Banque et Caisse d'Epargne Carlsmith Ball S.C.
Alfa de l'Etat Carlson Companies Inc.
Alinco Corporation Banque Générale du Caterpillar Inc.
Alliance Capital Management Luxembourg SA Cedel International
International Banque Internationale à Celanese Canada Inc.
Allied Bank of Pakistan Limited Luxembourg SA Celsa Group
Allied Irish Banks Plc (AIB) Banque OBC Odier Bungener Celsius Corporation
Courvoisier Cemex
Allstate Corporation
Banque Pasche SA Central Bank of the Republic of
Alma Media Corporation
Banque Privée Edmond Turkey
Almazy Rossii-Sakha Company Ltd de Rothschild SA
ALSO Holding AG Central Bank of Venezuela
Barclays Bank Plc Centrica Plc
Alusuisse Lonza Group AG Barco NV
Amcor Limited Centunion
Barrick Gold Corporation Ceres Hellenic Shipping
America Online Inc. Bass Plc
American Express Bank, Ltd Enterprises Ltd
Al Basti & Muktha Ltd Chargeurs
American Fiber Manufacturers Bata Schuh AG
Association The Charles Schwab Corporation
Baxter International Inc. Chase Manhattan Corporation
American General Corporation
Baybg Bayerische Beteiligungsges. Chevron Corporation
American Management Systems Inc. Mbh
American Water Works Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Bechtel Group Inc.
Company Inc. China Everbright Holdings
NV Bekaert SA Company Ltd
MEMBER COMPANIES
Ameritech International
Bell Atlantic Corporation China International Trust and
Amrad Corporation Ltd
Bermuda Government Investment Corporation (CITIC)
Andersen Consulting
Bertelsmann AG China State Construction
André & Cie SA
Bestfoods Engineering Corporation
Anglo American Corporation
of South Africa Ltd BG Bank A/S Chiyoda Corporation
Anglogold Ltd BG Plc Ciech SA
Anglovaal Mining Limited Bharat Forge Limited Cigna Corporation
Aon Corporation BIG Bank Gdanski SA Ciments Français
Apasco SA de CV BIG Flower Holdings Inc. Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal
Billiton Plc SGPS SA
Apax Partners & Co. AG
Binder-Optik Aktiengesellschaft Cisneros Group of Companies
Arabian Light Metals KSC
Biopharm/SAEG Citibank NA
Aracruz Celulose SA
Birkart Globistics CLT-UFA (RTL)
Arcor Saic
Biwater Plc The Coca-Cola Company
Arge
The Blackstone Group Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Arrow Electronics Inc.
Bloomberg LP Coflexip Stena Offshore
Arthur Andersen
BMC Software Inc. Coinvertir - Corporacion Invertir en
Arthur D. Little Inc.
The Boeing Company Colombia
Artoc Group for Investment and
Development Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SA Cold Metal Products Company
ASB Greenworld de CV Colonial Limited
Ascom Management AG Bombardier Inc. Comalco Aluminium Limited
Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd Bonlac Foods Limited Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Asian Paints (India) Limited Boots Company Plc Communications Capital Group
AT&T Company Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. Compagnie des Signaux
Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) Bordier et Cie Compagnie Financière Edmond de
Bossard Holding AG Rothschild Banque
Atos
The Boston Consulting Group Inc. Compaq Computer Corporation
Attias Holding SA
Bouygues SA Compass Group Plc
Atwood Richards Inc.
Bovis Construction Group Computer Associates
Audi AG International Inc.
Australia and New Zealand Banking BP Amoco Plc
Conseil Alain Aboudaram SA
Group Limited (ANZ) BRE Bank SA
Consolidated Contractors Company
Australia Post Bridas Corporation (CCC)
Autonomous Government of The Bristol Company Consoltex Group Inc.
