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[[Image:Vernoidjpg.jpg|right|thumb|Vernon ellis]] International Chairman, [[Accenture]] with responsibility for the leadership of the firm’s external relations. Ellis represents the firm in public forums,chairing Accenture’s Corporate Citizenship Council, which oversees all Accenture’s community involvement, volunteer and Foundation activities.  Ellis joined the firm in 1969 after graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He is a regular chairman, moderator and speaker at institutions such as the [[World Economic Forum]].
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[[Image:Vernoidjpg.jpg|right|thumb|Vernon Ellis]]  
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[[Vernon Ellis]] is the chair of the [[British Council]].<ref>[http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-are-run/board-of-trustees/Vernon-Ellis/ Vernon Ellis], British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.</ref>
  
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Ellis is Chairman of the Board of the [[Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum]], and a member of Advisory Councils or Boards for: [[Britain in Europe]]; [[IMD]]; [[INSEAD]]; and the [[Said Business School]], University of Oxford. He is a Barclay Fellow at [[Templeton College]], Oxford. He is Deputy Chairman of the Mayor of Seoul’s International Business Advisory Council.<ref>"[http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/resourceptrdb/uploads/partner/publicdoc/96/WL%20Mini%20Brochure.pdf Vernon Ellis]", in "Opening a World of Learning", World Links report, undated, accessed October 2008</ref> As of 2005 he was global director of [[Enablis]], a Canadian-based not-for-profit organisation that supports entrepreneurs in the developing world,<ref>[http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:7lGgoKxC4NEJ:www.enablis.org/files/documents/enablis_annual_report_of_activities_2005.pdf+enablis+vernon+ellis&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk Annual Report 2005], Enablis, accessed October 2008</ref> and is a director of [[Martin Randall Travel]].<ref>"[http://missionmodelsmoney.org.uk/render980b.html?siteID=1&navIDs=712,714,750,757 Vernon Ellis]", Mission, Models, Money website, accessed October 2008.</ref>
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==Education==
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Ellis graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.<ref>[http://www.bridgesventures.com/personnel/vernon-ellis Vernon Ellis], Bridges Ventures, accessed 25 July 2010.</ref>
  
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After the [[Enron]] affair Accenture distanced itself from [[Arthur Anderson]] (now known as Andersen) arguing they had operated as “separate and independent companies since 1989, linked only  by a contractual relationship until August 2000, when an arbitrator with the International Chamber of Commerce ruled that Accenture could  sever its contractual ties to Arthur Andersen."<ref>"[http://www.nupge.ca/news_2002/news_ja02/n15ja02a.htm Andersen auditors at heart of U.S. Enron bankruptcy]", National Union of Public and General Employees website, accessed October 2008</ref>
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==Accenture==
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Ellis joined [[Accenture]] in 1969. In 1989 he became Managing Partner for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.<ref>[http://www.bridgesventures.com/personnel/vernon-ellis Vernon Ellis], Bridges Ventures, accessed 25 July 2010.</ref> From 2001 to the end of 2007 he was the firm's International Chairman. He also led the firm’s participation in the [[World Economic Forum]] and was the UK private sector representative at the [[G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force]]. At the beginning of 2008 he became Senior Adviser at Accenture.<ref>[http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-are-run/board-of-trustees/Vernon-Ellis/ Vernon Ellis], British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.</ref>
  
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Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Other directors include [[Mark Moody-Stuart]] of [[Shell Anglo American]] and [[HSBC]].
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==Other activities==
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Ellis has been Chairman of the Board of the [[Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum]], and a member of Advisory Councils or Boards for the [[Centre for European Reform]], IMD, INSEAD, and the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He was Deputy Chairman of the Mayor of Seoul's International Business Advisory Council from 2004-2006. He was on the Boards of [[Enablis]] and [[WorldLinks]].<ref>"[http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/resourceptrdb/uploads/partner/publicdoc/96/WL%20Mini%20Brochure.pdf Vernon Ellis]", in "Opening a World of Learning", World Links report, undated, accessed October 2008</ref> He is chairman of [[Martin Randall Travel]].<ref>[http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-are-run/board-of-trustees/Vernon-Ellis/ Vernon Ellis], British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.</ref>
  
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Ellis is a member of the [[Centre for European Reform]].  He is also Chairman of ENO, the Classical Opera Company and the Sacconi Trust, and is a trustee of the Royal College of Music, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the Florestan Trust. He is Chairman of Mission, Models and Money. His wife is a trustee of British Youth Opera.
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Ellis is also Chairman of ENO, the Classical Opera Company and the Sacconi Trust, and is a trustee of the Royal College of Music, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the Florestan Trust. He is international chairman of Mission, Models and Money. His wife is a trustee of British Youth Opera.<ref>Vernon Ellis, [http://www.philanthropyuk.org/Resources/Personalstoriesinphilanthropy/VernonEllis Artistic inspiration], Philanthopy UK, March 2007,accessed 25 July 2010.</ref>
  
 
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Vernon Ellis

Vernon Ellis is the chair of the British Council.[1]

Education

Ellis graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.[2]

Accenture

Ellis joined Accenture in 1969. In 1989 he became Managing Partner for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.[3] From 2001 to the end of 2007 he was the firm's International Chairman. He also led the firm’s participation in the World Economic Forum and was the UK private sector representative at the G8 Digital Opportunities Task Force. At the beginning of 2008 he became Senior Adviser at Accenture.[4]

Other activities

Ellis has been Chairman of the Board of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, and a member of Advisory Councils or Boards for the Centre for European Reform, IMD, INSEAD, and the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He was Deputy Chairman of the Mayor of Seoul's International Business Advisory Council from 2004-2006. He was on the Boards of Enablis and WorldLinks.[5] He is chairman of Martin Randall Travel.[6]

Ellis is also Chairman of ENO, the Classical Opera Company and the Sacconi Trust, and is a trustee of the Royal College of Music, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the Florestan Trust. He is international chairman of Mission, Models and Money. His wife is a trustee of British Youth Opera.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Vernon Ellis, British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Vernon Ellis, Bridges Ventures, accessed 25 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Vernon Ellis, Bridges Ventures, accessed 25 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Vernon Ellis, British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Vernon Ellis", in "Opening a World of Learning", World Links report, undated, accessed October 2008
  6. ↑ Vernon Ellis, British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Vernon Ellis, Artistic inspiration, Philanthopy UK, March 2007,accessed 25 July 2010.

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