David Arkless
{{Short description|British businessman (born 1954)}}
{{Primary sources|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = David Arkless
| image = David Arkless - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg
| caption = David Arkless, World Economic Forum annual meeting, Davos 2009
| birth_date = February 1954
| occupation = Business executive
| alma_mater = University of Durham, INSEAD
}}
David Edwin Wilson Arkless (born February 1954){{cite web|title=David Edwin Wilson ARKLESS|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/m-Fqd1WaBMMNBFXR1sApwZ3RSTU/appointments|website=Companies House|accessdate=6 February 2017}} is a British businessman, the former president of both CDI Corporation and ManpowerGroup.{{Cite web|title=David Arkless|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/david-arkless/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}
Early life
Arkless studied at the University of Durham, where he read for a BA in General Studies. He subsequently attended INSEAD, IMD and the San José College of Business.[http://www.insead.edu/events/leadershipsummitasia2010/speakers/DArkless.cfm INSEAD – Leadership Summit Asia 2010 – Speakers – David Arkless]
Career
Arkless is currently Professor at The University of Durham and CEO/Founder of his own consulting company, The ArkLight Consulting Group. Between 1992 and 2013, he was employed at ManpowerGroup, and was President of Global Corporate & Government Affairs. Prior to this, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and thereupon founded his own consulting company, Caden Corporation.[http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/shared/shared/mainsite/microsites/IDM/workshops/global_labour_mobility_0809102007/bios/bio_arkless.htm David Arkless] Arkless also served as President-International for CDI Corporation. Arkless is a regular advisor to the US Department of State, and various EU departments, also he serves as both board member and corporate committee member of CIETT, the international confederation of private employment agencies. Since May 2010, Arkless has worked as vice president of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) in Beijing.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsprecruitment.com.au/news/2011/6/20/global-talent-crisis-or-crunch-time-/?1876 |title=GLOBAL TALENT: crisis or crunch time? |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321134509/http://www.rsprecruitment.com.au/news/2011/6/20/global-talent-crisis-or-crunch-time-/?1876 |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}
As one of the founding members of the Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap, Arkless is a regular participator in the World Economic Forum[http://www.thehagueprocess.org/about-us/governance/the-board/ The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration – About Us – Governance – The Board] In 2011, he became president of the End Human Trafficking Now organisation.[http://www.endhumantraffickingnow.com/ End Human Trafficking Now] In 2018, Arkless became the Chairman of the Board of the anti-trafficking foundation, More Too Life. {{Cite web|url=https://moretoolife.org/leadership-2|title=Leadership – MORE TOO LIFE, INC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-17|archive-date=2019-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617200556/https://moretoolife.org/leadership-2|url-status=dead}}
Arkless is a Knight of the Parte Guelfa in Florence, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been elected as one of the top 50 CSR influencers in the world.{{cite web |title=EFE Global Ambassadors |url=https://www.efe.org/about/efe-global-ambassador |website=efe.org}}
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