Catalonia British Aerospace Plc Consultores Asset Management
Autosur SA British American Tobacco Plc Continental AG
AVL List GnbH British Columbia Hydro and Power Cookson Group Plc
Axa Authority
Corel Corporation
Axa UAP British Steel Plc
Coril Holdings Ltd
Axel Johnson AB Broadview
Corning Incorporated
Ayala Corporation Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd
Corporacion Andina de
Ayala Land Inc. Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. Fomento (CAF)
Azizler Holding AS Brunswick Corporación Nacional del Cobre de
BAA Plc BSI-Banca della Svizzera Italiana Chile (Codelco Chile)
Babcock Borsig AG BT Plc Corporación Zapata Cardenas SA
Bacardi Limited BTG Plc de CV
Bahrain Petroleum Company BSC Budimex SA Cosco (Hong Kong) Group Limited
Council for Scientific and Industrial Empire Company Limited Groupe GTM
Research (CSIR) Empresas Petroleo Ipiranga Groupe Office Cherifien des
Coutts Bank (Switzerland) Ltd ENEL SpA Phosphates
Cox Oil Inc. Engen Ltd Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas SA
CPR Group ENI SpA de CV
Crédit Agricole Indosuez Enka Holding Investment Co. Grupo ICA SA de CV
Crédit Suisse Group Enron Grupo Industrial Bimbo SA de CV
Crosby Holdings Limited Entertainment Media Ventures Inc. Guardsmark Inc.
Crossair Entreprise Rhône-Alpes Gulf Investment Corporation
Cultor Corporation International Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Cumberland Associates LLC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson PT Gunung Sewu Kencana
Grupo Cydsa SA de CV Ernst & Young LLP H.Y. Louie Co. Limited
Dabbagh Group Holding Co. Ltd Eskom Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner
Daewoo Corporation (Corporate) Espirito Santo Financial Group SA Halifax Plc
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd Essar Group Hamza Alkholi Group
Hang Lung Development Company
Daily Mail & General Trust Plc
Daimlerchrysler AG
Damen Shipyards
European Finance Associates Ltd
Europe-Argentina Club
Eutelsat
Limited
Harsco Corporation
HCL Corporation Ltd
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Dana Corporation Executive Jet Inc. / Netjets
Danfoss A/S Head Tyrolia Mares
Exel Ltd
Dankner Group Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.
Export Development Corporation
Groupe Danone Heijmans NV
The Export-Import Bank of Japan
Danzas Holding Ltd Heineken NV
Exsultate Inc.
Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami (DMI) SA Hellman Worldwide Logistics
Exxon Company International GmbH & Co. KG
Darier Hentsch et Cie EZZ Industries Henkel KGAA
Dashwood Group Fabrimetal Heracles General Cement Co. SA
Dassault Aviation Falck Group Hero Group
Data General Corporation Federation of Korean Industries Heung Kong Group Ltd
The De Beers Group of Companies (FKI)
Hewlett-Packard Company
De Brauw Linklaters & Alliance Fedsure Holdings Ltd
Hilti Corporation
De La Rue Plc Felix Schoeller Holding GmbH &
Co. KG Hinduja Group of Companies
De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd
Ferrero SpA Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd
DEG - German Investment and
Development Company Ferrier Lullin et Cie SA Hochtief AG
Delco Remy International Inc. Ferrostaal AG Holderbank Cement
Délégation aux Investissements Grupo Ferrovial SA Honeywell Inc.
