Bain & Company is proud to be a strategic partner and active member of the World Economic Forum, an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We support and actively participate in a wide range of initiatives and projects. For further information on the WEF, please refer to www.weforum.org.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos, Switzerland | January 27-31, 2010 "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild" The organizing theme for the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2010 was a call to action, "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild". Driving the rethink at the 40th Annual Meeting was the Network of Global Agenda Councils comprised of over 1,000 experts active in over 70 Councils created to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the world. Redesign discussions in Davos leveraged the ongoing work of the Forum's Global Redesign Initiative, an unprecedented multistakeholder dialogue focusing on adapting structures and systems of international cooperation to the challenges of the 21st century. Bain & Company is happy to be a strategic partner of the Annual Meeting. Read more on the WEF site

"It's been my privilege to be associated with the World Economic Forum for over a decade. When I think about the qualities I have always cherished about it, I am most struck by the things that should not change year to year, those lasting values that embody an organization's character. The character of the Forum that I hope to see a decade from now is exactly what makes it unique today: an organization that can bring leaders of the most relevant global companies, nations and social action groups together to address practically the world's thorniest issues. An organization's 'True North' is its internal, guiding principles, the ones that hold, even when times get tough or circumstances change. By recognizing and articulating its principles, the Forum continues to both reinforce and renew what makes it relevant and unique, and keeps it independent as it adheres to its mission of setting the global agenda." - Orit Gadiesh, Chairman, Bain & Company Member of the Foundation Board of the WEF From the 2005/06 World Economic Forum's Annual Report

If you are interested in learning more about our involvement with the World Economic Forum, please contact Anja Wittrup, Director Corporate Affairs.