Sponsors / Exhibitors
Lead Sponsors
With a strong innovative background, Robinsons Relocation continues to go from strength to strength in delivering quality relocation solutions to its clients. A wealth of experience has taught us to be constantly evolving and continually developing expertise and tools, enabling us to be a strategic partner and not just a provider of services.
Our desire to work in true partnership with our clients takes us way beyond providing a range of services – developing a trusted relationship is paramount. We understand the vital importance of honesty and transparency in any partnership. These values are at the core of everything Robinsons Relocation stands for and why we have been a major player in corporate relocation for over thirty years.
Operational openness and transparency has become the Robinsons hallmark, benefiting our customers not only by identifying cost savings but by passing subsequent savings back to the client.
Innovations such as the Open Book Costing and War on Waste have already established Robinsons as a forward thinking, trustworthy innovator who have used their considerable knowledge and expertise to break into uncharted territory, breaking moving industry tradition and challenging industry perceptions.
Our desire to challenge convention leads to continual development in delivering a better service to our clients. To find out more about our initiatives visit www.robinsonsrelocation.com.
Offshore banking with HSBC Bank International
At HSBC, we recognise the importance of being able to offer expats a service designed around their unique needs.That’s why we have a specialist offshore services provider, HSBC Bank International, based in Jersey who have beenhelping expats for many years.
Jersey, a respected international finance centre*
Jersey in the Channel Islands is one of the world’s most respected international financial centres, recognised for itsstability and strong, but flexible regulation. It’s an ideal home for offshore savings and investments.
Experts in expats
At HSBC Bank International our people really understand what it’s like to be an expat. We can help expats takeadvantage of the opportunities their circumstances offer, including maximising potential tax advantages, using specialistoffshore products and services.
Benefits include:
- 24/7 365 Relationship Management Team**
- Multi‐currency savings and current accounts
- Local expertise around the world, with offices in areas of high expat concentration**
- Independent International Wealth Management solutions†
- Award‐winning internet banking service^
- Security of Jersey as a home for your money
- Reassurance as part of the HSBC Group
*Source – GT Financial Stability Forum (www.jerseyfsc.com.org) ** Available to HSBC Premier customers, qualifying criteria apply † Available to HSBC Premier and Advance customers, qualifying criteria apply ^Best Consumer Internet Bank Channel Islands – Global Finance 2009
Platinum Sponsors
Fragomen is the largest law firm in the world dedicated to corporate immigration, and is recognized as the leading global immigration services provider. For more than 50 years, Fragomen has represented a broad range of companies, organizations and emerging businesses, working in partnership with clients to facilitate the hiring and transfer of employees worldwide. Immigration law is our sole focus at Fragomen. We have over 250 attorneys and 800 legal professionals who work with our clients to understand their business and immigration priorities, monitor regulatory and policy developments, and draw on our extensive resources to proactively counsel clients on strategies for most effectively managing their immigration programs. Strategically located throughout the world, Fragomen has more than 30 offices in key locations across the Americas, Europe, Asia-pacific, the Middle East and Africa. We serve our clients’ needs in more than 140 countries with established, on-the-ground co-counsel. www.fragomen.com
We are an independent global relocation and moving company, providing the full range of integrated relocation services designed around your international and domestic employee mobility requirements. If you choose us, you’ll be in good company. We’ve got many years’ experience of relocating corporate expatriates, families, and individuals, to and from anywhere in the world.
We hold a number of quality accreditations and memberships, including FIDI, OMNI, and Worldwide ERC. But quality is about more than just a badge of honour. It’s about employing the best in the business and training them to excel; and listening to what our customers need, and thinking of innovative ways to deliver.
Why not get in touch?
If you’d like to find out how our services could help you, visit us at www.sterlingrelocation.com, or give us a call on +44 (0)20 8841 7000 for more details.
Associates for International Research, Inc. (AIRINC), is a fully-integrated human resources consulting firm dedicated to facilitating global mobility. Since 1954, AIRINC has provided organizations with exceptional cost-of-living services for their cross-border transfers. Today, we offer high quality data services, leading-edge technology, and expert advice to help clients address their global mobility needs.
AIRINC’s data offerings include Cost-of-Living Allowances, Expatriate Rent and Utilities Guidelines, Statistical Income Tax, Hardship Evaluations, Per Diems, and Permanent Transfer Calculations. Most of our data services are available as interactive tools accessed via our web portal.
We consult with clients about all aspects of expatriate compensation program design, including business needs assessment, policy development, peer group benchmarking, cost effectiveness/optimization, and transition support. Whether grappling with sending a first assignee, experiencing financial challenges, or contemplating a competitive review of an established program, clients can look to AIRINC for help in meeting their specific needs.
AIRINC is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and has full-service offices in Brussels, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong.
AIRINC: The Trusted Source for Workforce Globalization
NET EXPAT is the worldwide leader in Career & Life Transition programmes for Expat Spouses and Expats. We deliver the following in 49 countries where we have a local presence:
- Expat Spouse support: we solve the dual career issue by helping spouses/partners find fulfilling jobs in their new host location and upon repatriation (82% success rate, average 17 weeks).
- Expat Coaching: we help newly arrived expats quickly and efficiently integrate into their new business environment, enhancing their effectiveness and productivity, while increasing their satisfaction (satisfaction rate 92%).