Internationaux France Hughes Space &
Festo AG Telecommunications International
Dell Computer Corporation Fiat SpA Inc.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu FIEL - Latin American Economic Hungarian Development Bank Ltd
Deme Group Research Foundation Hyatt Corporation
Den Danske Bank A/S Fima/ VG - Distribuição de Hydro-Quebec
Denel (Pty) Ltd Produtos Alimentares LDA Hymmen Group
DERA - Defence Evaluation and Fintraco Insaat Ve Ticaret AS
Research Agency Iberdrola
First Eastern Investment Group IBM Corporation
Deutsche Bank AG First Health
Deutsche Börse AG IBM Japan Ltd
Firstrand Ltd ICEP - Investments, Trade and
Deutsche Post AG
Flanders Tourism of Portugal
Deutsche Telekom AG
Fletcher Challenge Limited ICM Australia Pty Ltd
Deutscher Investment-Trust
FLS Industries A/S IHC Caland NV
Development Bank of Singapore
Fluor Corporation Ihlas Holding SA
Development Bank of Southern
Africa Fomento Económico Mexicano SA Corporación Impsa
de CV (FEMSA) IMS - Health
Dexia
Forbes Inc. INA Wälzlager Schaeffler oHG
DHL Worldwide Network NV/SA
Ford Motor Company Inchcape Plc
Diethelm & Co. Ltd
Fortis Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Dimension Data Holdings
Fortum Corporation Indian Petrochemicals
Disco Ahold International
Holdings NV Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian Corporation Ltd
Dogan Group of Companies France Telecom Indreco
Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Frank Russell Company Industri Kapital Ltd
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Freshfields Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd
Doughty Hanson & Co. Fundación Invertir Argentina Industrial Development Corporation
Dow Corning Corporation Future Pipe Industries B.V. of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
Dow Jones and Company Inc. Gafisa Participações SA Industrias Villares SA
Dresdner Bank AG Gaumont Information Security Forum
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Gaz de France ING Group
DTZ Zadelhoff Gefinor Group Ingosstrakh Insurance
Gembel European Sales NV Company Ltd
Duchossois Industries Inc.
Genbel Securities Ltd (Gensec) Intel Corporation
The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation
General Electric Company Plc Intelsat
DuPont
(GEC) Interbrew NV
Duratex SA
General Mills Inc. Inter-Europa Bank RT
E*Trade Group Inc.
General Motors Corporation Interface Inc.
E.A. Juffali and Brothers
Generali (Switzerland) Holding International Chamber of
Eastman Chemical Company Commerce
Eastman Kodak Company Geodis
Georg Fischer AG International Finance Corporation
Eaton Corporation (IFC)
Edelman PR Worldwide Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
Interturbine Group of Companies
EDS (Electronic Data Systems) Gerling Group
Intuit Inc.
Corp. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Investcorp
EFE Handels GmbH & Co. KG GKN Plc
Investec Bank Ltd
Egmont Group Glencore International AG
Investicní a Postovní Banka AS
Egon Zehnder International Global Telesystems Group Inc. (IPB)
Eicher Goodearth Limited Global Texas Investments Ltd Investor AB
EIH Limited Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd Invicta SpA
Electricité de France Godrej Soaps Limited IPSCO Inc.
Elektra SA de CV Goldman Sachs & Co. Ispat Industries Limited
Elf Aquitaine Göteborgs Posten ISS-International Service
Eli Lilly and Company Government of Manitoba System A/S
Elron Electronic Industries Ltd Government of Ontario Italcementi SpA
Emirates Bank International PJSC Granaria Holdings BV ITC Limited
Emirates Group Grant Thornton LLP Itochu Corporation
Emirates Holdings Greaves Limited ITT Industries Inc.
J.B. Were & Son Merck & Co. Inc. Otis Elevator Company
J.K. Industries Limited Meritanordbanken Plc OTP National Savings and
J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA Commercial Bank Ltd
Jagatjit Industries Limited Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Outokumpu Oyj
Jamyco Holding Luxembourg SA Metsa-Serla Corporation Paccar Inc.
Japan National Oil Corporation Mexican Investment Board Pacific Century Group
Jcdecaux International Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo SA Palliser Furniture Ltd
Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA MG Kailis Group Panamerican Beverages Inc.
