Vernon Ellis
Vernon Ellis is the chair of the British Council.[1]
In the 1990s he Accenture’s operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. 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.[2]
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.
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.[3] As of 2005 he was global director of Enablis, a Canadian-based not-for-profit organisation that supports entrepreneurs in the developing world,[4] and is a director of Martin Randall Travel.[5]
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."[6]
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Other directors include Mark Moody-Stuart of Shell Anglo American and HSBC.
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 international chairman of Mission, Models and Money.[7] His wife is a trustee of British Youth Opera.
References
- ↑ Vernon Ellis, British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.
- ↑ Vernon Ellis, British Council, accessed 25 July 2010.
- ↑ "Vernon Ellis", in "Opening a World of Learning", World Links report, undated, accessed October 2008
- ↑ Annual Report 2005, Enablis, accessed October 2008
- ↑ "Vernon Ellis", Mission, Models, Money website, accessed October 2008.
- ↑ "Andersen auditors at heart of U.S. Enron bankruptcy", National Union of Public and General Employees website, accessed October 2008
- ↑ "Vernon Ellis", Arts and Business website, accessed October 2008.