- Intercultural Training: we deliver half-day and full-day training to help future transferees understand the do’s and don’ts in the new host country. These short “spot on” training programmes are very popular within the expat population as it maximizes learning while minimizing time spent on the course.
- Expat Assessment: The ExpAdviser is a latest-generation tool designed to help employers, future expats and their families anticipate potential issues linked to the challenges of expatriation.
We help more than 200 International Corporations from our offices in America, Europe and Asia.
www.imercer.com/globalmobility
Equus Software partners with companies to implement technology that runs crucial workforce mobility processes. Equus products include tax and cost projection software, complete assignment management automation, payroll processing and compensation accumulation. Equus, founded in 1999, is located in Denver, Colorado, and is expanding to the United Kingdom in late 2010.
Xchanging Global Mobility Services (XGMS) supports multinational companies’ global operations, delivering compliance, efficiency and direct support for expatriate staff. We provide assignment management services for international tax, payroll, relocation and immigration (through the 2006 acquisition of Ferguson Snell & Associates, which has provided UK immigration processing and advice since 1985 and has since built an extensive international capability for over 60 other countries).
Xchanging is one of the largest and fastest growing business processors. With a wide range of multinational customers in 42 countries and employing over 8,000 people, we are a truly global company. Our aim is simply to provide business processing services better, cheaper and faster.
Xchanging provides procurement, accounting, human resources and technology services across industries. We combine functional expertise with deep industry domain knowledge to provide industry-specific outcomes for our customers.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2007, the company is in the FTSE250, the index of mid-capitalised companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. Xchanging is also a member of the FTSE4Good index which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards.
Interdean International Relocation
Thinking Relocation? Whether looking to expand in to new territories or to leverage your human capital in core international markets, Interdean has the relocation service to support the needs of your business and your relocating employees. Interdean provides the full range of relocation services to support businesses with international interests.
Gold Sponsors
Cartus is the premier provider of global employee relocation solutions serving the corporate, government and affinity markets. Through its industry-leading mobility management, outsourcing, consulting and intercultural and language training, Cartus helps the mobile workforces of organisations of all sizes achieve success worldwide. With more than 50 years of experience, Cartus helps clients achieve cost reductions and enhance service performance to accomplish their organisational objectives. In January 2010, Cartus acquired Primacy Relocation and together, they assist more than 140,000 customers annually.
As a dedicated global healthcare provider specialising in employee benefits and health and wellbeing management – CIGNA International Expatriate Benefits (CIEB) offers high quality, comprehensive and cost effective cover for expatriates all over the world.
We work in partnership with employers providing clinical expertise, a worldwide provider network and global compliance solutions ensuring the highest levels of customer service to both our clients and our members. We offer:
- Healthcare plans
- Dental plans
- Vision plan
- International EAP
- Travel plan
Moving people overseas? Take away the headaches by working with the FIDI Global Alliance, whose 540 members in 100 countries are all independently certified quality moving companies.
Ernst & Young undertakes rigorous on-site compliance procedures for the FIDI FAIM quality programme, covering every aspect of professional international moving including operations, security and financial stability -so why not make FAIM compliance part of your next mobility RFP?
Our services cover all aspects of pension provision from derisking solutions to asset pooling and expatriate retirement plans. In order to meet the changing and various needs of expat employees and their employers, we developed the International Retirement Plan. This is a flexible, multi-currency, defined contribution plan: it is quick and simple to implement for employers and easy to manage.
Tel: 0131 549 5375
www.aegonglobalpensions.com
Aetna Global Benefits (AGB), the international segment of Aetna Inc., provides comprehensive health benefits solutions and health management services to multinational employers, high-net-worth individuals and government entities. AGB’s health benefits offerings include medical, dental, vision, life, disability and emergency assistance for employees and high-net-worth individuals who live, work or travel internationally. AGB is one of the industry’s largest and most prominent U.S.-based international benefits providers, supporting approximately 400,000 members worldwide from offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Exhibitors
Go Native
Established in 1997, Go Native is an award winning provider of short and long term Corporate Housing Solutions, operating across the UK, Europe, the Middle East & India.
RSM Tenon
RSM Tenon is a leading provider of international assignment and expatriate tax services. As part of the 6th largest global network (RSM International), we are able to meet the needs of businesses and expatriates on a global basis.
Global Tax Network
Pricoa Real Estate and Relocation Services
Pricoa is a full-service mobility management firm providing a wide range of solutions to help corporate clients with global mobility management and destination services needs throughout the UK, EMEA and the World.
Wentworth International
Swift Global development continues to create increasing need for companies to relocate employees around the world, and at Wentworth International Movers we strive on providing first class global moving and relocation services. Due to the recent economic down turn we understand the importance of providing cost effective solutions to suit company’s budgets. Whether you need Corporate Excess Baggage, relocating the Cat, moving overseas, to finding homes and schools, Wentworth is committed to providing excellent service at sustainable prices. Please visit our stand D5 for your chance to win a Nintendo Wii – What every professional should have.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone® produces the world’s leading language-learning software. With 25 languages to choose from, become one of thousands of organisations, including FTSE 100 Companies who rely on Rosetta Stone every day for their language training needs.
Badge Sponsors
DFA Intercultural Global Solutions is the world’s premier intercultural training and consulting organisation, having pioneered the field for over 25 years. DFA options include classic intercultural training and consulting in over 120 worldwide locations, webinars, online cultural assessments and tools, books, videos and more. Visit us at www.deanfosterassociates.com