Joannou & Paraskevaides Microsoft Corporation Paribas
(Overseas) Ltd Millennium Chemicals Inc. Parisbourse SBF SA
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Milliken & Company Partek Corporation
John Laing Plc Ministry of Finance and National Pathfinder Group
Johnson Matthey Plc Economy of Saudi Arabia Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Garrison
Grupo Kahan Automotriz Science and Technology of Quebec Pearson Plc
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Penske Corporation
Kansai Electric Power Company Inc.
Karl Steiner Holding AG
Keizai Doyukai
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Mobil Corporation
Pepsico Inc.
Peremba Group of Companies
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Keramik Holding AG Laufen Grupo Modelo SA de CV Perot Systems Corporation
Kesko Corporation Modi Enterprises Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras
Khemka UK Limited Moet Hennessy Petroleos de Venezuela SA
Khimji Ramdas Group Molex Incorporated Petronas (Petroliam Nasional
Kikkoman Corporation Mondial International Berhad)
Kimball International Inc. Monitor Group Pfizer Inc.
Kirloskar Electric Company Limited Monsanto Company Pharos
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited Monteiro Aranha SA Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Klinge Stiftung und Co. Holding KG Moore Corporation Limited Philipp Holzmann AG
Koninklijke Hoogovens NV Moquet Borde & Associes Phillips Petroleum Company
Konoike Construction Co. Ltd Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. Phoenix Overseas Limited
Motorola Inc. Pictet & Cie Private Bankers
Korn/Ferry International
MRH Mineraloel-Rohstoff- Pilkington Plc
Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd
Handel GnbH Pirelli SpA
Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd
MSX International Placer Dome Inc.
KPMG
Mue-Li AG Plate Glass & Shatterprufe
Kraft Foods International Industries Limited
Mukand Limited
Kudelski SA Empresas Polar (Food Division)
Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd
Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad Port Authority Antwerp
Mutual of America
Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd Portucel Industrial SA
Nabisco Group Holdings Corp.
Kuwait Industries Co. Holding Posten AB
Nahas Enterprises Group
Kuwait International Investment Co. Pratt Industries
Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd
Kuwait Investment Authority SAR Premier Automobiles Limited
Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. Premier Inc.
WLL
National Australia Bank Ltd PricewaterhouseCoopers
Kuwaiti Interests for Financial
Investments KSC National Bank for Foreign Principality of Monaco
Economic Activity of the Republic Procter & Gamble Co.
KWV (Pty) Ltd of Uzbekistan
Lafarge Profabril Consulplano Group (PCG)
National Bank of Egypt Prosieben Media AG
Lahoud Engineering Co. Ltd National Council of Youth and
Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Proudfoot Consulting Plc
Future
Larsen & Toubro Limited Publicis Group
National Power Plc
Lazard Creditcapital Ltd Pulsar Internacional SA de CV
National Reserve Bank
Lear Corporation Qatar National Bank Saq
National Swedish Pension Fund
Legler Holding SpA R. Bourgeois SA
National Westminster Bank Plc
Lehman Brothers Inc. Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich
Nationwide Insurance Enterprise AG (RZB)
Lend Lease Corporation Ltd NCC AB Rajshree Group of Companies
Leo A. Daly Nedcor Limited Rao Ees Rossii
Leonia Plc Neftekhimprom Financial Industrial Refco Group Ltd
LFA Förderbank Bayern Group
Reliance Industries Limited
LGT Bank in Liechtenstein AG Nestlé SA
Remy Cointreau
The LNM Group New Corange Ltd
Renault
Loeff Claeys Verbeke New York Stock Exchange Inc.
Renault V.I.
Loews Corporation Newmont Mining Corporation
Repsol - YPF, SA
Lohr SA NGK Insulators Ltd
République et Canton de Genève
Lombard, Odier et Cie Nicco Corporation Ltd
Reuters Group Plc
London Stock Exchange Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. (Nikkei)
Rheinmetall AG
Lyonnaise de Banque Niki SA Marinopoulos
Compagnie Financière Richemont AG
Magna International Inc. NKT Holding A/S
Ringier AG
Manpower Inc. Nomura Securities Co. Ltd
Rio Algom Limited
Mantrac Nortel Networks
Rio Tinto Plc
Manufacturers’ Association of Israel Nova Chemicals Corporation
Riverside Manufacturing Company
Grupo Marhnos Novartis AG
Robeco Group
Marinopoulos Brothers Novell Inc.
Robert Bosch GmbH
Marks & Spencer Plc Novo Nordisk AS
Roche Holding Ltd
Marquard & Bahls AG NTT Corporation
Roemmers S.A.I.C.F.
Marsh Supermarkets Inc. Obo Bettermann GmbH & Co.
Roland Berger & Partners
Marubeni Corporation Oce NV International Management
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal Oerlikon-Bührle Group Consultants GmbH
Mary Kay Holding Corporation The Olayan Group Roscontract
Mastercard International Old Mutual Rosewood Corporation
Incorporated Olivetti SpA Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank
Matav RT Oman National Investment Rothschild & Cie Banque
Mavesa SA Corporation Holding (Saog) Roy M. Huffington Inc.
Mayne Nickless Limited Omega SA Royal Ahold
Maytag Corporation Omron Corporation Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
McCarthy Tetrault Oracle Corporation Royal Dutch/Shell Group of
McDonald’s Corporation Orbitex Investments Limited Companies
MCI Worldcom Inc. Organización Ardila Lulle Royal IBC
McKinsey & Company Inc. Organización Ramírez Royal Numico NV
Media Most Ormat Industries Ltd Royal Packaging Industries
Medtronic Inc. Osaka Gas Co. Ltd Van Leer NV
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Oscar de la Renta Ltd RPG Enterprises Ltd
Center Otava Publishing Company Ruhrgas AG
Rustenberg Wine Estate Steigenberger Hotels AG UHC / Bon Appetit
S.W.I.F.T. Stena AB United Export-Import Bank
Sabic - Saudi Basic Industries Sterling Software (Unexim Bank)
Corp. Sto AG Unibanco Holdings SA
Sadia Group Stock Exchange Executive Council Unibank AS
Sairgroup (SEEC) Unicco Service Company
Salam Holdings Co. WLL Stora Enso Oyj Unigestion Holding
Same Deutz-Fahr SpA Stork NV Unilever NV
Samsung Corporation Strategic Investment Management Union Bancaire Privée
Samuel Group of Companies Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux Union Européenne de CIC
San Miguel Corporation Sulzer Limited Union Minière
Sandoz Family Foundation Sun Microsystems Inc. Unipart Group of Companies
Sanlam Svedala Industri AB Unisys Corporation
The Sanmar Group Svenska Handelsbanken United Group Consultants
Sanoma-Wsoy Oyj Swarovski Gruppe United Pan-European
Communications NV (UPC)
Santasalo-Jot Corporation
Santos Ltd
Sap AG
Foreningssparbanken AB
(Swedbank)
Swiss Exchange (SWX)
United Parcel Service of America
United Technologies Corporation
University of British Columbia
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Sappi Limited Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Co.
Sara Lee Corporation Swiss Post Unocal Corporation
Sasol Limited Swiss Re Upm - Kymmene Corporation
Saudi American Bank (Samba) Swisscom AG Uralmash Zavody
The Savola Company Tad Fin SpA US West Inc.
SCAC Fundações e Estruturas Ltda Taib Bank EC USHA (India) Ltd
Scania AB Tallard BV VA Technologie AG
Scarbroughs Ta-Media AG Valmet Automotive Inc.
Schindler Holding Ltd Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd Valora Holding AG
Schlée Group AS Technip F. Van Lanschot Bankiers NV
J. Henry Schroder & Co. Limited Technobank The Vancouver Board of Trade
Telecom Argentina Velox Group
Schroder Ventures
Telecom Eireann Vereins- und Westbank AG
Scor
Telecom Italia Vienna Airport Plc
Seiko Instruments Inc.
Telefonica de Argentina Vimpex Handelsgesellschaft Mbh
Seiko Seiki Co. Ltd
Telefónica SA Visa International
Sema Group Plc
Teleglobe Inc. Visteon Automotive Systems
Service Corporation International
Telegraph Group Plc Vitro Sociedad Anónima
SG Holding AG
Telekurs Holding AG Vivendi
SGS Société Générale de
Grupo Televisa SA VLSI Technology Inc.
Surveillance Holding SA
Telkom SA Limited Vnesheconombank Bank for
Sicpa Holding SA Foreign Economic Affairs
Sidmar NV Tengelmann Gruppe
Tetra Laval Group Volkswagen AG
Siemens AG AB Volvo
Sigdo Koppers SA Tetra Pak International SA
Texaco Inc. Von Roll Holding Ltd
Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) VTG Vereinigte Tanklager und
Sino Group Texmaco
Transportmittel GmbH
Sixt AG Textron Inc.
Walchandnagar Industries Ltd
SK Corporation The Mcgraw-Hill Companies
Warburg Dillon Read
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and The Tribune Company
Warner-Lambert Company
Flom LLP Thominvest Oy
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Thomson Multi Media
Watson Wyatt & Company
Skanska AB Tiedemanns Group
Wavin
SKB Banka DD Tiger Management Llc
Weirton Steel Corporation
Smith & Nephew Plc Til Limited
Weitnauer Holding Ltd
Smithkline Beecham Plc Tilleke & Gibbins Rop
Wesfarmers Limited
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. Time Warner Inc.
West Merchant Bank Limited
Société Belge des Bétons SA Tirtamas Group
Westdeutsche Landesbank
Société de la Bourse de Titan Cement Company SA Girozentrale (WestLB)
Luxembourg The Titan Industrial Corporation Westfield Holdings Ltd
Société Générale TNT Post Group (TPG) White & Case LLP
Société Générale de Financement Tokai Asia Ltd Wilhelm E.H. Biesterfeld
du Québec Tolaram Group Willett International Ltd
Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage The Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd Willis Corroon Group Limited
Sodexho Alliance Toshiba Corporation Wimm-Bill-Dann
Groupe Sofresa Total WMC Limited
Softbank Corporation Toyota Motor Corporation WPP Group Plc
SOK Corporation Trader.Com Wünsche AG
Solvay SA Transneft Württembergische
Sonae Investimentos SGPS SA Transnet Ltd Hypothekenbank AG
Sony Corporation Trans-World Group Plc Xenel / Saudi Cable Company
Soros Fund Management The Travel Corporation Xenel / Saudi Services and
South African Breweries Plc Trevira Operation Co.
South African Reserve Bank Grupo Tribasa SA de CV XL Capital Ltd
Southcorp Ltd Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd Yoshinoya D&C Co. Ltd
Souza Cruz SA TRW Inc. Young and Rubicam Inc.
Standard Bank Investment Tunisian Travel Service YPF SA
Corporation (Stanbic) Ltd Turk Dis Ticaret Bankasi AS Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo
Standard Chartered Bank (Disbank) ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Standard Life Assurance Company Turner Steiner International LLC Ziff-Davis Inc.
State Bank of Mauritius Limited TV Azteca Zuellig Group
State Farm Insurance Group Tyumen Oil Company Zumtobel AG
State Power Corporation of China UB Group Zürcher Kantonalbank
Statoil Group UBS AG Zurich Financial Services Group
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
Andersen Consulting
A.T. Kearney
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Ernst & Young
Korn/Ferry International
PricewaterhouseCoopers
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
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ABB Asea Brown Boveri
Ascom
Audi
Barco
BP Amoco
The Coca-Cola Company
Compaq Computer Corporation
DHL Worldwide Express
AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
DuPont
Intelegis/Kudelski Group
Media Most
Nortel Networks
Novell
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
Sun Microsystems
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
USWeb/CKS
Volkswagen
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